The accusations of corruption launched at Baker & McKenzie and its client Yahoo! in Mexico this week are unfounded, according to a statement from the US firm which plans to challenge the filing. The corruption accusation launched at Baker & McKenzie and its client Yahoo! in Mexico this week are unfounded according to a statement […]
Ogier has announced that Caroline Bormans joined the Luxembourg office as a partner on 15 September 2014. Bormans specialises in corporate tax, international tax structuring, mergers and acquisitions and relocation of companies, optimisation of intellectual property rights, tax aspects of real-estate investments, acquisition of distressed debt and all tax matters related to investment funds. She has […]
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is already facing a fair share of litigation brought by shareholders , with a £4bn battle brought by investors in a £12bn rights issue looming. Now a separate group of shareholders are threatening litigation over its restructuring group, which they allege forced small companies out of business in order to […]
Akin Gump is to merge with Bingham McCutchen’s $52.3m (£32.1m)-turnover London office in a deal that will add 22 partners in London, Frankfurt and Hong Kong. The finer details of the transfer are expected to finalise within a fortnight, shortly after which Bingham McCutchen’s London managing partner James Roome will join Akin Gump as London […]
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has managed to wrestle Bingham McCutchen’s London office away from Morgan Lewis & Bockius in its entirety ahead of the firms’ mooted tie-up. James Roome’s restructuring practice has been the talk of the town for the past fortnight as speculation over the plans for Bingham’s London office to break […]
Addleshaw Goddard private equity partner Ben Rodham has quit the firm for Shearman & Sterling, less than two years after joining from Linklaters. Rodham has advised a number of high-profile sponsor clients in recent years, including including Bridgepoint, Carlyle, HgCapital, Montagu, Oaktree and Terra Firma. He has also picked up roles for major corporates including […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has appointed Shane Wilson as a partner in its Dubai office, from where he will advise clients across the Middle East and Africa. Wilson is a general structured finance lawyer with a specialism in project finance. He has worked on projects in the power, water, infrastructure, petrochemicals and metals sectors, […]
Shoosmiths has announced 20 promotions to associate this month, following the firm’s partner promotions in May. All associate promotions take effect from 1 September. The new associates are Lucy Jago, Anita Parker, Anna Scott and Lauren Lee in recoveries services; Alistair Hammerton and Claire Green in corporate; Helen Westwood, Sian Walker, Aaron Richardson, Jessica Ready, Emily […]
Gateley has been instructed by a surety syndicate in what the firm describes as the UK’s largest-ever surety bond syndication deal. The multi-disciplinary team, with expertise in surety, pensions, banking and finance, collaborated to advise on the innovative funding solution. An unnamed FTSE100 firm has become the first company to use surety bonding as part […]
Drilling and engineering contractor KCA Deutag has sourced its latest general counsel from the ranks of Scotland’s Burness Paull, appointing Tony Byrne to the role this week. Byrne was a partner at Burness Paull for almost four years, and has 12 years previous experience working as a solicitor at Dickson Minto. According to a company […]
Freshfields has continued its dramatic US hiring spree, adding Shearman & Sterling M&A lawyer Peter Lyons as co-head of its public M&A group. It follows the firm’s creation of M&A and leveraged finance leadership roles in the US, to which it has appointed former Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz partner Mitchell Presser, and former Skadden […]
Allen & Overy has scooped a key role in the administration of Phones 4U, having been instructed by the company and its administrator PwC. Phones 4U went into administration on Sunday, after EE, O2 and Vodafone decided to withdraw their products from the retailers stores. The move has put nearly 5,600 jobs in more than […]