King & Spalding makes City funds play with hire of top-tier Cadwalader team
Five-strong fund finance team finds new home at K&S with further hires on the cards.
Sidley continues infrastructure push as firms hire in antitrust, finance and funds
Sidley Austin has continued to expand its London energy and infrastructure team with its hire of Ben Thompson from Travers Smith. The new hire enhances the firm’s London offering in this practice, which it strengthened in March last year with the hires of James MacArthur and Ed Freeman from Weil, Gotshal & Manges.
‘Slightly alarming’ – Clifford Chance, Linklaters, A&O Shearman match Freshfields’ NQ pay hike
Clifford Chance and A&O Shearman joined Linklaters this week in matching Freshfields’ NQ pay hike from £125,000 to £150,000, leaving Slaughter and May the sole Magic Circle firm still on the lower rate.
Mishcons international arbitration head Louis Flannery KC moves to Littleton Chambers
Mishcon de Reya’s head of international arbitration Louis Flannery KC has left the firm, and is set to join Littleton Chambers in August as a silk in the set’s international arbitration team.
Bird & Bird to launch in Tokyo with Ashurst corporate hire as firm sets sights on €1bn revenue mark
Bird & Bird has announced it will open in Tokyo before the end of the year, with the new base set to be led by corporate partner Hiro Iwamura, who is joining from Ashurst. The launch marks the first significant move for the firm since February’s unveiling of its new five-year strategy – which includes …
Travers departures continue as Linklaters and Fried Frank pick off transactional trio
In another blow for Travers Smith, respected corporate M&A and ECM partner Richard Spedding has left to join Linklaters, on the back of the departure of a private equity duo to Goodwin late last month. A Legal 500 Hall of Famer for small to mid-cap equity capital markets, Spedding was at Travers or 25 years. …
Life During Law: Scott Hopkins
When I was 18 I left Vancouver to play ice hockey in university in Japan. That got me off on kind of an adventurous track. I grew up dreaming of nothing more than becoming a hockey player. When you try to do that in Canada, you work your way up through the junior leagues. And …
A&O’s Wim Dejonghe on mergers, money and his plans for life after law
I wanted to go into sports. I was a sailing instructor, close to professional. But then I had knee issues, so I needed to change my plans last minute. I still do a lot of exercise, but I hate the gym. That’s how I relax, reflect, enjoy myself, and get energy. I do a lot …
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Holding court – cases of the year
If any trend is set to define the London disputes market in 2024, it is the continued rise of group litigation. A vast array of mass claims are winding their way through the courts, spurred on by an increased willingness to adapt to the challenges of case management, heightened awareness of environmental, social, and governance …
Scaling up: a look back at the last ten years of disputes in London
When Legal Business first launched its Disputes Yearbook back in 2014 Brexit was barely on the radar, most people had not heard of Wuhan and post-financial crisis disputes work and oligarchs were helping firms cast aside any doubts about how sustainable further disputes growth was at either the biggest players in the City or the …
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