Anna Reynolds

January 09, 2014 | International Edition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Bredin Prat M&A and corporate partner Olivier Rogivue to join its Paris team. Rogivue has been a partner at Bredin Prat for the last six years. Prior to this he trained with Slaughter & May and worked there for 11 years in the firm's London and Paris offices.

By Anna Reynolds

2 minute read

January 09, 2014 | International Edition

Despite the rise in mega-deals towards the tail end of 2013, last year yielded the lowest overall value for UK M&A activity since 2001.

By Anna Reynolds

4 minute read

January 06, 2014 | International Edition

Hogan Lovells has made up 11 London lawyers to partner as part of a 29-strong global promotion round, marking an increase on last year's numbers.

By Anna Reynolds

3 minute read

December 24, 2013 | International Edition

Societe Generale (SocGen) has appointed Dominique Bourrinet as group general counsel, taking over from Gerard Gardella from 1 January. Bourrinet joined SocGen in 1994 as an in-house lawyer in the corporate and investment bank and became GC for the bank in 2010. He has been group deputy general counsel since October this year.

By Anna Reynolds

2 minute read

December 24, 2013 | International Edition

The Legal Services Board's (LSB) proposed statutory overhaul of solicitors' training has been condemned by the City of London Law Society (CLLS) as 'deeply flawed'.

By Anna Reynolds

2 minute read

December 24, 2013 | International Edition

A group of partners at Dundas & Wilson are leaving the firm ahead of its merger with CMS Cameron McKenna, which goes live next year. It is understood that a group of senior partners, including former chairman David Hardie, will not be joining the new firm. Meanwhile, another group of partners have not received offers to move across once the merger goes live.

By Anna Reynolds

2 minute read

December 23, 2013 | International Edition

Weightmans has become just the third UK top 50 firm to secure an alternative business structure (ABS) licence. The granting of a licence comes just days after Gateley became the second biggest domestic firm to make the move.

By Anna Reynolds

2 minute read

December 23, 2013 | International Edition

Hogan Lovells has appointed London partner Tom Whelan as global co-head of private equity as Alan Greenough retires from the firm. Whelan will take up the role on 1 January and work alongside current co-head Jeffrey Hurlburt.

By Anna Reynolds

2 minute read

December 20, 2013 | International Edition

Linklaters corporate partner Florian Drinhausen is set to join Deutsche Bank as co-deputy general counsel for Germany and Central & Eastern Europe.

By Anna Reynolds

2 minute read

December 19, 2013 | International Edition

Herbert Smith Freehills has confirmed that global head of dispute resolution Sonya Leydecker and managing partner Mark Rigotti as the firm's joint chief executive officers. Current CEOs David Willis and Gavin Bell will step down next April having held the role since legacy firms Herbert Smith and Freehills merged in October 2012. The new appointments – which will take effect from 1 May 2014 for a three year term - follow a recommendation by the firm's global council, which was put to partner ratification.

By Anna Reynolds

2 minute read