Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May are advising on SIX Group’s acquisition of Aquis Exchange. On the sell side, Slaughters is working with Aquis on the transaction that is expected to complete in Q2 of 2025. SIX, a Swiss stock exchange group, agreed to buy Aquis, a London-headquartered equities trading company, with a cash offer […]
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 […]
King & Wood Mallesons’ former London managing partner is set to be prosecuted before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for alleged inappropriate conduct towards a female colleague. Darren Roiser has been accused of “kissing” a female colleague and “commenting that she was very attractive”. The Solicitors Regulatory Authority’s decision to prosecute Roiser, which was made […]
Development company Arup’s general counsel is moving back to private practice after 10 years in-house. James Pratt leaves Arup to join Mantle Law as a partner in its London office. Mantle launched in London in 2021. It is an international boutique firm with a focus on construction-related arbitration and disputes. Prior to joining Mantle, Pratt […]
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 […]
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 […]
A raft of corporate heavyweights are acting on Clayton Dubilier & Rice’s (CD&R) €16bn acquisition of Opella, a subsidiary of the French pharmaceutical group Sanofi. CD&R will acquire a 50 per cent controlling stake in the business in one of the largest private equity deals in Europe this year. Kirkland & Ellis is leading for […]
Kirkland & Ellis has turned to genAI company Harvey for its first structured finance partner in the City. Suril Patel joins the US firm’s City office, having worked as VP of partnerships and more recently as an advisor at Harvey. Patel had joined Harvey in June 2023, not long after the company launched. Before that, […]
Yet another Kirkland & Ellis partner has resigned to join Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, The Lawyer has learned. Revathi Raghavan, a regulatory partner in Kirkland’s London office, is the newest addition to Paul Weiss’s investment funds group in the firm’s rapidly growing London office. Raghavan is the fourth funds partner from Kirkland to join […]