MAB set to close as corporate and property teams move to Veale Wasbrough Vizards Sarah Downey Having endured an exodus of partners in recent weeks, Matthew Arnold & Baldwin (MAB) has confirmed it is to close…
Slaughter and May wins main corporate adviser role as John Lewis Partnership cuts legal panel to four Legal Business High Street retailer John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has cut its external legal panel to just four firms comprising Slaughter and…
Dentons hires former BLP corporate chief Collins as it targets cross-border deal work Legal Business In tandem with its significant global expansion this year, Dentons is targeting greater volumes of cross-border deal work and has…
City firms line up on £13bn sale of Northern Rock mortgages Legal Business Linklaters, Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Hogan Lovells landed major roles in November advising on the government’s…
Holman Fenwick continues recruitment drive with Reed Smith corporate duo Legal Business Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) continues to build its City roster with the hire of Reed Smith corporate partners Giles Beale…
Toughening up: UK watchdogs clamp down on corporate wrongdoing as fines spike 270% Legal Business Regulatory partners expect a busy 2016 as EY figures show UK regulators have ramped up the number of fines and…
Third lateral hire of the week: Paul Hastings appoints Clifford Chance corporate partner in Frankfurt Legal Business Following two major hires in the City this week, US firm Paul Hastings has turned its attentions to Frankfurt with…
News in brief – November 2015 Legal Business SLAUGHTER AND MAY WIPES £600M OFF BA SUIT Litigators at Slaughter and May have successfully struck out around £600m from…
Herbert Smith counters Thierbach loss with King & Spalding hire Legal Business Just over a month since news broke that its high-profile capital markets head Steve Thierbach was leaving, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has…
Linklaters cashes in on Chinese bond sales with central bank’s international debut Legal Business The capital markets team at Magic Circle firm Linklaters has secured four bond issue mandates from Chinese banks as China’s…
King & Wood Mallesons departures continue as Ashurst hires Hong Kong corporate heavyweight Joshua Cole Legal Business King Wood & Mallesons (KWM) is to lose senior corporate partner Joshua Cole from its Hong Kong office to Ashurst.
Watson Farley hires Clyde & Co corporate partner Nigel Taylor Legal Business Watson Farley & Williams continues to build its City offering through lateral hires, by hiring Clyde & Co corporate partner Nigel…
Gibson Dunn swoop for HSF capital markets duo boosts English law capability Legal Business Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s appointment of Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF’s) capital markets duo Steve Thierbach and Chris Haynes is an…
Weil Gotshal, A&O and Freshfields advise on Worldpay float Jaishree Kalia Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have all picked up work advising card payment services…
Dealwatch: Sullivan & Cromwell’s City office and CC advise on nearly £6bn worth of deals Legal Business Sullivan & Cromwell’s City office has been busy this summer winning roles on two headline deals announced yesterday [8 September],…
Roaring back – Corporate activity has soared in Ireland Sarah Downey Earlier this year, Ireland’s prime minister (An Taoiseach) Enda Kenny made an appeal to emigrants who had departed the country…
Guest post: The truth about corporate welfare Guest Blog Students of the relationship between business and society will, of late, have encountered a new discourse, that around corporate welfare.
Dealwatch: Herbert Smith Freehills leads on winning bid for £4.2bn Thames super-sewer project Tom Moore Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) have advised the consortium picked to deliver a £4.2bn super-sewer stretching 15 miles under London to…
Booming pharma sector delivers work to US firms’ City offices Legal Business M&A work in the pharmaceutical industry continued apace last month, with White & Case’s London office winning its first mandate…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in June 2015 Legal Business US CITY TEAMS TAKE LEAD ROLES ON GHG’S £1.5BN DEBT RESTRUCTURING General Healthcare Group (GHG)’s £1.5bn debt restructuring, involving two…
