A&O, Hogan Lovells and Skadden line up on $1.46bn acquisition of Aeroflex by UK rival Cobham
Allen & Overy (A&O), Hogan Lovells and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are among firms to be awarded mandates…
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Associate pay: Shearman raises English-qualified lawyers’ salaries by up to 6.4% across the board
Shearman & Sterling has announced a salary boost for its English-qualified lawyers, increasing pay levels across the firm’s three-tier merit based…
Barclays high profile Americas chief Michael Crowl set to join UBS
Barclays’ high-profile managing director and general counsel (GC) for the Americas, Michael Crowl, is leaving to head UBS’ US wealth…
Bayer’s $14.2bn acquisition from Merck spins out roles for Sullivan, Fried Frank, Morgan Lewis and Cleary
The $14.2bn acquisition of Merck’s consumer care business by German pharmaceutical giant Bayer has spun out roles for a clutch…
Transatlantic Weil and Milbank teams advise on circa €2bn Flint acquisition; A&O launches Primark in the US
Weil, Gotshal & Manges London, German and New York banking teams have advised the lenders on Goldman Sachs and Koch Industries’…
Paul Hastings and Cleary advise on Marriott London Grosvenor sale and £200m buy-in of UK’s Victoria Plumb
The London offices of US firms Paul Hastings and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton are advising on the £125m sale of the…
Squire Sanders’ merger talks partner Patton Boggs approached by Dentons
Squire Sanders‘ merger talks partner Patton Boggs has been approached with an offer to combine from top 50 Global 100…
Squire Sanders reveals almost flat US turnover and profits as Patton Boggs talks ongoing
Squire Sanders has unveiled largely flat 2013 results in the US, with revenue at the top 15 LB100 firm, which is…
Skadden latest US firm to enter Seoul after obtaining local licence
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has announced it is opening in Seoul, South Korea, joining a growing number of UK…
In-house: US government agency adds to its senior lawyer ranks with AOL and Google hires
The former deputy general counsel at both AOL and Google are set to become colleagues, having separately joined the US…
Outpaced – US firms’ 2013 City revenue increases overshadow global results
Aside from a notable shift towards growth, one of the most salient trends to emerge from 2013’s US financial results…
Head of Manhattan – Adam Siegel takes over as Freshfields US managing partner
One of the more successful of the Magic Circle practices in Wall Street, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Adam Siegel to…
Pfizer maintains business-as-usual for legal alliance as Rosenthal latest GC to depart
It was recognised at its 2009 inception as the most radical attempt to carve up the way bluechips instruct their…
Hires in London for MoFo and O’Melveny as Paul Hastings brings in Pfizer’s assistant GC
US firms have announced a number of senior hires in the last few days as Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) and…
WhatsApp? Weil secures lead role on Facebook’s $16bn acquisition led by 2012 Dewey hire
The first global law firm to open an office in US technology heartland Silicon Valley, Weil Gotshal & Manges has secured…
Soft H2 debt restructuring market blamed for 12.6% drop in 2013 US revenue for Bingham McCutchen
When many firms were busy cutting costs and dicing teams in 2008, Bingham McCutchen weathered the economic downturn pretty well…
Brazilian hat trick – NRF launches third Latin America office with hire of BP’s Andrew Haynes
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is to expand its Latin American footprint as it today (19 February) announces the launch of an…
New frontiers for Quinn Emanuel as US litigation leader sets up in Brussels
Following a year of rapid international expansion that saw highly profitable litigation outfit Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan dominate the global…
US results season: White & Case sees revenues increase 4% as PEP hits $1.87m
Despite the recent relative economic revival in the US, the world’s largest legal market remains turbulent but early numbers from…
Skadden’s London head Buck steps down as the City claims global management positions in energy and litigation
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s longstanding European head Bruce Buck has stepped down from his role as London head as…