Divestments are moving to the centre of strategic M&A plans. Headlines: 41% of businesses are now equally focused on divestment and acquisition activity 54% of businesses say price is not their main consideration, with deal certainty taking precedence Shift towards a ‘manage and sign’ approach rather than ‘sign and manage’ Research has revealed how divestments […]
Simon Worlock was instructed on behalf of Colin Patterson in R v Colin Patterson & Dafydd Raw-Rees. This unusual case was concluded on the 18th May 2015 when the trial cracked after a basis of plea was accepted. It started life amidst huge public reaction following the Tesco Horsemeat scandal of 2012. As a result steps […]
The magic circle is often seen as a homogenous group of firms, but our analysis of their global investments throws up considerable differences. A&O and Clifford Chance have opened a series of offices, Linklaters has preferred alliances and Freshfields has barely extended its reach in a decade. It’s no longer one size fits all. The […]
With two rebrands in the company’s recent history, AIG has undergone a lot of change in a relatively short period of time. AIG general counsel Chris Newby’s interview with The Lawyer explains how the firm is moving away from its restructuring focus and how it engaging with its panels. As EMEA general counsel, Newby has […]
Offshore firm Walkers has announced that it is re-launching a fiduciary business, three years after selling off Walkers Management Services (WMS) to trust company Intertrust. Walkers is launching Walkers Professional Services (WPS) in response to “consistent client demand” for registered office, corporate and company secretarial services. The firm sold WMS, which was understood to have […]
Linklaters’ ambition to be part of the “global elite” has taken a significant step in the right direction as the firm succeeded in winning the role of principal adviser to Unilever from Slaughter and May. It has emerged that Linklaters took the top spot on Unilever’s global legal panel following the company’s first ever panel […]
Fieldfisher has appointed its first diversity and inclusion manager, as the firm makes plans to increase the number of women in leadership positions. Kristina Adey-Davies started at Fieldfisher’s London office last Monday, joining from not-for-profit organisation EmployAbility, where she was a senior manager. In this role, she partnered with corporations such as Deloitte, Goldman Sachs […]
A team of Hill Dickinson lawyers, including two partners, have left to start their own firm under the name Waterside Solicitors. Previously, the team of four was part of Hill Dickinson’s marine, trade and energy practice and includes partners Andrew Johnson and Peter Mavroghenis. The rest of the firm is made up of former Hill […]
Covington & Burling, Latham & Watkins, Mayer Brown and French firm Franklin are among the firms advising in Altice’s acquisition of US rival Suddenlink, in a deal valued at $9.1bn (£5.86m) Altice was represented by a number of firms including Covington & Burling partners Peter Laveran-Stiebar and Mace Rosenstein from New York and Washington respectively. […]
Now that May is here the deadline for entering this year’s The Lawyer Business Leadership awards is rapidly approaching. Don’t miss out on your chance for the recognition your firm, business services teams or stellar individuals deserve. If you need any reminder of the context for these awards and why they matter you could do […]
Dentons is reporting a rise in both revenue and profit for its UK, Middle East and Africa (UKMEA) operations for the 2014/15 financial year, with average profit per equity partner (PEP) up 23 per cent to £502,000. The firm said revenue had risen 6 per cent to £155m from £146.3m the previous year. Net profit […]
Network Rail has drafted in Eversheds on its legal challenge to TSSA trade union over its plans to strike on bank holiday Monday (25 May). The rail company alleges there are “numerous defects” in the union’s ballot. An interim injunction application hearing against TSSA is scheduled to take place at the High Court on Thursday. […]