Rachel is deputy editor (City) of The Lawyer and primarily covers corporate and the City
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Shearman & Sterling have picked up top roles in the IPO of healthcare business Integrated Diagnostics Holdings, with the company valued at $668m. The transaction was led by Freshfields corporate partner Stuart Grider in London, as well as Dubai partner Pervez Akhtar. They were assisted by partner Christopher Mort and associates […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, CMS and Gide Loyrette Nouel have advised on a deal allowing SNCF Mobilités to gain sole control over Eurostar International. SNCF Mobilités was advised by Gide partner Laurent Godfroid and associates Ségolène Pelsy, Romain Rard and Louise Macnab. The company was also represented by SNCF Voyages general counsel Eve Monot and Lacourte […]
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison have advised real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield on its $2bn merger with rivals DTZ. Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy corporate partners David Zeltner and Alex Kaye led the deal on behalf of Cushman & Wakefield. They were assisted by […]
Olswang has elected Paul Stevens as its new CEO to succeed interim CEO Michael Burdon with immediate effect. Stevens, whose initial term will be three years, joined Olswang in 1997. He was one of the two founding partners of Olswang’s IP team and has been leading the IP practice group since 2013. He was named […]
A review of the legal sector in Wales is to begin next week to determine how the Welsh Government can improve investment and employment in the industry. The review has been commissioned by economy minister Edwina Hart and will be undertaken by former Eversheds partner Kevin Doolan, now a partner of the Møller PSF group […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co and McDermott Will & Emery have advised AstraZeneca and Innate Pharma on their $1.275bn partnership agreement. Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co partner Patrick Duxbury led the team for AstraZeneca alongside partner Luke Kempton, senior associate Jenny Davies and associates Chris Freeth and Alexandra Rychner. They worked with AstraZeneca’s in-house team, […]
Foot Anstey’s annual revenue has grown by 16 per cent to £32m, with the firm hitting the £30m turnover barrier sooner than expected. The firm’s litigation practice has seen one of the biggest increases, with 30 per cent revenue growth. Meanwhile the commercial, corporate and real estate divisions have grown by 28 per cent, 21 […]
EY Law is to launch a London financial regulatory practice after recruiting a team from Baker & McKenzie and Weil Gotshal & Manges. Baker & McKenzie financial services partner Steven Francis and Weil Gotshal & Manges counsel and head of private funds regulation James Gee will join EY as executive directors in May. They will […]
Osborne Clarke has reported a 15 per cent per cent increase in global revenues for 2014/15, with the firm just shy of breaking the €200m mark. Global revenues for 2014/15 rose from €169m to €195m (£139.8m), while UK revenues increased by 9 per cent to £96.5m (€123.7m). The firm’s average headcount is also estimated to have grown […]
Weil Gotshal & Manges and Covington & Burling have advised Verizon Communications in its $4.4bn acquisition of AOL, with Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz advising the target. Weil Gotshal & Manges’ all-American team was led by corporate partner Frederick Green, tax partner Marc Silberberg, executive compensation and benefits partner Paul Wessel, IP partner Jeffrey Osterman, […]
Fieldfisher is the sole law firm to have been instructed by the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) on its investigation into Tesco’s profit over-statement. Fieldfisher senior partner Matthew Lohn is leading the investigation for the GCA, along with the adjudicator’s in-house team. The investigation is looking into some of the practices associated with the supermarket’s profit […]
Fieldfisher has promoted four lawyers to partnership in its 2015 round marking the lowest number of promotions at the firm in recent years. Emma Spiers has become a partner in the derivatives and structured finance team in London and worked as a senior associate from 2004. Privacy and data protection law specialist Antonis Patrikios has […]