Clifford Chance makes up four women in 24-strong promotions round
Clifford Chance has made up 24 new partners across the world, with the bulk of the promotions coming from Continental Europe. In total, the magic circle firm promoted six City lawyers – the same number...
View ArticleWeightmans and Ward Hadaway call off merger talks
Weightmans and Ward Hadaway have abandoned plans to merge after four months of talks. A tie-up would have created a northern-headquartered firm with a turnover of around £130m. However, both firms said...
View ArticleSuper-exam will launch in 2020
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) will introduce its planned super-exam, the Solicitors Qualification Examination, despite opposition from the profession. The SRA spoke to almost 9,000 people...
View ArticleKinstellar and Linklaters advise on KazMunayGas $2.75bn Eurobonds issue
Kinstellar and Linklaters have successfully advised the joint lead managers and dealers – Citibank Global Markets, Deutsche Bank, UBS Investment Bank, Halyk Finance and SkyBridge Invest – on the update...
View ArticleCaymans’ Special Economic Zone creates Aviation Services Park
The Cayman Islands is a market leading jurisdiction in both the aviation and shipping industries. In keeping with this, the Special Economic Zone in the Cayman Islands (SEZ), has recently created the...
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Could client relationships catapult China’s firms into the global league?
Alibaba has been a client of Fangda’s since it was an emerging player in 2005. Since then, Fangda has been involved in all the Chinese tech company’s major transactions that transformed it into a...
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How China’s most ambitious firms are sprinting ahead of the pack
According to The Lawyer’s China Top 30 research into the PRC legal market, there are three Chinese firms that Western firms should be aware of: Fangda & Partners, Han Kun and Zhong Lun, all of...
View ArticleAshurst falls short of 40 per cent female target in 19-strong promotions round
Ashurst has promoted four women to partner out of 19, falling short of its target to ensure that 40 per cent of promotions would be female by 2018. The firm set the target in 2014 in the firm’s first...
View ArticleCMS, Nabarro and Olswang announce joint partner promotions
CMS has promoted 44 of its lawyers to partner across 26 offices for 2017, with Olswang and Nabarro each making up two associates before the firms enter into their three-way merger. In London, CMS has...
View ArticleAre you growing a tech business?
Goodman Derrick and Bluebox Corporate Finance’s Tech Entrepreneurs Breakfast is an opportunity for a small number of guests to meet peers and to hear from finance, management and legal advisers. The...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Centrum Capital on debentures issue
Khaitan & Co advised Centrum Capital Limited in relation to its issue of secured, unlisted, unrated, redeemable, non-convertible, principle protected market linked debentures – Type 1 in multiple...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Centrum Financial Services on debentures issue
Khaitan & Co advised Centrum Financial Services Limited in relation to issue of Secured, Unlisted, Unrated, Redeemable, Non-Convertible, Principle Protected Market Linked Debentures in multiple...
View ArticleCovington hires Chadbourne quartet ahead of office launches
Covington & Burling has hired a four-partner team from Chadbourne & Parke, ahead of new office openings in Dubai and Johannesburg. The US firm has hired London project finance duo Ben Donovan...
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Freshfields hires Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer team in US push
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired a bankruptcy team in New York from newly-merged firm Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer. L-R: Talmadge, Lisco and PrimoffThree partners are joining the magic...
View ArticleTLT makes up eight in bumper partnership round
Bristol-headquartered TLT has promoted seven associates and one legal director to partner in its biggest-ever promotions round. Of the eight people promoted to partner, three are women – employment...
View ArticleDLA Piper expands in Frankfurt with K&L Gates team hire
DLA Piper has expanded its Frankfurt office with a corporate team hire from K&L Gates in Frankfurt. K&L Gates partners Mathias Schulze Steinen, Andreas Fuchsel and Claudius Paul are set to join...
View ArticleOgier acts on restructuring of Brazilian drugstore chain
Ogier has acted for BTG Pactual Participations Ltd. and certain of its affiliates in respect of its recent restructuring of its interests in major Brazilian drugstore chain, Brasil Pharma S.A. The...
View ArticleOgier advises on global real estate investment and asset management platform
Ogier is acting as legal adviser to Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc., (KW) a global real estate investment company, in its all-share combination transaction with Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate Plc,...
View ArticleAngola: new rules for foreign professionals
A Presidential Decree that affects regulation of professional activities by non-resident foreign companies has been introduced. Please contact us for more details The post Angola: new rules for foreign...
View ArticleStephenson Harwood promotes four to partner in reduced round
Stephenson Harwood has promoted four lawyers to partner in its latest promotions round, with three in London and one in Hong Kong. This is the smallest round since 2013, when the firm made up just two...
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