HSF and Kramer Levin partners vote through $2bn transatlantic tie-up
Partners at Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and US firm Kramer Levin have voted in favour of their landmark merger, paving…
Strategy and management
Revolving Doors: Paul Hastings picks up White & Case infra team while Bakers makes double hire in London
Paul Hastings led the high-profile partner moves this week, hiring two partners to lead a team across London, Paris, and…
Revolving Doors: Quinn Emanuel’s Bremen departs while Simpson Thacher hires two in the US
James Bremen, the chair of Quinn Emanuel’s construction practice, has left after eight years to join independent litigation firm Joseph…
Revolving Doors: Paul Hastings lands Kirkland M&A heavyweight as Clifford Chance adds laterals in New York
Leading this week’s high-profile moves, Paul Hastings strengthened its corporate M&A practice with the hire of Eric Schiele from Kirkland…
Finding the right fit: the duo behind Davis Polk’s long-awaited London restructuring launch
With just 12 partners in London, Davis Polk’s approach to recruitment in the capital has been conservative to say the…
Revolving Doors: DLA Piper makes lev fin play with A&O Shearman hire as partners from collapsed Memery Crystal move on
Leading the high-profile moves of recent weeks, DLA Piper hired A&O Shearman leveraged finance partner Gordon Houseman, who has joined…
Simmons names international disputes head as new managing partner
Simmons & Simmons has elected international head of disputes Emily Monastiriotis as the firm’s new managing partner, succeeding long-serving leader…
‘Orderly winding down’ for RBG as collapsed firm fails to appoint administrators
Memery Crystal’s parent company RBG Holdings is set to proceed with an ‘orderly winding down’, it announced today (17 February),…
Haynes Boone ramps up London presence with seven-strong Memery Crystal team
US firm Haynes Boone has recruited a four-partner team from Memery Crystal, including senior partner Nick Davis (pictured), as the…
Twenty-five strong Memery Crystal team lands at Fladgate in fallout from RBG collapse
Fladgate has hired 25 lawyers and staff from Memery Crystal, as lawyers from the firm continue to find new homes…
Revealed: A&O Shearman partner exits pass 100 mark since merger announcement
More than 100 legacy Allen & Overy (A&O) and Shearman & Sterling partners have left or retired since the merger…
Proskauer continues finance build out with former A&O Shearman and Milbank hire
Proskauer announced today that it has hired former A&O Shearman and Milbank partner John Goldfinch into its global finance practice.…
‘Private credit are the new banks’: Proskauer’s A&O and Cahill hires on the US firm’s ambitious finance push
Speak to almost any major firm active in the finance space and you’ll hear about private credit. The industry matured…
‘We’re not Real Madrid signing the best player in the world every year, that’s not what we do’ – Skadden London head Youle on scaling up London
Skadden London head Richard Youle on a year in management and scaling up London Skadden-style.
Ex-A&O banking chief Bowden exits for Proskauer as US firm snaps up City finance quartet
A&O Shearman banking heavyweight Philip Bowden, the former co-head of legacy A&O’s global banking practice, has left the newly merged…
Latham lands Cahill City finance trio as Greenberg, McDermott and Cleary bolster London ranks
In the most notable London lateral move of recent weeks, Latham & Watkins bolstered its banking and finance practice with…
Market forces: Paul Weiss, Kirkland and the war for London talent
In the contest for the biggest legal story of the moment, the A&O Shearman merger may be more transformational for…
Paul Hastings scores double win from Latham after recent London losses
Paul Hastings has hired litigation and trial partners Oliver Browne and Stuart Alford KC from Latham & Watkins, just days…
Baker McKenzie: One eye open
‘What defines Baker McKenzie over the last few years is the sheer amount of work that has gone into financial…
A&O Shearman is a marriage of necessity, not convenience
The most enjoyable part of analysing the proposed merger of Allen & Overy (A&O) and Shearman & Sterling has been…