Norton Rose Middle East outfit buoyed by triple projects scoop” />Norton Rose’s Middle East practice has been boosted by the announcement of three new project finance clients. The firm has won competitive pitches for deals totalling $3bn (£1.63bn). All the bids were led by Bahrain international managing partner Carol Roberts. Of the three deals, the […]
Opening arguments are far longer in the UK than in the US and long may this continue. By John McDonnell QC The opening speech by Sir John Duke Coleridge (attorney-general, 1871-1873) on behalf of the trustees of the Tichborne Estate was said to be the longest speech on record; but it has been easily surpassed […]
Bird & Bird’s office in the Hague (Armand Killan, Harry Rek) has signed a cooperation agreement with the European Space Agency which will see the firm advising on the commercial use of the International Space Station. Masons’ AIM team, headed by Russell Booker, advised chemical genomics business VASTox on its admission to AIM in London. […]
Denton Wilde Sapte (DWS) partner Martin Kitchen has quit the firm’s consultation committee in a bid to avoid conflicts of interest if he stands for the role of chief executive in December’s elections. Kitchen withdrew from the committee late last month. As first revealed on Lawyer News Weekly (13 October), there were concerns that committee […]
Milbank has restocked its restructuring group after several departures this year, hiring a partner from White & Case. Ian Wallace joins Milbank after nearly 10 years as a partner at White & Case. He joined the firm in 2015 from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where he trained. Wallace focuses on international restructuring situations including advising businesses […]
The chair of the City of London Law Society (CLLS) has issued a letter to member firms asking for help placing 10 trainees of a US outfit shutting its London office. US-headquartered Armstrong Teasdale is cutting ties with the English capital. According to the CLLS letter, four trainees at the firm are about to qualify, […]
Cooley has expanded its commercial litigation practice with a hire from Bird & Bird. Bryony Hurst joins the US tech-renowned firm having previously been a partner in the dispute resolution team at Bird & Bird in London. Hurst spent over a decade at her previous firm and was promoted to partner back in 2017. Speaking […]
The Post Office has appointed a law firm to assist it with the aftermath of a data breach this summer, in which contact details of 555 Horizon claimants were mistakenly released. DAC Beachcroft is advising the company in a pre-action dispute with claimants who took the Post Office to the High Court in 2016. In […]
Kirkland & Ellis is poised to hire a financial restructuring duo from German firm Gleiss Lutz, following its launch in Frankfurt this month. Partner Christian Halàsz and counsel Friedrich Schlott, from Frankfurt and Düsseldorf respectively, are understood to be set to join Kirkland. Earlier in the month, the firm hit Latham & Watkins for key […]
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Both Taylor Wessing and Bird & Bird set €1bn (£858m) revenue targets in the summer. For Taylor Wessing, this means finding an additional £377m in revenue by its 2028 target date, while 2Birds needs £313m to hit its 2029/30 target. These firms are scaling up from a defensive position – they are contending with smaller […]
The City’s rush for leveraged finance talent has proven one thing – one partner just isn’t enough. Investments need to account for individual circumstances and performance. Why hire a sole rainmaker who might leave after three years when a team of five guarantees strength in numbers? This was critical in Sidley Austin’s thinking when it […]
And just like that, the Olympics are coming to an end. A bit of a comedown for many, but not for the sports lawyers of Northridge Law. Within the space of two Olympic cycles, the sports boutique has cemented itself as, just possibly, the most heavyweight sports team in the country, hop, skipping and jumping […]
An old-school Lincoln’s Inn firm with royal connections. A media-savvy employment specialist. And a full-service regional outfit with a non-lawyer CEO. The similarities aren’t immediately apparent but Farrer & Co, Lewis Silkin and Birketts all passed £100m in revenue in 2023/24, leaving rivals trailing in their wake. That’s what’s so impressive about these three firms. […]
In recent years, Leeds has become a hotbed for new players in the legal arena. And so the burning question old-timers have been asking is: what are their ambitions and how’s that going to affect us? Well, Gowling WLG appears content with its real estate team from Womble Bond Dickinson and has no major expansion […]
Pinsent Masons is trialling a new system where staff working consistently long hours are flagged to senior staff. Through burnout alerts, bosses will receive a notification through a new time-tracking system if their employees are perceived to be overworking. A spokesperson for the firm commented: “We are in the process of trialling new resource management […]
In today’s changing market, both client retention and talent retention are top priorities for law firms globally. During this expert panel session, we will hear from industry experts on leveraging strategic resource management to boost lawyer utilization and equitable access to opportunities, while lowering costs and ensuring DEI goals are met. Discover how real-time insights […]
McCann Fitzgerald has introduced a salary partner tier having been the final all-equity holdout at the top of the Irish legal market. The change was enacted earlier this year and was in operation during the May promotion round, which was also the largest in its history. Promotion numbers almost trebled year-on-year when McCanns announced its […]
Clifford Chance has said it is “heartbroken” at the passing of New York litigator Christopher Morvillo after Mike Lynch’s superyacht sank this week, while DWF has said its former chair Jonathan Bloomer will be “sorely missed”. Clifford Chance partner Morvillo was one of six individuals who went missing after the Bayesian sank this week. Invited aboard […]
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is not alone in facing scrutiny from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), with six UK200 firms and another US50 firm coming under pressure from the regulator since 2021. Here’s how they fared. As revealed on Monday, Simpson Thacher’s London office has been accused of not having in place a compliant firmwide […]