Addleshaws senior partner elections kick off
The race to become Addleshaw Goddard’s next senior partner has kicked off with M&A partner Andrew Carpenter and head of corporate finance Charles Penney emerging as the only two candidates. The...
View ArticleDLA Piper partner investigated by SRA for sexist emails
DLA Piper sports partner Nick West is facing a hearing by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) after sending a string of sexist emails to Premier League boss Richard Scudamore. The email...
View ArticleExclusive: Stephens Scown to be first ‘shared ownership’ law firm
West Country firm Stephens Scown is to become the first UK 200 law firm to operate under a shared ownership model. Last month, The Lawyer revealed that Mishcon de Reya managing partner Kevin Gold was...
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How McDermott’s Vergunst plans on moving London forward
Change is not a term widely used in connection with McDermott Will & Emery (MWE). But with Andrew Vergunst about to take on the top London job, as well as a new global strategy, the firm could be...
View ArticleWalder Wyss advises Swiss Life on hybrid bonds
Swiss Life Ltd has successfully placed a CHF450m undated subordinated bond, first callable in September 2021 (coupon until first call date: 3.75 per cent) and a CHF150m dated subordinated...
View ArticleOgier boosts private client capability in the Caribbean with appointment of...
Ogier has boosted its private client capability in the Caribbean with the appointment of Fraser Allister to the team that was recently crowned Caribbean Law Firm of the Year by Citywealth. Fraser works...
View ArticleOgier announces new partner and increased Caribbean dispute resolution...
Ogier has announced the appointment of Oliver Payne to its Caribbean Dispute Resolution team based in Hong Kong. As a commercial litigation practitioner with over six years’ experience of Cayman...
View ArticleColibri Kazakhstan partner attends Kazakh-Iranian business forum
On 7-8 February 2016 Artem Timoshenko, Colibri Kazakhstan partner, participated in the Kazakh-Iranian business forum which was organised by Baiterek Holding in Tehran. 700 Iranian and 160 Kazakh...
View ArticleIlyashev & Partners Law helps IT company with law enforcement co-operation
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm has advised Сiklum, an international IT company, on the matters of co-operation with law-enforcement authorities. Ciklum is an international company with Scandinavian...
View ArticleKaranović & Nikolić shortlisted For The Lawyer European Awards 2016
On 9 March, 2016, The Lawyer European Awards will be held at the Hilton Bankside hotel in London. For the third consecutive year The Lawyer has shortlisted Karanović & Nikolić for The Lawyer...
View ArticleBakers and Hogan Lovells boost Jo’burg with African raids
Baker & McKenzie and Hogan Lovells have bolstered their South African practices with a series of hires from local heavyweights. Hogan Lovells has picked up three partners from Linklaters ally...
View ArticleMayer Brown reports worldwide PEP increase of 8 per cent
Mayer Brown saw its average profit per equity partner (PEP) figure climb 8 per cent in 2015 to nearly $1.6m (£1.13m). The firm saw PEP rise by 7.6 per cent worldwide from $1.45m to $1.56m, while...
View ArticleISDA on hunt for new GC as Geen steps down
The general counsel of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has stepped down from the role after 10 years. London-based David Geen joined ISDA in 2006 from Goldman Sachs, where he...
View ArticleEversheds opens merger talks with Singapore firm
Eversheds is looking to increase its Asian offering through a merger with Singapore-based firm Harry Elias, The Lawyer understands. A merger with the 56 fee-earner firm would greatly boost Eversheds’...
View ArticleCleary wins new client Samsonite on $1.8bn deal with Tumi
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has advised new client Samsonite on its acquisition of Tumi Holdings, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Ropes & Gray and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher &...
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Business intelligence: optimal ways to compare firms’ profitability
By Alan Hodgart, principal, Hodgart Associates The profitability of a law firm is a key competitive tool. It is not the only performance measure but its importance should not be underrated. A firm that...
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Star legal writers: company and commercial
This week’s briefings include tips on in absentia signing powers for a holiday free from office interruptions, and six reasons why companies must master the new EU data protections rules. Star writers...
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A merger that will take leap of faith for BLP partners
Catrin Griffiths, editorFor a man who declines to comment on the detail of the merger negotiations with BLP, Greenberg Traurig executive chairman Richard Rosenbaum is pretty forthcoming on where his...
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The cultural costs of a BLP-GT merger
When Berwin Leighton Paisner employment partner Lisa Mayhew beat corporate head David Collins for the post of BLP managing partner in 2015, it was not on the basis of radical change. If anything,...
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LMI company focus: RB
At some point, you will have used an RB brand. From Dettol to Strepsils and Air Wick to Nurofen, RB (previously Reckitt Benckiser) is responsible for some of the best-known health and hygiene brands...
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