Simpson Thacher and Wilson Sonsini lead on Microsoft’s $26bn purchase of...
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati have won top roles on Microsoft’s $26.2bn (£18.4bn) acquisition of LinkedIn. Microsoft sought legal counsel from Simpson Thacher...
View ArticleSullCrom selects Pollack as new City managing parter
Sullivan & Cromwell has appointed a new managing partner for its London office. Corporate partner Richard Pollack will take over from Richard Morrissey at the start of July, with Morrissey due to...
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Associate conundrums: What are you doing to get noticed?
You’re up for a promotion and you know that you’re ready for the next step in your career. You’re a technical expert in your field and you are known for never letting clients down. You get great...
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My Pride Story: “I’m a trans partner in the City and I’m happy to be a role...
In the second in our series of profiles to mark London Pride, we speak to Gowling WLG partner Clare Fielding. I came into the law circuitously. I read history at Warwick and then went to work for the...
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Predictive coding: taming the data tiger
In association with FTI Consulting There is growing interest in predictive coding in the UK, with the first-ever judicial approval for its use during disclosure in English High Court proceedings coming...
View ArticleWalker Morris appoints energy director
Kate Webster has been appointed as a Director to the Walker Morris Energy, Infrastructure & Government Team, reinforcing its position as a national leading public sector practice. With over nine...
View ArticleKinstellar advises shareholders of Quinta-Analytica on acquisition by Genesis...
Kinstellar has successfully advised shareholders of the Czech company QUINTA-ANALYTICA, an established provider of R&D and regulatory services for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and generic drug...
View ArticleQuinn Emanuel launches UK construction disputes group with HSF hire
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) partner James Bremen has left the firm to set up a UK construction disputes practice at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Bremen has been a partner at HSF since 2011,...
View ArticleBWB appoints Gillian Roche-Saunders to lead new compliance consultancy
Bates Wells Braithwaite is delighted to announce the appointment of new partner Gillian Roche-Saunders. Gillian will lead the firm’s new financial regulation consultancy service, BWB Compliance, an...
View ArticleConyers advises DP World on the establishment of $3bn sukuk program
The Dubai office of Conyers Dill & Pearman advised DP World on the recent establishment of a sukuk program comprising up to US$3 billion of sukuk certificates to be listed on the Nasdaq Dubai...
View ArticleKhaitan advises on execution application
Khaitan & Co has advised Bharat Hari Singhania & Family in relation to an execution application which was filed by its Clients before the Bombay High Court to execute the arbitration award...
View ArticleBär & Karrer advises CSA Energy Infrastructure Switzerland on acquisition of...
CSA Energy Infrastructure Switzerland (an investment group of the Credit Suisse Investment Foundation) together with other institutional investors, the Swiss gas industry comprising Swissgas and...
View ArticleA&O partners with Deloitte to unveil tech service for banks
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Deloitte have launched a new system to help banks deal with new regulatory requirements in the first major collaboration between a magic circle firm and one of the Big...
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My Pride Story: “I kept quiet until I became my set’s senior clerk”
3 Hare Court senior clerk James Donovan is the latest interview in our series of profiles to mark London Pride week. What is your family background? I grew up in South East London, raised a Roman...
View ArticleBarnea remarks on Microsoft’s purchase of LinkedIn for $26.2bn
Microsoft announced a $26.2bn deal on Monday to acquire professional social platform LinkedIn, for $196 per share. Following this transaction, Dr Dotan Baruch, partner and head of the internet...
View ArticleNatWest, KPMG and Shoosmiths host seventh Thames Valley Business Leaders Dinner
Business leaders from across the Thames Valley gathered at the Hilton Hotel in Reading Thursday evening to attend the Thames Valley Business Leaders’ Dinner. More than 170 guests attended the event,...
View ArticleCredit Report and Directors Report launched
Experian’s Limited Company Report:up to date credit score, suggested credit limit and risk assessment; checks for any County Court Judgments; and shows payment profiles and details of unpaid accounts....
View ArticleIlyashev & Partners among Ukraine top firms
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm has affirmed its leading positions in litigation and bankruptcy practice areas as well as was included into the list of top-3 law firms in the shperes of tax...
View ArticleSecond Ukrainian antitrust forum
Mykyta Nota, Managing Associate in our Kyiv office, spoke at the second Ukrainian Antitrust Forum, organised and hosted by the Yuridicheskaya Practika publishing house. The Forum, which took place on...
View ArticleKhaitan advises IFMR Capital on securitisation
Khaitan & Co advised IFMR Capital Finance Private Limited and Grama Vidiyal Micro Finance Limited in relation to securitisation of portfolio of priority sector loans (loans qualifying for...
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