Network Rail renews legal panel and support contracts until 2019
Network Rail has taken the option to renew its legal panel for a further two years which see the five firms continue to work with the company until 2019.
Alex Taylor
Alex is The Lawyer’s international editor. He joined in 2017 as a reporter covering litigation and the Bar, leaving in 2019 and returning in 2021.
Addleshaws revenue drops after record-breaking 2015/16
Addleshaw Goddard has reported turnover of £198m, falling two per cent after reaching a record £202m in the previous financial year.
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Kirkland trainee retention in London falls to 50%
Kirkland & Ellis has posted a 50 per cent retention rate for its trainees in the firm’s London office this year.
Kirkland trainee retention in London falls to 50%
US firm Kirkland & Ellis is understood to have posted a 50 per cent retention rate for its trainees in the firm’s London office this year.
Mayer Brown and BLP lead on £1.28bn Walkie Talkie sale
Mayer Brown and BLP have led on LKK Health Products Group’s £1.28bn purchase of the Walkie Talkie in the UK’s biggest deal for a single office building.
Linklaters hires Clifford Chance Frankfurt partner
Linklaters has added Christopher Kellett to the German arm of its private equity practice just months after his retirement from magic circle rival Clifford Chance.
Carillion kickstarts biannual legal panel review amid profit struggles
UK construction company Carillion has kickstarted the biannual review of its legal panel, following a recent profit warning, The Lawyer understands.
Revealed: The 30 funds Goodwin Procter seized from KWM
Goodwin Procter has revealed more than 30 active clients were transferred following a string of partner hires from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) late last year.
Clifford Chance blasts Labour proposals to extend Robin Hood Tax
Clifford Chance has condemned The Labour Party’s proposal to extend the UK stamp duty into a broader financial transaction tax (FTT).
A&O and Linklaters advise on £3bn HS1 sale
Allen & Overy and Linklaters have acted in the £3bn acquisition of HS1 for a joint venture managed by InfraRed Capital Partners from pensions funds Borealis and the Ontario Teachers.
Trowers acts as Peabody and Family Mosaic complete £6bn merger
Trowers & Hamlins has acted for Peabody and Family Mosaic as the two housing associations completed a merger creating a company worth £6bn.
HighQ roundtable: Transforming legal operations
Legal operations is still a relatively new term. Ask people in this sphere how they got into it and a high proportion will say that they just fell into it.