No5 Chambers’ Paul Marshall, a member of No5 Chambers’ commercial group, is to speak in Frankfurt about the mis-selling of financial instruments. The conference is held jointly by the International Committee of the Bar Council of England and Wales and the Deutscher Anwaltverein with its Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht on Thursday, 19 February. Paul Marshall will be […]
Harpreet Sandhu has prosecuted a man who has been jailed for nine years after he tried to rape his friend and dumped her unconscious body in a field. Warwickshire Crown Court heard that Jason Croker, 38, left the victims body in an isolated countryside spot having “not got what he wanted”. Crocker was convicted of rape […]
The results are now flooding in as this year’s US financial reporting season gathers pace, and several firms are breaking through significant barriers. White & Case has hit the $1.5bn mark , Paul Weiss produced $1bn last year , and King & Spalding’s 8 per cent growth is bringing it close to $1bn. One firm […]
Our long-form analysis dominated the top 10 stories this week, as interest soared in flexible working initiatives. Last week’s cover story, a look at Allen & Overy’s flexible working initiative Peerpoint, was the runaway hit of the week on the web as readers piled in to find out what the magic circle firm is doing […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman provided Cayman and BVI legal advice to Odella Leather Holdings Limited on its HK$55m (£4.6m) listing on the Growth Enterprise Market of Hong Kong Stock Exchange by way of placing. Odella Leather Holdings manufactures and sells private label leather garments for original equipment manufacturers, primarily fashion brands. Anna Chong of Conyers’ […]
Eversheds has advised the Forewind consortium on an offshore wind energy project at Dogger Bank in the North Sea – making it the largest renewable energy development ever to receive planning consent in the UK. Dogger Bank Creyke Beck, which has a total generating capacity of 2.4GW, is expected to be one of UK’s largest […]
White & Case has increased its revenue to the $1.5bn (£976m) mark for 2014, a rise of 4.2 per cent on its figure of $1.44bn in 2013. The firm’s global profit per equity partner also rose from $1.9m to $2m, an increase of 36 per cent over the past three years. Revenue per lawyer also […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s private equity team in Paris has advised longstanding client Société Générale Capital Partners, in partnership with Sagard and Euromezzanine, on the leveraged buyout of specialty chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan from Parquest Capital. The buyout, for a confidential sum, will see management take a majority stake in the business and has been […]
K&L Gates has reported an 11 per cent growth in revenue to £44.96m in London in its year-end financial results, contrasting with a firmwide drop in turnover. The firm’s London figures compare favourably to K&L Gates’ global results, which showed a turnover drop of 1.18 per cent from $1.158bn to $1.145bn (£744m). Revenue per lawyer […]
Paul Hastings might not have yet really jumped on the recruitment carousel which its US rivals are riding in the UK, but its London chair Ronan O’Sullivan thinks the firm is well-placed in the market. The firm is yet to reveal its financial results for 2014, but O’Sullivan hints that the year was a good […]
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman chair Jim Rishwain has revealed plans to double the firm’s headcount in London in the next year. The firm’s 13-partner office would expand based on existing practice areas for the overall firm, Rishwain told The Lawyer. The firm’s hires would be in financial services, energy, technology and real estate. “We have […]
King & Spalding grew its revenue by 8 per cent in 2014, from $861.4m to $934m, marking a revenue increase of more than a third over the past five years. The firm’s average profit per equity partner increased by 10 per cent, from $2.14m to $2.36m. Its revenue per lawyer also passed the $1m threshold […]