Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) will run up costs of at least £90m defending public bank the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in its £4bn shareholder battle, due to go to trial in December 2016. The most recent costs estimate, declared to the court in a case management conference (CMC) in September, has climbed rapidly this […]
Pinsent Masons has emerged as the most popular provider of legal services in the UK, according to data compiled by The Lawyer. Six other legal services businesses – Axiom, DLA Piper, Eversheds, Herbert Smith Freehills, CMS and Slaughter and May – are also among those that received numerous mentions by in-house lawyers as those they most […]
Barrister Camini Kumar, now an associate at Penningtons Manches, gives her advice on moving to a law firm from the bar. What was the thought process you went through in making the decision to leave the Bar? This certainly had not been a career objective for me – quite the opposite. My ambitions had always been […]
Kirkland & Ellis, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Sullivan & Cromwell have won top roles on Vista Equity Partners’ $6.5bn (£4.2bn) acquisition of asset management software provider Solera. Solera, which owns the Audatex, CAP and HPI brands, sought legal advice from Kirkland & Ellis US corporate partners Steve Ritchie, Mike Brueck and Walt Holzer. The […]
In-house counsel have revealed the firms they most like to work with. Top of their list? Firms that have listened to their needs and come back with refined or remodelled service delivery models. Here’s their wishlist.
The client has spoken. Earlier this year we surveyed 200 corporates about their preferences in terms of legal advisers. It was part of our annual Business Leadership Report that examines not the ‘what’ in legal services, but the ‘how’: how firms deliver all the advice that clients need.
When Ross Allardice featured in 2008’s Hot 100, he was an associate at Kirkland & Ellis. Seven years on and he is one of four partners in White & Case’s London office who are helping to build up the firm’s private equity practice.
The Financial List should present an opportunity for London to build on its reputation as a pre-eminent global centre for the resolution of large financial disputes.
Move of the week Olswang ’s former head of corporate Fabrizio Carpanini is joining Dorsey & Whitney as a partner in London. Carpanini will lead Dorsey’s European private equity practice, working closely with the firm’s North American and Asian-based private equity group. He joined Olswang in 2000 and was formerly a partner at Berwin Leighton […]
As an enabler of agile working and a cost-cutting tool, electronic document management has been a success, but many lawyers are still cautious.
This week our top briefings writers are taken from the banking sector, and their posts include trends for mid-market corporate finance, how economists can help with litigation awards, what to do if a dividend is unlawful, and advice for borrowers when their loan is sold.
The role of the ‘legal community’ is evolving at Lloyds Banking Group, but group GC Kate Cheetham is at home in the ever-changing world of banking.