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The financial crisis, globalisation and the increasing complexity of regulatory issues have fundamentally altered the corporate environment at the top end.
Former Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) corporate head David Collins has joined Dentons as head of its UK corporate group.
The financial crisis, globalisation and the increasing complexity of regulatory issues have fundamentally altered the corporate environment at the top end.
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Weil Gotshal & Manges have picked up the lead advisory roles on the $130bn (£86bn) merger between chemicals giants DuPont and Dow Chemical. The mammoth merger was announced this morning (11 December) and was described as a “merger of equals”. The combined company will be named DowDuPont and […]
CMS Cameron McKenna, Hogan Lovells and Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co have all won places on M&G Real Estate’s legal panel. M&G Real Estate is one of the largest institutional property investors in the UK and owns £22.5bn worth of assets across the UK, Europe and Asia. The company’s head of legal Chris Brierley […]
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has delayed the completion of its ‘tier one’ panel review following the resignation of general counsel John Collins earlier this week, The Lawyer understands. However the bank has confirmed to its second and third tier of legal advisers, understood to include at least 20 firms, whether they made the cut. A […]
Slaughter and May has handed its top-performing associates increased Christmas bonuses this year. The bonuses are primarily decided on level of qualification, but there is a performance element built in. Associates whose performance was rated as ‘good’ or ‘exceptional’ in the last year will recieve between 9 and 16 per cent of their salary, up […]
US firm Sidley Austin has announced it is making up 24 lawyers to its global partnership but only one will be based in London. Fellow US firms Dechert and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan also announced their partnership promotions rounds this week. Dechert made up 14 partners while Quinn Emanuel boosted its partnership by nine lawyers. Despite this […]
Compared to the other litigation boutiques to flourish in London over the last decade, Cooke Young & Keidan (CYK) has remained relatively low-key. Its five partners, 11 associates and three paralegals work from a modest office in the City and rates are kept much lower than those of their competitors. But the victories it has […]