Norton Rose promotes 45 in last round before Chadbourne merger
Norton Rose Fulbright has made up 45 partners worldwide in the last promotions round before formally merging with Chadbourne & Parke later this year. The largest portion of the promotions this year...
View ArticleBaker Botts loses six-partner Houston team to Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has hired a six-partner energy team from Baker Botts’ Houston office. The new recruits join just two months after Gibson Dunn announced plans to launch in the city,...
View ArticleNetwork Rail appoints new general counsel
Network Rail has promoted deputy general counsel Stuart Kelly to the top role following the departure of legal boss Suzanne Wise to Japan Tobacco International (JTI). Last month, The Lawyer reported...
View ArticleClifford Chance to shut Bangkok office and end local association in Jakarta
Clifford Chance will “wind down” its office in Bangkok and will end its Jakarta local association with Linda Widyati and Partners as it focuses on growing its Singapore hub. The firm will shutter its...
View ArticleEversheds Sutherland reveals first post-merger promotions round
Eversheds Sutherland has made up 20 new partners – the first to be announced since the firms’ transatlantic £600m tie-up went live at the start of February. All new partners are from the Eversheds side...
View ArticleBär & Karrer advises on share capital increase for Credit Suisse Group
Credit Suisse Group plans to issue new shares in a total amount of CHF4bn by way of a rights offering to existing shareholders underwritten by a banking syndicate. By this capital increase, Credit...
View ArticleLK Shields advises Ammeraal on acquisition of Fogarty Belting
Ammeraal Beltech is a Dutch developer and manufacturer of process and conveyor belting. Fogarty Belting has been serving the Irish and Northern Irish belting industry for over 35 years. Ammeraal...
View ArticleBär & Karrer successful in large arbitration proceeding
Bär & Karrer successfully defended the interests of longstanding client EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG in a CHF1bn ad hoc-arbitration proceeding in Zurich instituted by a German entrepreneur...
View ArticlePlanning victory over gypsy site
No5 Barristers’ Chambers planning specialist Kevin Leigh secured an important victory in the High Court for a landowner in Flintshire faced with a gypsy and travellers site being granted planning...
View ArticleWolf Theiss advises Aachener Grundvermögen in its first Austrian real estate...
Wolf Theiss has advised Aachener Grundvermögen in its first real estate investment in Austria. The German company is purchasing a commercial property on St Stephen’s Square, Vienna for one of its real...
View ArticleKhaitan & Co advises TVS Credit Services over debt structure
Khaitan & Co advised TVS Credit Services Limited in relation to borrowing through a subordinate debt from HDFC Bank for INR 50 crores for the purpose of augmenting the capital base-Tier II capital...
View ArticleFirst Brexit-era financial results season kicks off with double digit rises
The 2016/17 UK law firm financial reporting season has kicked off with a bevy of notably healthy results from the mid market. West End corporate and property firm Fladgate has unveiled provisional...
View ArticleFreshfields finance partner exits to Fieldfisher
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer finance partner Dougall Molson has left the firm to join Fieldfisher’s finance practice in London. Molson was based in the magic circle firm’s Paris office for 15 years,...
View ArticleRPC formalises alliance with Hong Kong firm Smyth & Co
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has formally combined with its Hong Kong alliance firm Smyth & Co after four years of association. This official tie-up will allow RPC to operate as a single...
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Reasons NOT to quit law
Everyone complains about their job, right? Wrong. A lot of lawyers genuinely love what they do and are happy. Analysing your reasons to stay in law can help you determine whether all this moaning is...
View ArticleCadwalader ex-chair Woolery joins King & Spalding
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft’s former chair Jim Woolery has joined King & Spalding as the firm’s new M&A head. The move sees Woolery return to private practice once more after several...
View ArticleMaravela’s work for hospice
Maravela & Asociatii is honorary patron of the socio-medical centre of HOSPICE Casa Sperantei from Adunatii Copaceni.. As honorary patron, Maravela & Asociatii supports the “Don’t let those...
View ArticleDLA focuses on US in 46-strong global promotions round
DLA Piper has promoted 46 to partner in its latest US-heavy global promotions round, with promotions in London halving from eight to four. The 17 US promotions made up the largest portion of the firm’s...
View ArticleBär & Karrer advises EQT and Kuoni on Thomas Cook deal
On 28 April 2017, Kuoni Travel Investment Ltd signed an agreement with travel provider Thomas Cook India Group to sell Kuoni’s network of Destination Management Specialists (DMS) in Asia, Australia,...
View ArticleBär & Karrer advises CVC on Breitling stake
CVC Fund VI has agreed to acquire an 80% stake in Breitling, a leading independent, family-owned manufacturer of Swiss luxury watches. As part of the transaction Théodore Schneider will re-invest for a...
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