Clifford Chance and Devonshires advise on £500m L&Q bid
Clifford Chance and Devonshires have advised London housing association L&Q on its landmark £500m bid for private land business Gallagher Estates.
Clifford Chance and Devonshires have advised London housing association L&Q on its landmark £500m bid for private land business Gallagher Estates.
Norton Rose Fulbright is on the brink of merging with US firm Chadbourne & Parke. The merger talks are in “advanced stages” and a combination is expected to be announced imminently.
BP has kicked off a review of its UK panel, inviting firms including Simmons & Simmons and Ashurst to tender for spots on the roster.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has lost a five-strong disputes team to Bird & Bird, in the same week its legal arm, PwC Legal, has lost a corporate partner to DWF.
Bird & Bird has hired Creative Technology’s former global head of legal Anan Sivananthan as an IP partner in Singapore.
Eversheds has been awarded the mandate of litigation adviser to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in a contract that will last around six months.
Kirkland & Ellis has put a “collar” on the amount of money it pays to associates in London and New York to prevent massive fluctuations in pay related to exchange rates.
Barclays has appointed a new global head of financial crime, hiring Bank of America (BoA) managing director Frederick Reynolds in New York.
Winckworth Sherwood has hired RPC real estate disputes head Tim Fogarty in London.
Stewarts Law has vowed to appeal a landmark judgment in the MasterCard interchange fees litigation.
Dechert’s London office saw the biggest growth in the entire network amid global revenue growth of 3 per cent to $911.6m.
Pinsent Masons stepped up its stake in tech product Cerico in the last financial year, meaning it now owns 60 per cent of the business, the firm’s LLP filings have revealed.