Yahoo general counsel steps down after cyber attack report
Yahoo general counsel Ronald Bell has stepped down from his role following a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on a 2014 hack this week, which showed $11m (£8.9m) of losses relating to...
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A&O litigation head to relocate to New York as US senior partner
Allen & Overy (A&O) litigation head Tim House is moving to the firm’s New York office to become its US senior partner. House’s appointment follows the departure of former US senior partner...
View ArticleReed Smith ups salaries to match rescued KWM trainees’ pay
Reed Smith has raised its salaries for trainees and associates. The US-founded firm has boosted first-year trainee pay by 4 per cent to £40,000, cancelling out a pay discrepancy that previously...
View ArticleBarclays appoints global litigation chief as UK GC
Barclays has named global litigation head Stephanie Pagni its new general counsel for Barclays UK. She replaces Mark Chapman in the role, who was promoted to the position last March. Chapman is...
View ArticleRBS legal costs provision jumps 300% to almost £1bn
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has more than tripled its provision for future legal costs related to regulatory and legal actions to £952m, the bank’s annual report has revealed. In 2015 RBS’s...
View ArticleDLA Piper delays pay reviews to benchmark against competitors
DLA Piper has told fee-earners their salary reviews scheduled for May will be postponed by two months in order for the firm to benchmark its next wage increase against its competitors. Associates were...
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KWM: too Slytherin for its own good
Last year I spent a lot of time talking to managing and senior partners about culture and how to define it; not culture change, but culture itself. The conversations were fascinating, but inconclusive....
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GC2B: challenges in infrastructure as the UK heads for Brexit
The UK’s population is expected to grow by almost 10 million in the next 25 years putting considerable strain on energy, transport systems, water and social infrastructure. With this in mind, there is...
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European Awards: Meet the Iberian heavyweights
Whether it is expansion into new territories such as Latin America or amplifying current network relationships, moving into larger offices to implement collaborative and flexible working, or...
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My career story: I left school at 16 – now I’m a partner
Donna McCarthy left school at 16 and thought she might go into the creative sector. She is now a partner at Devonshires. What’s your background? I’m from a very working class family where no one had...
View ArticleCC’s proposed purchase of the Leadenhall Building (Cheesegrater)
Conyers Dill & Pearman worked alongside Berwin Leighton Paisner in advising C C Land Holdings Limited in connection with its proposed purchase of The Leadenhall Building (known as the Cheesegrater)...
View ArticleEvent: India – time to be in
Where: Milan, March 8 2017, 9am to 2pm Milano Finanza, in collaboration with SACE and Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners and with the patronage of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is holding a...
View ArticleEvent: Protectionism and international trade
On March 6 2017 Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners is holding the first of a series of events called Canova Consoli, organised by Canova Club, regarding the internationalisation process of...
View ArticleHospital investigated over death of seven-year-old
Hudgell Solicitors is supporting the family of a seven-year-old boy whose death at London’s Portland Hospital is being investigated after intensive care staff removed vital equipment used to monitor...
View ArticleCarey Olsen advises Permira on one of the largest buyout funds of 2016
Carey Olsen has advised Permira on the launch of its Guernsey-domiciled global private equity fund, Permira VI. The fund raised €7.5bn, surpassing the firm’s Permira Europe V fund which closed on...
View ArticleFreshfields and Slaughters score top roles on £11bn asset manager tie-up
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have picked up the lead roles on the £11bn tie-up between Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management. The deal is understood to be Freshfields’...
View ArticleAre you an M&A lawyer? We want your views on legal tech
Are you a leading M&A lawyer? Or perhaps you’ve spent time working on M&A due diligence on rotation during training? If so, we’d like to invite you to spend five minutes answering The Lawyer’s...
View ArticleLitigation tracker: Blackstone and Landmark top 2016 chambers rankings
Blackstone Chambers was the most active set measured by case days in English courts in 2016, according to The Lawyer Court Rankings 2016. Barristers at the chambers notched up 408 case days across 193...
View ArticleFormer Cravath boss joins Wells Fargo as new GC
Cravath Swaine & Moore partner Allen Parker is to join Wells Fargo as its new general counsel. Parker replaces James Strother, who has been leading the bank’s legal department for 13 years. It was...
View ArticleWhite & Case opens in Sydney with ex-HSF partners
White & Case has confirmed the opening of its Sydney office and has put in place the 10 former Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) partners, who will initially serve as senior lawyers. Following the...
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