Georgina Stanley

January 27, 2010 | International Edition

Ask a corporate partner specialising in work on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to describe 2009 and "horrendous" and "not a good year" are some of the milder descriptions you're likely to hear. Looking at the statistics it is easy to see why, as the market saw a dismal tally of just 36 admissions, with the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) barely scraping double digits at just 13.

By Georgina Stanley

4 minute read

January 27, 2010 | Legal Week

Ask a corporate partner specialising in work on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to describe 2009 and "horrendous" and "not a good year" are some of the milder descriptions you're likely to hear. Looking at the statistics it is easy to see why, as the market saw a dismal tally of just 36 admissions, with the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) barely scraping double digits at just 13.

By Georgina Stanley

11 minute read

January 21, 2010 | International Edition

If the outlook of any major strategic move can be gauged from the general reaction of rivals, the prospects for the impending union between Lovells and Hogan & Hartson could not look brighter. For while the cynical City legal community typically pours buckets of derision and faint praise over major moves by rivals, the upcoming merger has won a remarkable degree of support from observers.

By Georgina Stanley

21 minute read

January 21, 2010 | Legal Week

If the outlook of any major strategic move can be gauged from the general reaction of rivals, the prospects for the impending union between Lovells and Hogan & Hartson could not look brighter. For while the cynical City legal community typically pours buckets of derision and faint praise over major moves by rivals, the upcoming merger has won a remarkable degree of support from observers.

By Georgina Stanley

66 minute read

January 07, 2010 | International Edition

Pinsent Masons has bolstered its Manchester banking and finance practice with the hire of Matthew Morgan from DLA Piper. Morgan joined Pinsents this week (4 January) to lead the national firm's banking team in Manchester.

By Legal Week

2 minute read

January 07, 2010 | Legal Week

Pinsent Masons has bolstered its Manchester banking and finance practice with the hire of Matthew Morgan from DLA Piper. Morgan joined Pinsents this week (4 January) to lead the national firm's banking team in Manchester.

By Legal Week

19 minute read

December 02, 2009 | International Edition

Ashurst has become the latest City firm to win a role in relation to Dubai's debt crisis. The top 10 City firm is advising a group of bondholders who collectively hold more than 25% of bonds in Nakheel - the Dubai World-owned property company at the heart of the crisis.

By Legal Week

2 minute read

December 02, 2009 | Legal Week

Ashurst has become the latest City firm to win a role in relation to Dubai's debt crisis. The top 10 City firm is advising a group of bondholders who collectively hold more than 25% of bonds in Nakheel - the Dubai World-owned property company at the heart of the crisis.

By Legal Week

11 minute read

November 26, 2009 | International Edition

For all the practical good it will do, it seems that the greatest significance of the new Financial Services Bill is in illustrating the current state of the increasingly ill-tempered policy debate over how to reform and monitor banks. Since the summer there has been growing evidence that banks are driving towards - and increasingly lobbying for - a return to business as usual, while politicians are responding to mounting anger from the public over the excesses of the City.

By Legal Week

3 minute read

November 26, 2009 | Legal Week

For all the practical good it will do, it seems that the greatest significance of the new Financial Services Bill is in illustrating the current state of the increasingly ill-tempered policy debate over how to reform and monitor banks. Since the summer there has been growing evidence that banks are driving towards - and increasingly lobbying for - a return to business as usual, while politicians are responding to mounting anger from the public over the excesses of the City.

By Legal Week

8 minute read