Scottish firm Brodies has made up a record seven lawyers to its partnership at the same time as creating a managing associate position. The partner promotions, which take the firm’s total partnership to 89, have been made across the firm’s practices, with one each in corporate, retail and leisure, disputes, public law, banking and finance, […]
Baker & McKenzie has bolstered its fledgling Yangon office with the addition of the managing partner of Grant Thornton’s Myanmar offering. Tax and legal adviser Ola Nicolai Borge has joined the firm as a partner along with senior associate U Than Maung, who joins from local firm Kelvin Chia Partnership. Bakers, which opened in the […]
Olswang human resources director Ffion Griffith has become the latest high-profile exit from the firm amid allegations of friction between partners and former CEO David Stewart’s team. Griffith, who started working for the firm 10 years ago after joining from legacy SJ Berwin, has left the firm ahead of the appointment of Stewart’s replacement (23 […]
Ropes & Gray has hired a structured finance specialist from rival US firm Chadbourne & Parke. Chadbourne partner Partha Pal joined Ropes’ London office as a partner in its finance group last Thursday (30 April). He previously spent sixteen years in the London, New York and Singapore offices of Sidley Austin, before moving to Chadbourne’s […]
Pinsent Masons has strengthened its lead at the top of the Aim rankings, with Carey Olsen and Memery Crystal coming in joint second. According to figures published by Adviser Rankings, Pinsent Masons gained three new AIM clients since January 2015, bringing its total number to 64. Meanwhile Carey Olsen and Memery Crystal lost four and […]
White & Case is advising troubled oil and gas company Afren on a $300m (£196m) recapitalisation plan that could prove a life raft to the business plagued by expenses scandal, falling share prices and its self-report to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in March. The Africa-focused FTSE 250 company released long-awaited details of the restructure […]
Schillings has converted to a LLP and will be registered as Schillings International LLP with effect from 1 May 2015. The firm’s registered name is an attempt to highlight the firm’s desire to assist clients worldwide. The firm will continue to trade as Schillings, in an attempt to take advantage of its relaunch as a privacy […]
Insurance giant AIG has completed a review of its UK panel while at the same time establishing a European panel of 64 firms. The second phase of the panel review saw the company review the terms and conditions of the UK panel to allow AIG to gain more from the firms it uses. AIG general […]
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Competition partners don’t tend to hit the headlines, but Paula Riedel’s departure from Linklaters to Kirkland & Ellis last week generated considerable reader interest. It was not a lone move in this sector last week; just two days earlier, we reported that Andrea Gomes da Silva left Freshfields for the CMA. And earlier in the year, we saw former […]
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Investigations into the Big Six energy companies could herald even more regulatory changes for the sector, but Eon’s head of legal Kirinjeet Kalsi is taking it all in her stride. When Eon’s UK head of legal Graham Line stepped down as a result of the start of a major probe by energy regulator Ofgem in […]