Jeremy Hodges

July 27, 2009 | Law.com

Lovells is moving London partner Stephanie Keen to Singapore where she will launch a local private equity practice for the firm. Keen will be responsible for setting up Lovells' Singapore private equity practice when she moves in September, with the relocation making her the firm's first private equity partner in Asia outside of China. She will be the fourth partner in Lovells' Singapore office, joining projects head James Harris, banking partner Ken Hawkes and energy and projects partner Brad Roach.

By Jeremy Hodges

2 minute read

December 09, 2009 | Law.com

Allen & Overy, Travers Smith and Ashurst have picked up roles on the biggest buyout in the U.K. for more than a year. Apax Partners is set to purchase pharmaceutical support company Marken for a reported 975 million pounds ($1.59 billion) from Intermediate Capital Group, with the deal expected to close in early 2010. Apax is being advised by Allen & Overy, with private equity partners Derek Baird and Gordon Milne leading the Magic Circle firm's team.

By Jeremy Hodges

2 minute read

July 24, 2009 | Law.com

Ashurst has won the lead European adviser role for Intel Corp. on its appeal against one of the largest fines ever dished out by the European Commission. In a case that dates back to the beginning of the decade, Intel was handed a penalty of $1.45 billion by the EC this May for anti-competitive behavior and abusing its leading position in the market for the production of microchips. Ashurst succeeds Skadden, which took the lead counsel role on the original Intel judgment.

By Jeremy Hodges

2 minute read

November 01, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

RBS puts select firms on fast track; Nestlé unveils U.K. counsel.

By By Emma Sadowski, Sofia Lind, and Jeremy Hodges

4 minute read

October 02, 2009 | Law.com

White & Case is working to renew its relationship in London with key client Deutsche Bank after six partners with links to the client left the firm's banking and capital markets practice over the past 18 months. After key relationship partner Mike Goetz quit for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in March 2008, a further five partners linked with Deutsche Bank in London have left. At its height the relationship was thought to be worth around $25 million a year to the firm's London office.

By Jeremy Hodges

2 minute read

June 01, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Dell, ING, CMA, and LV= are all reviewing outside legal providers.

By Alex Aldridge, Jeremy Hodges, and Emma Sadowski

5 minute read

July 17, 2009 | Law.com

Slaughter and May has emerged as the U.K. firm with the most satisfied associates when it comes to salaries and bonuses, according to Legal Week research. Slaughter associates have put the firm at the top of a table grading firms on their combined remuneration packages. The rankings form part of Legal Week Intelligence's 2009 Employee Satisfaction Survey, which gauged the perceptions of more than 4,000 associates at the top 75 law firms in England and Wales and the top 10 U.S. firms in London.

By Jeremy Hodges

3 minute read

August 27, 2009 | Law.com

Ashurst's head of restructuring, Nick Angel, is set to leave the U.K. firm to join Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. Angel, who has been a partner with Ashurst since 1997, is expected to leave it this week. During his time there, Angel worked on a number of high-profile deals, including 2008's sale of Teeside Power to Suez and Gaz de France. Milbank has a leading restructuring platform in the U.S. but has yet to make inroads in London.

By Jeremy Hodges

2 minute read

February 26, 2010 | Law.com

Lateral partner hiring by U.S. firms in London fell to its lowest level since 2004 last year, according to new research from Legal Week. A survey of hiring trends at the London operations of 37 of the biggest U.S. and trans-Atlantic firms found there were just 59 lateral partner moves in 2009, with many firms shying away from expansion against the backdrop of the global recession. Greenberg Traurig Maher, which launched in London in June 2009, was responsible for a quarter of those hires.

By Jeremy Hodges

3 minute read

August 27, 2009 | Law.com

Jones Day has made its second lateral hire in London this year with the recruitment of Mayer Brown competition and antitrust head Frances Murphy. She will join Jones Day on Sept. 1 as London head of antitrust, filling a role that has been empty since Greg Olsen's departure for Clifford Chance in 2007. Murphy's practice focuses on the pharma, biotech, telecom, retail and construction sectors. The last partner to join Jones Day in London was property litigator Richard Anyamene, who arrived from LG in March.

By Jeremy Hodges

2 minute read