Georgina Stanley

October 19, 2010 | International Edition

Land Securities has appointed its first general counsel and company secretary with the hire of SABMiller's European head of legal. Adrian de Souza is set to join the FTSE 100 property group on 1 November to take up the newly-formed post. He replaces outgoing company secretary Peter Dudgeon, a non-lawyer, who is stepping down after 12 years in the role.

By Georgina Stanley

2 minute read

March 10, 2010 | International Edition

It appears that private equity lawyers haven't been keeping up with their Richard Susskind, according at least to the angry head of one prominent buyout house. The cause of his irritation is what he claims is foot-dragging and resistance to a five-year-old attempt to create generic documents for venture capital.

By Georgina Stanley

4 minute read

March 10, 2010 | Legal Week

It appears that private equity lawyers haven't been keeping up with their Richard Susskind, according at least to the angry head of one prominent buyout house. The cause of his irritation is what he claims is foot-dragging and resistance to a five-year-old attempt to create generic documents for venture capital.

By Georgina Stanley

11 minute read

March 03, 2010 | International Edition

As Legal Week's survey of lateral hiring by US firms in London recently demonstrated, partner moves were thin on the ground in 2009, at least by the yardstick of recent years. The research found 59 hires across 37 of the largest US firms. This was substantially down on the senior recruitment seen at US firms over the last five years - this group managed 77 partner hires in 2008 - but in many ways it is surprising that the figure wasn't even lower. Lateral hiring virtually shut down in the first half of 2009 as firms drastically slashed costs in the worst phase of the global recession. The second half of the year, which saw an aggressive hiring spree from Greenberg Traurig Maher claim no less than 15 partners, was pretty active in contrast.

By Georgina Stanley

3 minute read

March 03, 2010 | Legal Week

As Legal Week's survey of lateral hiring by US firms in London recently demonstrated, partner moves were thin on the ground in 2009, at least by the yardstick of recent years. The research found 59 hires across 37 of the largest US firms. This was substantially down on the senior recruitment seen at US firms over the last five years - this group managed 77 partner hires in 2008 - but in many ways it is surprising that the figure wasn't even lower. Lateral hiring virtually shut down in the first half of 2009 as firms drastically slashed costs in the worst phase of the global recession. The second half of the year, which saw an aggressive hiring spree from Greenberg Traurig Maher claim no less than 15 partners, was pretty active in contrast.

By Georgina Stanley

35 minute read

February 22, 2010 | Legal Week

The question of what clients want from their external legal advisers and how law firms meet this demand may well be nothing new, but two recent examples suggest that this is an area where there is still a significant lack of communication.

By Georgina Stanley

6 minute read

February 22, 2010 | International Edition

The question of what clients want from their external legal advisers and how law firms meet this demand may well be nothing new, but two recent examples suggest that this is an area where there is still a significant lack of communication.

By Georgina Stanley

3 minute read

February 10, 2010 | International Edition

For a firm of its size and ambition, Latham & Watkins has remained curiously under the radar outside the US, emerging only occasionally for significant moves such as 2008's three-pronged launch in the Middle East, before it all goes quiet again. This tendency makes this month's news that the firm is to bring in no fewer than 13 partners from White & Case across London, New York and the Middle East all the more striking.

By Georgina Stanley

4 minute read

February 10, 2010 | Legal Week

For a firm of its size and ambition, Latham & Watkins has remained curiously under the radar outside the US, emerging only occasionally for significant moves such as 2008's three-pronged launch in the Middle East, before it all goes quiet again. This tendency makes this month's news that the firm is to bring in no fewer than 13 partners from White & Case across London, New York and the Middle East all the more striking.

By Georgina Stanley

29 minute read

February 04, 2010 | International Edition

Bingham McCutchen's City arm saw revenues increase by almost a third in 2009. The London office has posted turnover of $40.8m (£25.7m) for the last calendar year, compared with $31m (£19.6m) in 2008. The 31% increase comes against marginal growth in profits per equity partner (PEP) to $1.91m (£1.2m) from last year's figure of $1.88m (£1.19m).

By Georgina Stanley

2 minute read