Move of the week Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has hired King & Wood Mallesons’ head of Europe and Middle East finance Jeremy Cross. Cross joins the firm as a fund finance partner in the City and acts for lenders, borrowers and fund sponsors. He is expected to build out Cadwalader’s European fund finance practice and […]
Essex Court Chambers has an outstanding and long-standing reputation in the international arbitration field. Over the past 18 months the set has significantly expanded its reach into the growing market of fraud, financial crime and offshore work. It has also strengthened its leading position in commercial litigation and arbitration, while embracing a shift in leadership […]
When I was a junior associate in the early 1990s it never seemed strange that we were not entitled to an evening at home or a weekend. Secretaries were all female, partners generally male and the junior associates roughly 50/50 male and female.
The Lawyer Awards, in association with Travelers, 2016: What innovation looks like What are winners made of? The Lawyer Awards 2016 cohort proves that private practice and in-house teams can achieve the impossible, implement innovation and fulfill the role of perfect advisers regardless of their size. For the first time, The Lawyer has dedicated an […]
A growing number of firms are turning to cutting-edge technology to improve their performance in areas such as financial management and service delivery. At The Lawyer’s Business Leadership Summit in September, HSBC’s head of professional services Simon Adcock will discuss the level of investment firms are currently making in technology and how increasing this investment can pay dividends.
Falling oil prices have hit energy companies hard, and none more than BP. The oil and gas giant had a difficult year in 2015 with its upstream business in particular bearing the brunt of this, reporting a pre-tax loss of $700m (£530m). Added to these woes are the continuing liabilities from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, which has so far cost BP £55.5bn.
Never before has an in-house interview been interrupted by a conga going past the window. But that is what happened at Metro Bank. Helpfully, the company’s general counsel Sally-Ann James explains that all new joiners participate in this ritual.
I was speaking to a partner at a major international firm last week who professed himself a little baffled. “Clyde & Co won Law Firm of the Year?” he said. “But I don’t know them at all!” Said partner is – you will be unsurprised to hear – an M&A specialist at a household-name law firm.
For the first time we reveal the judges’ thoughts behind the winners of The Lawyer Awards 2016. Find out what it takes to win.
Parliament has released two letters from Linklaters to Olswang over the sale of BHS.
Eversheds’ consultancy arm, Eversheds Consulting, has pushed forward plans to launch in Ireland after losing a client pitch to an EU-headquartered firm.
Allen & Overy is to retain 36 out of 42 qualifying trainees this autumn, equating to 86 per cent of its intake. It is the first of the magic circle to release its figures for September. The firm made 38 offers to the 39 final-seat trainees who applied for a newly-qualified position, with 36 accepting. Training […]