Spanish firm Pérez-Llorca has confirmed plans to open a foreign office in New York in the fourth quarter of this year, in a bid to gain more US related work and expand its presence in Latin America. This will be Pérez-Llorca’s second foreign office following the launch of its office in London led by corporate […]
Linklaters will cut three spots including two in London from its international board (IB), following a partnership consultation to cut down time spent on management after complaints the former set up was excessive. The board, to be reduced from 14 to 11 voting members, will also be renamed the partnership board (PB) as a result […]
Baker & McKenzie has picked up a rare instruction from long-standing Clifford Chance client Barclays on upcoming foreign exchange (forex) manipulation matters in the UK. Partners from Bakers’ financial services and disputes practices are understood to be advising the bank on issues to do with the aftermath of its $2.3bn (£1.4bn) forex manipulation penalty fine […]
South East firm Thomson Snell & Passmore has appointed non-lawyer Simon Slater as the firm’s first CEO, with the aim of growing its commercial practice further. Slater joined the firm last year from accountancy firm PKF Littlejohn where he worked as a non-executive director. He will work with senior partner James Partridge to carry out […]
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has appointed director of strategy and legal affairs David Taylor as executive director to the PPF board. He will also take on the new title of general counsel. Taylor first joined the PPF in 2005 as a senior lawyer and was promoted to head of legal in 2007. Since 2012 […]
Addleshaw Goddard has seen turnover soar by 12 per cent for 2014/15, from £171.4m to £192.5m. The results are a turnaround for Addleshaws after profits fell 11 per cent last year, from £44.9m to £39.8m (9 June 2014). The fall occurred despite revenue increasing by 3 per cent. The firm has not yet released its […]
Withers has continued its US expansion by hiring nine new partners and 17 fee earners, the majority from legacy McKenna Long & Aldridge, and opening three new offices in California. Withers has opened offices in Rancho Santa Fe with four partner hires, and San Diego and Los Angeles with two partners apiece. The McKenna Long hires, […]
Kirkland & Ellis corporate partner James Howe has joined Proskauer, with his departure coming just a week after it emerged that three funds partners are set to leave the firm. Howe will be a partner in Proskauer’s corporate team, working alongside head of UK M&A Steven Davis who joined the firm from King & Wood […]
Everyone thought Irwin Mitchell would be doing it soon, but it looks as if Gateley will beat the national firm to the punch. Gateley is actively preparing an IPO. It’s notable not least because Gateley – unlike Irwin Mitchell and Slater & Gordon, the Aussie-listed company that took over RJW three years ago – is […]
Hogan Lovells has boosted its finance practice in London with the hire of Dentons high yield partner Sylvain Dhennin. Dhennin will join Hogan Lovells’ international debt capital markets practice in London after over two years at Dentons where he built a high yield practice focusing on high yield bond offerings and Rule 144A/Regulation S securities […]
A raft of US firms are representing Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable (TWC) as the pair merge in a $78.7bn deal. Kirkland & Ellis and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz are providing advice to Charter, with the pair having advised the company on several earlier failed bids to merge with TWC. TWC, on the […]
Mishcon de Reya has hired Enyo Law disputes partner Annabel Thomas, five years after she moved to the litigation boutique as part of an 11-strong team departing Addleshaw Goddard. Thomas moved across to Enyo with former Addleshaws litigation chief Simon Twigden when he founded the firm in 2010 (8 October 2010). Twigden took partners Pietro […]