TLT has promoted an all-female cohort amid a push to achieve a 50 per cent female partnership by 2029. This year’s new partners include restructuring and insolvency lawyer Ainslie Benzie in Glasgow and head of estates Debbie Gale in Bristol. In Manchester, Roisin Bell in financial services disputes, Rachel Smith in property finance and Debbie […]
Charles Russell Speechlys has hit the ground running on partner hires in the first quarter of 2024. The recruitment of corporate partners Alexis Karim and Giles Dennison in January from DWF and Eversheds respectively, immediately followed by Edwin Coe finance partner James Walton and firm alum Richard Ellis, have been just a glimpse of the firm’s […]
Slaughter and May and Simmons & Simmons are respectively on to represent Authentic Brands Group and Ted Baker’s holding company No Ordinary Designer Label as the fashion retailer files its intention to appoint administrators. Hundreds of high street jobs were put at risk after Tuesday’s announcement that Ted Baker would be in want of a […]
BCLP is to let go of nearly 50 staff members across its UK and US bases, the majority of whom work in the firm’s business services departments. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s latest round of layoffs marks the firm’s third round of redundancies since its 2018 merger. The firm added that no fee-earners in the UK […]
Slaughter and May has elevated five lawyers to its partnership in its latest round of promotions. Last year’s promotions saw 10 new partners make the grade, double the numbers of the 2024 cohort. Four of this year’s five new partners are based in London, with Ross Francis-Pike being made up in disputes, Aleezeh Liaqat in […]
Unilever’s longstanding advisers at Linklaters have secured the lead role on the consumer goods conglomerate’s split with its ice cream business. The Linklaters team was made up of repeat advisers to the client, including corporate partners Charles Turner and Michael Fanner, Netherlands’ national managing partner Guido Portier and tax partner Lynne Walkington. Capital markets partner […]
Last month, Slaughters advised Inflexion on its latest acquisition, having landed the private equity house as a client just over a year ago.
TLT has announced its latest goal as part of its diversity and inclusion strategy, aiming for female lawyers to make up half of its partnership in five years time. Since the introduction of its strategy in 2019, TLT has built its Women’s Equality Network (WEN) to action plans around the improving equality, D&I and wellness […]
US firm Katten Muchin has dug deep into its entertainment budget to host client drinks with podcast royalty Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart, of the hit show The Rest Is Politics. They are understood to be able to charge tens of thousands for private appearances. The duo’s show is regularly on top of the charts […]
Akin’s London revenue rose by 25 per cent over 2023, representing a bounce-back for the firm after turnover dropped the previous year. Over 2022, Akin reported a 6 per cent drop in its topline over what chairman Kim Koopersmith then described as a “year of investment”. The firm’s revenue had piqued in 2021 at $150m, […]
The latest in an ongoing series of partner losses for the magic circle firm, Linklaters’ co-head of leveraged finance is poised to move to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. David Irvine is set to join the US firm’s London team just three years after returning to Linklaters. Irvine had spent the first 14 years of his […]
We’ve just launched Partnerless, a new email specifically for associates. Sign up here for weekly career intelligence and market chatter. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has finalised its trainee retention figures following months of extended efforts to find additional spots to keep on more of its spring cohort. In the end, only 29 per cent – four of 14 […]