Khaitan & Co gives advice to JP Morgan Europe
Khaitan & Co has advised JP Morgan Europe Ltd and Situs Asset Management Ltd in relation to senior and mezzanine facilities aggregating to £250m provided to offshore subsidiaries of Lodha Group,...
View ArticleGibson Dunn client ordered to pay £9.3m costs after Boreh claims dismissed
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher client the Republic of Djibouti has been ordered to pay £9.3m in costs after its case against its citizen, Abdourahman Boreh, was dismissed. The ruling, handed down on...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Prosegur on alarm monitoring JV
Khaitan & Co has advised Prosegur Compañía de Seguridad in relation to a 50:50 joint venture in India with Security and Intelligence Services (India) Ltd for setting up greenfield alarm monitoring...
View ArticleSlaughters appoints Turnill as new M&A head
Slaughter and May corporate finance partner Roland Turnill has been named as the firm’s head of M&A, replacing Steve Cooke who will become senior partner in May. Turnill joined Slaughters in 1996,...
View ArticleKirkland doubles global notice period amid London partner exits
Kirkland & Ellis has doubled the notice period for equity partners worldwide to 120 days, with its most recent exits in London narrowly missing the change in conditions. The firm’s notice period...
View ArticleK&L Gates London revenue stays flat as firm turnover dips 8 per cent worldwide
K&L Gates’ London revenue dipped by 1 per cent over 2015, while the firm’s global turnover went down by nearly 8 per cent. The US firm’s London office generated revenue of £44.4m last year, as...
View ArticleAsia moves: 2 March 2016
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within firms and offices in the Asia Pacific region. Australia Jones Day has hired two restructuring partners in Sydney. Both Roger Dobson and Katie...
View ArticleEuropean moves: 3 March 2016
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices. Benelux Squire Patton Boggs has hired Wolfgang Maschek to lead its European public policy Practice in...
View ArticleGTM set to shift London HQ to the Shard
Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM), the UK arm of US firm Greenberg Traurig, is set to become the first international law firm tenant of the Shard next month. The firm’s five-year lease on its offices at...
View ArticleAmazon ditches UK firms in mid-panel roster review
Amazon has cut a number of its advisers in the UK and Europe several months after a review of its roster last year, The Lawyer understands. The secretive US e-commerce giant, which is known for keeping...
View ArticleIs now the time for Ashurst to seal a US merger deal?
Ashurst has long been in the market for a US merger and rumours are beginning to circulate that the firm has restarted its search for a partner. The firm has denied it is in any merger talks, but its...
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DLA Piper picks EMEA MD Picon as Knowles replacement
DLA Piper has appointed Madrid-based corporate partner Juan Picon to replace Nigel Knowles as its new senior partner and global co-chairman. Picon is currently DLA’s joint managing director for Europe...
View ArticleShoosmiths appoints industry leader in recoveries services to drive growth plan
Shoosmiths is building upon its successful Recoveries Services Group (RSG) with the appointment of consultant, Stephen Allinson, who will support the firm in its strategy to become the leading...
View ArticleCarey Olsen teams up with DLA Piper on 2016 Data Protection Laws of the World...
A pan-jurisdiction team of lawyers from Carey Olsen has once again worked with international law firm DLA Piper to produce the new edition of the DLA Piper Data Protection Laws of the World Handbook....
View ArticleNo5 barristers conduct baby murder trial
Christopher Hotten QC prosecutes a mother and her partner, who allegedly killed her toddler months after she had returned from the care of social services. The toddler, Ayeeshia Jane Smith aged 21...
View ArticleKochanski Zieba & Partners helps Redefine Properties with acquisition
Kochanski Zieba & Partners (acting as Polish counsel), Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (as South African Counsel), and Pinsent Masons (as UK counsel) have advised Redefine Properties Ltd on its acquisition...
View ArticleShearman misses growth target as global PEP falls
Shearman & Sterling’s London office has posted a 2.7 per cent increase in revenue from $144.6m to $148.6m for the 2015 financial year. Globally Shearman also posted an increase in turnover of 2 per...
View ArticleShoosmiths targets flexible working market with contract lawyer offering
Shoosmiths has become the latest firm to enter the contract lawyer market as it looks to compete with the likes of Lawyers On Demand (LOD) and Allen & Overy’s (A&O) Peerpoint. The new venture,...
View ArticleRevenue and PEP up by 4.5% at Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has posted a rise in excess of 4.5 per cent for both revenue and average profit per equity partner (PEP) for the 2015 financial year. Total turnover stood at $1.54bn last...
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