Navigating an IPO would be a daunting prospect for any in-house lawyer. So, no wonder they’re prepared to dig deep in order to ensure their external counsel is up to the job. Exclusive research from The Lawyer reveals that more companies turned to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for advice on an IPO than any other firm […]
Eversheds Munich managing partner Matthias Heisse has commented on fears of a slowdown in the German economy. Heisse said that the German government has offered some gifts to the voters, such as the minimum wage in 2015 and higher retirement pensions for mothers, and that the government trusted in the robustness of the German economy, even […]
James Batham, partner and head of retail at Eversheds, has commented following news that the number of shops on UK high streets has declined. He said that while many will point to the closure of Phones 4U and La Senza as a partial explanation, retailers should not overlook the underlying trend and factors behind the […]
Eversheds has advised the £480m Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) on exchanging contracts with Kuehne Nagel to deliver a 39,776m² flagship warehouse at London Heathrow Airport. Kuehne Nagel, a global transportation and logistics company based in Switzerland, has committed to take occupation of AIPUT’s 12,125m² warehouse at the Heathrow South Cargo Centre (HSCC). It is […]
White & Case has added five new members to its partnership in London – more than any of the firm’s other offices globally. The five partners specialise in M&A and private equity, construction, tax, debt finance and capital markets, and asset finance work. Of the five London promotions, one – finance lawyer Alison Weal – […]
Baker & McKenzie has named Hong Kong-based Milton Cheng as managing partner of its Hong Kong, China, Korea and Vietnam offices. Cheng, who has until now been head of the firm’s Asia-Pacific M&A group, co-head of its corporate group in China and Hong Kong and leader of its Hong Kong REITs practice, has replaced Paul […]
Kirkland & Ellis’ London head Graham White has quit the firm to become Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson’s first-ever London managing partner. White has headed up Kirkland’s City practice since 2012, when he was also voted onto the firm’s global management executive committee (18 May 2012). Kirkland has never had an official London managing […]
Kent County Council’s legal division Kent Legal Services (KLS) has today launched a search for a private sector alternative business structure (ABS) partner. The tender document calls for expressions of interest from firms that are already ABSs or prepared to enter the licensing process immediately and capital investment is listed as a priority. The contract […]
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), Clifford Chance, Osborne Clarke and Stephenson Harwood are understood to have missed out on Lloyds’ core panel spots in its latest review, which reduced the roster from 12 to 10. Eversheds, Herbert Smith Freehills and Linklaters were among those re-appointed to the panel, which was cut from a core roster of […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has selected new global corporate, litigation and employment heads, bringing a fresh generation of partners into management roles (click here for the full story). Senior partner Will Lawes – whose term also comes to an end next year – named German corporate partner Rick van Aerssen as the new corporate chief, David […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has chosen German partner Rick van Aerssen as the firm’s new corporate head to replace Edward Braham and litigation partner David Scott to succeed Christopher Pugh in a “radical” reshuffle. Both Pugh and Braham are standing down at the end of their terms this year and will be replaced by a new […]
It has emerged that Fieldfisher and its former data privacy head Eduardo Ustaran turned to arbitration to settle a dispute over his exit for Hogan Lovells, after the partner was accused of breaching the firm’s partnership agreement. Ustaran left Fieldfisher in October 2013, held to an 18-month notice period as defined in the firm’s partnership […]