Browne Jacobson partners with Enfield Council to drive efficiency
Browne Jacobson has partnered with Enfield Council’s contracts and commercial team to help review how the local authority uses the legal advice it receives.
White & Case adds capital markets partner in Hong Kong
White & Case has hired corporate partner Catherine Tsang from Paul Hastings, which has recently changed its Greater China leadership team.
Beringer and Ereira among lawyers named in New Year’s Honours list
Former Allen & Overy senior partner Guy Beringer QC, recent Paul Hastings hire restructuring partner David Ereira, Fountain Court Chambers’ Timothy Dutton QC, former Slaughter and May partner Charles Randell and University of Birmingham legal services director Carolyn Pike are among the legal professionals named in the New Year’s Honours list.
Akin Gump promotes London trio to partnership
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has promoted three London lawyers to partnership out of 12 worldwide, after making up no-one in the City last year. City-based counsel Sophie Jermine was promoted to the firm’s partnership from the start of January and is part of Akin Gump’s cross-border transactions team. She joined Akin Gump after […]
Bank of England’s lawyer headcount jumps 670% in five years
The number of lawyers at the Bank of England (BoE) has increased by approximately 670 per cent, rising from 13 individuals five years ago to between 90 and 100 today, it has emerged.
Skadden tops global M&A rankings as Freshfields and CC compete with US leaders
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom was involved in more M&A transactions in 2015 than any other firm, with Clifford Chance joining Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as the only magic circle representatives in the global top 10. According to data from Thomson Reuters, Skadden advised on 279 deals worldwide last year worth $1.1tr (£744bn). Overall 2015 […]
Dentons is Europe’s biggest hirer as recruiters focus on Germany
Dentons was the biggest lateral recruiter of any firm operating in Continental Europe in 2015, exclusive analysis by The Lawyer has shown. The firm picked up 15 partners during the course of the year across Europe as it opened in Milan and bulked up in Budapest. The figures do not include the firm’s planned merger […]
Top 20 cases 2015: the results of a year in court
The New Year brings with it the annual publication of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases. This eagerly-awaited feature outlines which disputes are likely to dominate the courts in the forthcoming year. Of the Top 20 Cases for 2015, judgments have been delivered in six and a half (including a partial settlement); four and half have […]
Cleary Gottlieb appointed to investigate BHP Billiton Brazil dam collapse
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is running an external investigation on behalf of BHP Billiton, Samarco and Vale into the recent Brazilian dam disaster which killed 17 people. In early November, two waters burst at the Samarco Mineração iron ore operation in Brazil, of which BHP Billiton and Vale each hold a 50 per cent […]
Top 10 stories: 11-18 December 2015
A wide variety of opinion pieces, analysis and good old-fashioned news stories made the top 10 stories list in the last full working week of 2015.
US duo win lead roles on Zurich’s $1bn agricultural insurance deal
Locke Lord and Willkie Farr & Gallagher have won the top roles on Zurich’s $1bn (£670m) agricultural insurance deal to strengthen its position in the USA. Willkie Farr chairman and New York based Thomas Cerabino led the transaction for Zurich American Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Zurich Insurance Group. He was supported by corporate partner Rajab Abbassi, […]
Surrey police tenders for sole legal provider worth £3.3m
The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Surrey has launched a panel review to find a single legal provider in a contract worth £3.3m.