For the past decade, firms like A&O Shearman and Herbert Smith Freehills have been reaping the rewards of Belfast’s talent pool. But it was banking giant Citi that initially set up shop in Northern Ireland, with its in-house team now having global oversight of its legal functions. Citi’s legal department this year celebrated its 17th […]
Partnerless is The Lawyer’s email specifically for associates. Sign up here or in MY ACCOUNT for weekly career intelligence and market chatter.
Entrepreneurialism is in Adam Pope’s blood. “My dad was a hustler, selling tracksuits and the like. I was ill as a child, so I spent a lot of time at home and in that environment. I would mow lawns and wash cars, doing anything I could to make money.” These days, Pope is the founder […]
Last week, A&O Shearman set out post-merger plans to close its legacy Allen & Overy base in Johannesburg, reduce its partnership by 10 per cent by the end of the financial year, and sell its consultancy business Consulting by A&O Shearman. So, is this a sign of things already going wrong, or is this all […]
General counsels want to report to their chief executive officer, but is that actually the right call? While the CEO ultimately shapes the business, they are not the only one that can support a senior lawyer with their strategic goals. Speaking to The Lawyer, in-house legal chiefs said there are other reporting lines that can […]
A managing director and deputy general counsel at HSBC has left the bank after over 10 years to join Citigroup UK. The new Citi recruit is Philip Jockelson, who was head of corporate and structuring legal for almost five years at HSBC. Prior to that he was interim company secretary for 10 months, and associate […]
A former Ashurst employee has agreed to the outcome of an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), after he was found to have stolen two laptops and sold them. Irfan Malik, an IT service desk analyst, was accused of removing “two laptops from the firm’s IT storeroom without its knowledge or consent”. The SRA […]
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrsion has hired another in-houser into its partnership. Investment director at Blantyre Capital, Kai Zeng, is set to join Paul Weiss as a partner after over two years in-house. Blantyre Capital specialises in equity and debt special situations. Zeng was a restructuring partner at Kirkland & Ellis for sixth months […]
The chair of the City of London Law Society (CLLS) has issued a letter to member firms asking for help placing 10 trainees of a US outfit shutting its London office. US-headquartered Armstrong Teasdale is cutting ties with the English capital. According to the CLLS letter, four trainees at the firm are about to qualify, […]
Kirkland & Ellis is poised to hire a financial restructuring duo from German firm Gleiss Lutz, following its launch in Frankfurt this month. Partner Christian Halàsz and counsel Friedrich Schlott, from Frankfurt and Düsseldorf respectively, are understood to be set to join Kirkland. Earlier in the month, the firm hit Latham & Watkins for key […]
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison is expanding its private equity team with an in-house hire. The general counsel of TDR Capital, David Holdsworth, has joined the law firm after one year and eight months in-house. Prior to that, he was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis for six years, where he was TDR’s longstanding […]
US firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is set to expand further in London, lining up a new hire from White & Case’s private equity team. Will Summers is leaving White & Case for Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, The Lawyer understands. The partner joined the firm in 2014 as an associate and after one year was […]