Anna Reynolds
April 10, 2014 | International Edition
HSF launches international disability networkHerbert Smith Freehills has launched a disability network after its 2014 audit revealed over 6% of the firm's London and Belfast employees have a disability.
By Anna Reynolds
2 minute read
April 10, 2014 | International Edition
All aboard – lawyers are still facing an uphill struggle to gain board positionsAccording to Oonagh Harpur, a non-executive director at HM Treasury Solicitors, the reason so few UK lawyers are found on boards goes back to the 1990s when most English law firms decided they didn't want to risk conflicts of interest by having partners serving as non-execs on the boards of their clients.
By Anna Reynolds
8 minute read
April 10, 2014 | International Edition
Kirkland, Clifford Chance and Latham dominate PE buyout rankingsKirkland & Ellis, Clifford Chance (CC) and Latham & Watkins have dominated the global league tables for private equity buyout advisers in the first quarter of 2014, as new data shows Q1 2014 was a record period for private equity exits worldwide.
By Anna Reynolds
3 minute read
April 10, 2014 | International Edition
Macfarlanes hires 20 Essex Street silk Guy Morpuss to lead arbitration groupMacfarlanes has appointed former 20 Essex Street barrister Guy Morpuss QC to head up its advocacy and arbitration group in London.
By Anna Reynolds
2 minute read
April 10, 2014 | International Edition
Wragges promotes five to partnership ahead of LG mergerWragge & Co has made five partner promotions ahead of its merger with City firm Lawrence Graham next month.
By Anna Reynolds
2 minute read
April 09, 2014 | International Edition
DAC Beachcroft promotes 16 partners, including 9 women in 2014 roundDAC Beachcroft has appointed 16 new partners in a bumper 2014 promotions round.
By Anna Reynolds
2 minute read
April 09, 2014 | International Edition
Linklaters rejigs international board after pair decide against second termLinklaters has reshuffled its most senior governance body following the decision of two members of its international management board not to stand for second terms.
By Anna Reynolds
2 minute read
April 09, 2014 | International Edition
Freshfields bags former Cleary capital markets star Ash QureshiFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made a major move in the capital markets space with the hire of former Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton US corporate partner Ash Qureshi.
By Anna Reynolds
2 minute read
April 08, 2014 | International Edition
Freshfields appoints new London arbitration head as firm boosts City practice following exitsFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Nigel Rawding as its new London arbitration chief, replacing Constantine Partasides who is leaving the magic circle firm to launch independent firm Three Crowns.
By Anna Reynolds
2 minute read
April 08, 2014 | International Edition
42 Bedford Row takes on 27 new tenants as 13 King's Bench Walk closes downCity set 42 Bedford Row is merging with tenants from 13 King's Bench Walk (13 KBW), after the latter is set to close in May.
By Anna Reynolds
2 minute read
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