The Lawyer is to launch a groundbreaking reporting project on the activities of the most powerful law firms in the world. The Lawyer Global Elite (TLGE) is a new, unashamedly high-end, analysis of the world’s most important legal markets, London and New York. Over the coming months, The Lawyer will articulate and define this market […]
Freshfields is leading on the UK Government’s investment arm’s sale of shares in NatWest Group, while Linklaters is advising its longstanding bank client on the transaction. The Linklaters team is headed by corporate partner Lucy Reeve and managing associate Mackenzie Hewett. Linklaters is leveraging its enduring relationship with the UK bank. A few months back, […]
Davis Polk & Wardwell is continuing its expansive streak in London by two restructuring partners from Sidley Austin. Jifree Cader and Mark Knight are leaving Sidley to spearhead Davis Polk’s London restructuring team. Cader trained at Addleshaw Goddard before becoming a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. He joined Sidley Austin in 2016 and went on […]
Bird & Bird is deepening its ties to public sector clients and UK Government by hiring a specialist lawyer from Clifford Chance. Andrew Dean is joining Bird & Bird’s commercial practice in London as a partner. He has spent six years at Clifford Chance, most recently as head of procurement and public law. Before going […]
An employment tribunal has ruled that Fieldfisher unfairly dismissed a senior associate last year, after he was accused of misconduct and investigated by the firm. Ex-Fieldfisher senior associate Djamshid Rustambekov was alleged to have continuously asked a fellow female colleague to cancel her Uber and to come back to an office party in January 2023. […]
Following Sidley Austin’s sweep of seven finance partners from Latham & Watkins, both firms – and their rivals – are preparing for a surge in recruitment activity as associates mull their next move. Sources told The Lawyer they expect there to be “a stream of people joining Sidley in the next few weeks and months”. […]
Latham & Watkins is acting for mining giant Anglo American, a relatively new relationship struck by the US firm’s London office. A team from Latham is advising Anglo American in the sale of its minority interest in Jellinbah to investment management giant Zashvin. Latham’s team was led by London corporate partners Sam Newhouse and Emily […]
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has hired its new head of intellectual property and technology transactions from Latham & Watkins. Deborah Kirk, who trained at Linklaters before becoming head of transactional intellectual property in Latham’s London office, will lead on Skadden’s technological IP matters. Skadden executive partner Jeremy London said: “Deborah joins the firm […]
Rebekah Vardy has applied for permission to appeal a costs decision made last month in her ongoing spat against Coleen Rooney. Vardy is represented by Kingsley Napley as she seeks permission to appeal in the Senior Courts Cost Office. The pair continue to lock horns after their infamous 2022 libel case over a social media […]
McDermott Will & Emery is increasing its trainee salaries, matching the top of the market figures announced recently by Davis Polk & Wardwell. Davis Polk recently raised the bar for London trainee salaries, announcing that first years would pick up £65,000 and second years receiving a salary of £70,000. McDermott Will & Emery is matching […]
Goodwin has recruited from Orrick to expand its UK executive compensation group, having launched the practice two years ago. Partner Anna Humphrey joins the US firm’s London office, having previously worked as a compensation and benefits partner at Orrick for the past two years. Prior to that, she spent her career climbing the ranks at […]
Kirkland & Ellis is leading for KKR in its acquisition of a 25 per cent stake in Eni’s biofuel business. The Kirkland team is led by London corporate partners Toby Parkinson, Sara Pickersgill, Nick Appleton, Serra Tar and associates Claudia Carr, Melissa Sawyer and Shaun Boyle. They are supported by debt finance partners Sinead O’Shea, […]