Jones Day has hired Herbert Smith Freehills’ Middle East finance head Nadim Khan, who joined the firm to launch its Dubai office in 2007.
Vinter is coming: Covington boosts projects offering as former BG GC returns to private practice
Covington & Burling has landed a heavyweight in-house veteran to boost its London project finance offering with the arrival of BG Group’s former general counsel, Graham Vinter, to chair and supervise the expansion of the practice.
Paul Hastings adds another City heavyweight as Ashurst is hit again
Paul Hastings has continued to strengthen its burgeoning City practice with yet another high-profile lateral hire, this time taking respected finance partner Nigel Ward from a beleaguered Ashurst.
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Ashurst suffers further exits as Abu Dhabi head departs and A&O takes two Asia finance partners
The exits continue at Ashurst as the firm’s Abu Dhabi head has quit for a US firm while two Asia finance partners, including Ashurst’s Hong Kong managing partner have joined Allen & Overy (A&O).
Quinn makes City white-collar crime play with hire of former SFO prosecutor Amaee
Disputes powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has launched a long-anticipated corporate crime practice in London through the hire of Covington & Burling partner and former Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecutor Robert Amaee.
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In the bank: Global 100 firms bill £14.5m on mega ARM acquisition
US and Magic Circle advisers on the mega acquisition of ARM holdings by Japanese group SoftBank will together rake in £14.5m in fees, the latest deal documents show.
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US elite take roles as Verizon emerges as Yahoo! buyer in $4.8bn deal
A handful of US elite firms including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz have taken roles in the much speculated sale of Yahoo! to Verizon. Continue reading “US elite take roles as Verizon emerges as Yahoo! buyer in $4.8bn deal”
Latham, Clifford Chance, Milbank and DLA win places on Swiss PE house’s first legal panel
Swiss private equity house Partners Group has picked Latham & Watkins, Clifford Chance, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Ropes & Gray and DLA Piper for its first formal legal panel.
Deal watch: Corporate activity in June 2016
NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT AND A&O LEAD NUCLEAR JV
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Brexit fallout: US firms feel the pressure in London but A&O and Freshfields commit to New York pay increases
With most US law firms experiencing something of a slowdown in the London market following the instability around the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, and subsequent Leave victory, questions remain around whether investment will keep coming or be held back to focus on other markets.