Just three months after hiring Deloitte’s managing partner of growth and markets Richard Punt as chief executive officer of Peerpoint, Allen & Overy is rolling out the flexible resourcing initiative to Hong Kong. Punt has a remit for business development, freeing up chief operations officer Ben Williams to focus on the operations side of Peerpoint, […]
Gateley has expanded its London team with the appointment of two new partners. Craig Rattray joins the firm’s commercial, technology and media team and Steven Raize has been appointed to the firm’s corporate team. New Zealand-born Rattray is a technology, commercial and payment services specialist and joins the firm from Olswang, where he was a partner […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has provided Cayman Islands legal advice to Autohome Inc. and BVI legal advice to the BVI subsidiary in connection with a secondary offering in the US of 1,500,000 class A ordinary shares. Autohome Inc is an online destination for automobile consumers in China. Anna Chong of Conyers’ Hong Kong office advised […]
Latham & Watkins has turned to Clifford Chance in Germany for two of its key corporate partners, Oliver Felsenstein and Burc Hesse. Felsenstein became the sole head of the firm’s private equity group in June 2013 (21 June 2013), following Latham’s hire of London-based private equity chief David Walker earlier that year (8 April 2013). […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) has kick-started the international roll-out of its flexible resourcing division Peerpoint with a soft launch in Hong Kong. The firm has launched Peerpoint in Hong Kong to support its office locally and potentially any clients there that might be interested in the option of a flexible resource. The overseas expansion of […]
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) managing partner George Eddings is set for a challenge to his leadership in March as his two-year tenure comes up for renewal. Eddings was head of global shipping and transport before he was elected managing partner in 2012. He replaced his predecessor Greg Gray, after an uninterrupted 10-year stint at the […]
Linklaters has divided control of its Africa and India groups following the decision of Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) head Sandeep Katwala to step down from the role. Katwala was EEMEA managing partner and head of Linklaters’ India group, having held the latter position for 10 years (28 January 2013). He succeeded Stuart […]
Pinsent Masons has retained pole position in the Aim client rankings, despite increasing competition from firms including Charles Russell Speechlys and Wragge Lawrence Graham over the past quarter. According to the latest data by Adviser Rankings, Pinsent Masons increased its total yield of Aim-listed clients from 60 to 61, while its closest rival Carey Olsen […]
Popular beat artist Robin Thicke made headlines last year with a really very catchy tune and some really very unfortunate lyrics. We looked them up for the purposes of this email and quite apart from the sexism, there are some crimes against language in there. “In a hundred years not dare, would I / Pull […]
Longstanding DAC Beachcroft (DACB) Madrid lead partner Pablo Wesolowski has left the firm to join 11 former colleagues at Rousaud Costas Duran (RCD). According to DACB’s website, it leaves the firm’s Madrid office with a total of 13 lawyers, including partners José María Álvarez-Cienfuegos, Enrique Gich and José María Pimentel. Wesolowski joins 11 former DACB […]
DLA Piper International – the firm’s operations outside the US – saw a 2 per cent drop in revenue in 2013/14, the firm’s LLP accounts have shown. Turnover for the firm’s International LLP, which includes its offices in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the UK, dropped by almost £13m from £800.4m in 2012/13 to […]
Ogier is attending MIPIM 2015, the annual real estate event for property professionals, at the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, 10–13 March. If you would like meet to discuss the latest trends and developments in outsourced administration of real estate funds, or discuss how Ogier can service you or your clients in one of our eight […]