Robin Knowles QC of South Square Chambers and No5 Chambers’ deputy head Ian Dove QC have become the latest additions to the High Court bench. Both appointments were announced yesterday (1 September) and take effect on 1 October. Knowles is replacing Mr Justice Bean and Dove Mrs Justice King, following their elevation to the Court […]
Days like these come around once in a blue moon. It’s a rare Slaughter and May partner exit, in the form of tax specialist Graham Iversen who has upped sticks for Greenberg Traurig Maher. He follows in the footsteps of a handful of partners who have left Slaughters for another firm in recent years, including […]
What springs to mind when you think of Slaughter and May? We’ll hazard a guess that it’s a firm steeped in tradition – whether that’s due its long-term specialism as a corporate powerhouse, its strict lockstep structure, or its black tie and braces image. In fact, for a firm that doesn’t appear to worry itself […]
It’s not all glamour, leading a law firm. Our weekly leadership interview with senior figures in private practice delves into the minutiae of management decisions and is a window on to the personalities that run some of the biggest law firms in the market. Addleshaw Goddard’s John Joyce: “I’m happy with conflict” Clifford Chance’s Layton […]
DAC Beachcroft has announced a 9.7 per cent drop in net profit from £31.7m to £28.6m for the 2013/14 financial year. As a result DAC Beachcroft’s average profit per equity partner (PEP) fell by 7 per cent from £281,000 to £261,000 in 2013/14. It is the second consecutive year that PEP has fallen at the […]
Squire Patton Boggs has hired Sidley Austin partner Jens Rinze, three months after Sidley confirmed it was closing down its German practice. Rinze, a capital markets specialist, joins Squire Patton Boggs in Frankfurt. He was previously the last remaining partner at Sidley in Germany. The office closed down after a number of partner departures prompted […]
Greenberg Traurig’s London office, Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM), has hired Slaughter and May tax partner Graham Iversen in a high-profile lateral move in a bid to enhance its tax capability. Iversen resigned from Slaughters last month and is joining GTM in November as head of UK tax. He joined Slaughters in 1990 and made partner […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s dispute resolution head is recruiting a new global leadership team responsible for project management and could lure an in-house contact to take overall responsibility for the group. Dispute resolution head Christopher Pugh will hire around six new project managers with potential candidates coming from within the firm as well as from in-house […]
Real estate firm Forsters has appointed founding partner Smita Edwards as its new senior partner for a four-year term from 1 September in an uncontested election. Edwards is the firm’s fourth senior partner since it was established in 1998. She replaces Guy Jordan who has returned to fee earning and will take on a new […]
DLA Piper has bucked the recent trend of slimming down in Eastern Europe by expanding its Prague offering through a merger with local firm Haškovcová & Co. The merger, which took effect today (1 September), sees two partners and seven lawyers joining DLA Piper’s existing Czech office, almost doubling the firm’s capabilities. Haškovcová & Co managing partner […]
Developing new client relationships takes time. Particularly if you’re targeting a very specific sort of business. But last week, a number of firms demonstrated the array of proactive approaches that can be taken to build that coveted client base. Take Hogan Lovells, for instance. Last week it emerged that the firm was working on its […]
CMS Cameron McKenna, Pinsent Masons and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have advised on one of the largest ever private equity investments in North Sea oil, with the $500m (£301m) launch of Blackstone and Blue Water Energy-backed company Siccar Point Energy. Pinsent Masons Glasgow-based partner Barry McCaig took the lead role for PE backer Blue Water Energy […]