Alex Newman

July 28, 2014 | International Edition

Shearman & Sterling has successfully acted for former shareholders of the Yukos oil company in the largest arbitration award in history.

By Alex Newman

3 minute read

July 27, 2014 | International Edition

Allen & Overy (A&O), Herbert Smith Freehills, Linklaters and Clifford Chance (CC) are among the firms taking roles on BSkyB's acquisition of Sky Italia and a 57% stake in Sky Deutschland from 21st Century Fox.

By Alex Newman

2 minute read

July 25, 2014 | International Edition

Barclays has instructed US law firm trio Sullivan & Cromwell, Boies Schiller & Flexner and WilmerHale to defend it from a New York lawsuit alleging the bank misled investors about its high frequency trading operations.

By Alex Newman

3 minute read

July 24, 2014 | International Edition

Linklaters is being sued in the French courts by former client Europrop - a Berlin-headquartered real estate investment and development group - for an alleged breach of duty.

By Alex Newman

2 minute read

July 23, 2014 | International Edition

A recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing shows JPMorgan Chase general counsel Stephen Cutler has sold $5m in company stock so far this year, and added a further 80,000 worth of shares.

By Alex Newman

3 minute read

July 23, 2014 | International Edition

Stephenson Harwood has been hired to defend former Leeds United managing director and former GFH Capital general counsel David Haigh, now in his ninth week in a Dubai jail.

By Alex Newman

3 minute read

July 22, 2014 | International Edition

LinkedIn has appointed former Yahoo! legal chief and one-time Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom lawyer Michael Callahan as its new general counsel.

By Alex Newman

2 minute read

July 20, 2014 | International Edition

On the morning after his election to the head of the firm, Latham's chair-elect speaks to Legal Week about the vote, following Bob Dell and heading the firm from London.

By Alex Newman

7 minute read

July 20, 2014 | International Edition

As news emerges that Ashurst and Sidley Austin held preliminary merger talks, we look at why the plan didn't move forward

By Alex Newman

3 minute read

July 18, 2014 | International Edition

David Eveleigh, the general counsel of BT Global Services and former Ashurst lawyer, is to join private security giant Serco as group general counsel and company secretary.

By Alex Newman

2 minute read