Georgina Stanley

May 25, 2011 | Legal Week

Last month Clifford Chance (CC) private equity veteran James Baird retired from the firm after more than 25 years as a partner. Clearly the departure is unlikely to spell anything like disaster for a buyout practice as dominant as CC's, but it has certainly got the private equity sewing circle talking. And, no doubt, hoping for opportunities to tighten links with some of Baird's clients, such as CVC.

By Georgina Stanley

25 minute read

May 17, 2011 | International Edition

Hogan Lovells litigation partner Christopher Grierson has been dismissed from the firm after wrongly claiming more than £1m in expenses. Grierson, who is best known for working on the high-profile BCCI litigation battle with the Bank of England, was dismissed last Wednesday (11 May) following an internal investigation led by the transatlantic firm's finance team.

By Georgina Stanley

2 minute read

May 17, 2011 | Legal Week

Hogan Lovells litigation partner Christopher Grierson has been dismissed from the firm after wrongly claiming more than £1m in expenses. Grierson, who is best known for working on the high-profile BCCI litigation battle with the Bank of England, was dismissed last Wednesday (11 May) following an internal investigation led by the transatlantic firm's finance team.

By Georgina Stanley

12 minute read

May 05, 2011 | Legal Week

Slaughter and May has marginally increased its associate salaries as of this month after delaying its biannual pay review due to recent public holidays. The firm, the first of the magic circle to announce its 2011 salaries, has opted for modest increases of between 1.5% and 3% for junior associates. Rates for trainees and newly-qualified lawyers remain unchanged; however, all lawyers will also continue to move through the lockstep as normal.

By Georgina Stanley

4 minute read

May 05, 2011 | International Edition

Slaughter and May has marginally increased its associate salaries as of this month after delaying its biannual pay review due to recent public holidays. The firm, the first of the magic circle to announce its 2011 salaries, has opted for modest increases of between 1.5% and 3% for junior associates. Rates for trainees and newly-qualified lawyers remain unchanged; however, all lawyers will also continue to move through the lockstep as normal.

By Georgina Stanley

2 minute read

April 20, 2011 | International Edition

Addleshaw Goddard and Allen & Overy (A&O) have picked up lead advisory roles on Yorkshire Building Society's merger with Norwich and Peterborough (N&P) Building Society, creating a combined company with three million members and 224 branches. A&O is advising longstanding client Yorkshire, which is the UK's second largest building society with assets exceeding £30bn. The magic circle firm's team is being led by corporate partner Richard Slynn, assisted by associates Ilan Kotkis and Susannah Gwyn-Thomas.

By Georgina Stanley

2 minute read

April 20, 2011 | Legal Week

Addleshaw Goddard and Allen & Overy (A&O) have picked up lead advisory roles on Yorkshire Building Society's merger with Norwich and Peterborough (N&P) Building Society, creating a combined company with three million members and 224 branches. A&O is advising longstanding client Yorkshire, which is the UK's second largest building society with assets exceeding £30bn. The magic circle firm's team is being led by corporate partner Richard Slynn, assisted by associates Ilan Kotkis and Susannah Gwyn-Thomas.

By Georgina Stanley

7 minute read

April 14, 2011 | International Edition

Recent weeks have seen no less than five asset finance partner moves announced, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Ince & Co, Mayer Brown, and, most notably, Hogan Lovells all moving to strengthen their City practices. While the timing of the appointments is more down to coincidence than any single driver in the market, the moves illustrate the differing approaches to asset finance across large law firms.

By Georgina Stanley

4 minute read

April 14, 2011 | Legal Week

Recent weeks have seen no less than five asset finance partner moves announced, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Ince & Co, Mayer Brown, and, most notably, Hogan Lovells all moving to strengthen their City practices. While the timing of the appointments is more down to coincidence than any single driver in the market, the moves illustrate the differing approaches to asset finance across large law firms.

By Georgina Stanley

33 minute read

April 06, 2011 | Legal Week

Clifford Chance (CC) has topped Mergermarket's European deal rankings by volume for the first three months of 2011 - a quarter that saw deal volumes fall both globally and in Europe. The magic circle law firm jumped from sixth place in Europe at Q1 2010 to first place in 2011, with roles on 43 deals worth $34.6bn (£21.3bn). These include transactions such as Criteria CaixaCorp's takeover of the banking business of majority owner La Caixa, worth around $13bn (£8bn).

By Georgina Stanley

20 minute read