Alex Newman

September 02, 2014 | International Edition

WilmerHale has hired Dentons partner Anthony Trenton in London, as part of an effort to tap into the European intellectual property market.

By Alex Newman

2 minute read

September 01, 2014 | International Edition

Weil Gotshal & Manges has started holding selected departing equity partners to ten year capital repayment plans, Legal Week has learned.

By Alex Newman

3 minute read

September 01, 2014 | International Edition

Jones Day has made a major push into the London high yield debt market with the capture of Ropes & Gray finance partner Jonathan Bloom.

By Alex Newman

2 minute read

August 28, 2014 | International Edition

Shearman & Sterling will look to bolster its ties with financial institutions by offering a software programmes to help its banking clients better navigate regulatory and compliance issues.

By Alex Newman

3 minute read

August 27, 2014 | International Edition

Christopher Baker, the former head of the Paris office of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, has been appointed to advise International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde as part of a negligence investigation by French authorities.

By Alex Newman

2 minute read

August 27, 2014 | International Edition

Baker & McKenzie has become the latest firm to open a legal and business support office in Belfast, its second global services base.

By Alex Newman

4 minute read

August 27, 2014 | International Edition

Travers Smith has lost corporate rainmaker Phil Sanderson to Ropes & Gray, less than two months after he stepped down as head of the firm's private equity practice.

By Alex Newman

2 minute read

August 26, 2014 | International Edition

US heavyweights Kirkland & Ellis and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz are among the law firms to have taken roles on Burger King's $11bn acquisition of coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons.

By Alex Newman

2 minute read

August 26, 2014 | International Edition

Liquidators of the UK arm of Dewey & Leboeuf are set to award an interim dividend to unsecured creditors of the London office.

By Alex Newman

2 minute read

August 22, 2014 | International Edition

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has taken the lead role representing Bank of America (BoA) in its historic $16.6bn (£10bn) settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ).

By Alex Newman

3 minute read