Jeremy Hodges

December 08, 2009 | Law.com

Bingham McCutchen has made its second partner hire in London this year with the recruitment of Sarah Smith for its U.K. finance practice. Smith, the former co-head of Sidley Austin's international finance group, will join Bingham at the beginning of 2010 after leaving Sidley in February. She has experience in securitization and structured finance and will focus on general finance and restructuring matters, working alongside office head James Roome and London finance head Barry Russell.

By Jeremy Hodges

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August 07, 2009 | Law.com

The U.K.'s top law firms have tightened their grip on the purse strings, increasing equity partner count by less than 4 percent despite a double digit increase in overall partner numbers over the last five years. Legal Week research into partner headcount changes at the U.K.'s largest 25 firms by revenue shows that, on average, partner count grew by 16 percent from 2003-04 to 2008-09. There was only a 3.7 percent increase in equity partner numbers during the same period.

By Jeremy Hodges

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September 24, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has landed the top role advising Nomura on its $230 million acquisition of Lehman Brothers' European and Asian businesses. The firm is advising the Japanese bank from the firm's London and Hong Kong offices, with a team including Hong Kong corporate co-head Nick Norris, London restructuring partner Lynn Hiestand and London corporate partner John Adebiyi.

By Emma Sadowski and Jeremy Hodges

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