Clifford Chance has added two new partners to its New York office from Chadbourne & Parke and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The magic circle firm has recruited Chadbourne partner Douglas Deutsch to its financial restructuring team in the US, with Deutsch leaving Chadbourne after 15 years. He was made a partner in […]
Shakespeare Martineau turnover has slipped 5.8 per cent to £71m in its first financial results since the merger of Shakespeares and SGH Martineau last June.
The Lawyer has analysed the fees of 30 major UK deals from the last year to weigh up the biggest winners and losers in the M&A market. 3 Aug: Slaughters, Freshfields and US firms rake in £14.5m on ARM/Softbank deal
A Financial List judge said Dentons and RBS were “cavalier” in failing to comply with a headline disclosure order handed down last year. 9 June: Dentons client RBS ordered to hand over privileged documents
Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) will be hauled before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) over its role as advisers to an Iraq War inquiry.
Hogan Lovells has retained 80 per cent of its qualifying trainees, keeping on 24 of 30 of its newly-qualified lawyers at the firm this year.
Slaughters and Davis Polk will pocket £9m while Freshfields and MoFo will split £5.5m in fees from Softbank’s £24bn purchase of ARM last month. 18 July: Freshfields and Slaughters team up with US firms on £24bn deal
K&L Gates has been actively seeking a local merger in Singapore and has held discussions with a number of local firms, The Lawyer has learned.
Motor insurance giant Admiral is approaching its former counsel to sit on its first ever panel of barristers’ chambers.
US duo Davis Polk & Wardwell and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Chinese firms Fangda and Han Kun bagged key roles on Uber China’s sale to Chinese competitor Didi Chuxing.
Baker & McKenzie has elected tax partner Alex Chadwick to lead its London office for a three-year term.
Osborne Clarke has entered the Singapore market through an association with local firm Queen Street Legal.