This week’s hits were dominated by interest in the news that Kirkland & Ellis’ London head Graham White had quit the firm to become Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson’s first-ever London managing partner. This will mark the first time the firm has bowed down to a leader other than New York-based chairman David Greenwald. […]
Edwards Wildman associate Sascha Grimm and Shearman & Sterling associate Suzanne Szczetnikowicz like to recount a story about female behaviour in the workplace. When asked whether they put themselves forward, push for mandates or promotion, many of the women they have surveyed excuse their diffidence by saying: “Ah, but that’s not a gender thing. It’s […]
Tired of firms’ talk of commitment to the partnership gender balance while seeing scant evidence of change, five female lawyers have launched Women in Law London (WILL) to empower women to take the initiative themselves If you look closely around a partner meeting in any of the top law firms in the UK you might […]
Next generation set to take lead at Kirkland & Ellis as White exits for Fried Frank The latest high-profile partner to jump on the private equity carousel took the market by surprise. Last week The Lawyer revealed that Kirkland & Ellis’ de facto London head Graham White has quit to head up Fried Frank’s City […]
From a firm’s culture to the nuts and bolts of service delivery and business performance, it all stems from how you choose to manage your partners Recently, I was asked to talk about partner performance management. A slightly dull and rather process-driven subject was my initial reaction, particularly so for a partner in a firm […]
As GC at one of the world’s biggest visitor attractions operators, Colin Armstrong’s role is to keep Merlin out of the firing line of global regulators General counsel Colin Armstrong works for a company that makes magic happen. Merlin Entertainments’ portfolio of 150 attractions spans the world, from constructions in Legoland Florida and frights in […]
Information is key in M&A negotiations but the amount of data available is rocketing as a result of social media. Our expert panel give their advice The Panel Q: How effective is an analysis of the bidder/target using publicly available information, including the press and social media, in advance of formal negotiations on an M&A deal? […]
Move of the week Kaye Scholer has hired Philip Perrotta as a partner in London to lead the office’s aviation finance and leasing practice. He was formerly global head of aviation finance at Clyde & Co, which he joined in 2006, becoming head of aviation finance five years later. UK London Lewis Silkin has recruited […]
What do fancy gentlemen’s outfitter Thomas Pink and ladies underwear retailer Victoria’s Secret have in common? According to Walker Morris, it is the pair’s shared use of the trademark PINK on their products. The firm outlines the recent court battle between the two, in which Thomas Pink brought a trademark infringement claim against Victoria’s Secret […]
On 17–18 September 2014, the Conference on Legal Risks and Conferences of International Investment and Trade from the Projection of China-Africa Co-operation was held in Beijing’s China National Convention Center. Hosted by the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Chinese Society of International Law, King & Capital partners Gong Piguo, Zhou Zhenguo and Huang Yonghua attended the […]
King & Capital partner Wu Liwei has been quoted by the Los Angeles Times regarding celebrities and drug use. Wu noted that although the number of drug-related cases has risen these past years, generally speaking, the incidence of drug-related crimes is not growing significantly. The reason that the public mistakenly holds that the incidence of drug-related crimes is growing, he said, […]
Steve Johnson, 34, of Smethwick, who admitted two charges of doing an act likely to endanger an aircraft, has been jailed for a year. He was defended by No5 barrister Harpreet Sandhu. Johnson was fishing at a pool in Washbrook Lane, Norton Canes, when he shone a green laser pen into the cockpit of an […]