Rachel is deputy editor (City) of The Lawyer and primarily covers corporate and the City
Linklaters is recruiting a finance team from A&O Shearman’s New York office, including the latter’s global co-head of financial markets. The team is comprised of A&O Shearman partners David Lucking, John Hwang, Derek Poon, and Dan Guyder. They were all longstanding lawyers from the legacy A&O side of the newly-merged firm. Lucking was one of […]
Frasers Group has enlisted the support of White & Case in its attempt to put Mike Ashley in charge of online fashion retailer Boohoo. This week, Frasers Group published an open letter to Boohoo, claiming the latter is in the midst of a “leadership crisis”. Frasers Group is Boohoo’s largest shareholder and said that its […]
A private equity partner has left Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson’s London office after less than two years at the firm. Rachel Greenhalgh is moving to an in-house position at veterinary care business IVC Evidensia. She joined Fried Frank at the end of 2022 after seven years at Kirkland & Ellis, where she made […]
A partner from Gowling WLG’s life sciences team is joining Cooley’s London office after a series of departures from the US firm. Jenny Davies moves to Cooley having been a partner at Gowling WLG for three years. She has spent her entire career at Gowling WLG and its legacy firms, moving up through the ranks […]
White & Case has made up its smallest new partner class in the City since 2019, as the firm announces a global promotions round of 37. In total, three City lawyers have been promoted. They are M&A duo Joseph Bradley and Angus Nunn, who joined the firm from Shearman & Sterling and Linklaters respectively. Bradley […]
A partner from Kirkland & Ellis’s regulation group is joining Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, in the latest move involving the two firms. Prem Mohan joins Paul Weiss as a partner and head of Paul Weiss’ European financial services regulation group, based in London. Mohan is the first regulatory hire for Paul Weiss’s City […]
Goodwin private equity partner James Grimwood is joining Debevoise & Plimpton, six months after a former colleague made the same move. Grimwood joins Debevoise after four years at Goodwin. Prior to that he was a longtime lawyer and partner at CMS, where he led the firm’s private equity group. Clients include Mayfair Equity Partners, LDC […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is introducing a non-equity tier for its partnership. The US firm has, up until now, operated a full equity partnership model. However, its peers have gradually been introducing non-equity rungs, which enables firms to promote talent at an earlier stage. Crucially, Cravath Swaine & Moore added a non-equity tier nearly […]
Kirkland & Ellis rang in October by elevating 200 of its lawyers to partner. And 200 isn’t even its record. For the past two years, it’s been the baseline. In 2023, a lucky 205 made the grade across its offices worldwide. Of this year’s crop, 25 were again promoted in the City. The sheer size […]
Weil Gotshal & Manges has hired a new partner for its funds group, who previously held roles at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Kirkland & Ellis. Sophie Smith joins Weil as a partner, having been at Cleary for nearly three years as a counsel. Prior to Cleary, she worked at Kirkland for five years, […]
Watson Farley & Williams has ended its search for new London premises, opting for a building that enables it to be the sole tenant of its City space. The firm has signed a lease at 25 Moorgate with developer Barings. The lease will run for 15 years, with the firm expecting to move into the […]
Four of the UK Top 100 firms managed to increase their revenue over 2023/24 despite shortening their financial year for tax reasons. According to The Lawyer’s UK200 report on the top 100 firms, which is out now, there were 10 firms in total that reported truncated financial year-ends. Firms have been keen to align their reporting calendar […]