No5 Chambers clerk Jamie Tucker will be running the Putney & Fulham Riverside Half Marathon on 31 August to raise money for the London Legal Support Trust. The Half Marathon route will start from Barn Elms Sports Centre, cross Putney Bridge and pass Craven Cottage (Fulham FC), pass over Hammersmith Bridge and run back down […]
Agrokor Group and the consortium of sellers of Mercator have announced that all of the preconditions for the transaction have been satisfied, allowing Agrokor to purchase a 53.1 per cent stake in Mercator. Karanovic & Nikolic partner Rastko Petaković advised Agrokor Group on the acquisition process and merger clearances. The deal was finalised on 27 June […]
Allen & Overy has supported corporate software provider SAP on its change of form to a European company (‘societas Europaea’, or SE). The change of form took effect on 7 July 2014 upon entry in the commercial register, after the general meeting approved the step with a majority of 99.57 per cent on 21 May […]
Linklaters has appointed current Asian corporate head Matthew Middleditch as its new global corporate head to replace outgoing chief Jeremy Parr. The firm has also named new London corporate head Sarah Wiggins as global head of client sectors (1 May 2014). She replaces projects partner Fiona Hobbs, who was put into the role in 2010. […]
The Lawyer’s recent analysis of promotions patterns at national firms over the last three years has revealed attention is returning to the UK, with a significant drop in the number of new partners being made up in some UK firms’ overseas offices. The research also revealed the scale of overseas promotions being made by DLA […]
The Leeds market has transformed over recent years, with new entrants and expansionist stalwarts generating demand at all levels. Newcastle migrants, in the form of Ward Hadaway (3 June 2008) and legacy firm Dickinson Dees (now Bond Dickinson) (29 June 2011), have joined long-time residents such as Eversheds, with Squire Patton Boggs (via its merger […]
Former Linklaters capital markets partner Nigel Pridmore has taken a new role at Ashurst’s Hong Kong office, more than four months after quitting the magic circle firm in London (3 March 2014). The move sees Pridmore reunited with debt capital markets partner Francis Kucera, who jumped from Linklaters to Ashurst in March 2014 (9 December […]
Willkie Farr has hired Kirkland & Ellis private equity partner duo Claire McDaid and Matthew Dean to launch its private equity offering in London. New York qualified Dean has previously worked for clients including Bain Capital, Summit Partners, CapVest, MezzVest and HIG Capital. Meanwhile, McDaid has represented those including Sun Capital, Vista Equity Partners and […]
The magic circle has seen its revenue market share of the UK top 10 firms contract by more than 15 per cent over the last decade as global consolidation takes hold of the sector. While the collective revenue across the UK200 top 10 has defied the biggest economic slump in 100 years to double in […]
National firms have turned their attention to growth at home in this year’s partner promotions round, with a 15 percentage point drop in the number of new partners working in UK firms’ overseas offices. Research for this week’s cover feature shows that between 2012 and 2014, an average of 66.6 per cent of newly-promoted partners […]
Jones Day has worked on more mid-market M&A deals than any other firm in the first half of 2014, taking the sole top spot in the global, European and UK rankings for the first time. According to figures from Thomson Reuters, the mid-market witnessed a significant uptick between 1 January and 30 June. Announced deals […]
These days it’s all about global growth. Right? Not according to our feature today. These days it’s all about global growth. Right? Not according to our feature today, which unpicks three years’ worth of partnership promotions at some of the largest firms in the UK, tracking the focus of investment. Overseas? Not really, at least […]