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Justin Cash

December 16, 2014 | International Edition

Cleary Gottlieb, Grimaldi and Dechert advise as lastminute.com sold for £76m

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Italian firm Grimaldi Studio Legale are acting as lead advisers as Swiss travel group Bravofly Rumbo has announced a binding offer to buy booking site lastminute.com for $120m (£76m).

By Justin Cash

2 minute read

December 16, 2014 | International Edition

Paul Weiss media head Schwab departs for co-president role at Vice

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison media and entertainment group chair James Schwab will leave the firm in January to become co-president of digital media group Vice Media.

By Justin Cash

1 minute read

December 15, 2014 | International Edition

Sony turns to Boies Schiller in attempt to put brakes on data leak

Elite US litigation firm Boies Schiller & Flexner has been instructed by Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) to send US news outlets warning letters as the studio seeks to limit the damage caused by a computer hack of its internal system last month.

By Justin Cash

2 minute read

December 15, 2014 | International Edition

Linklaters and Ropes & Gray act as Bain acquires CRH's clay and concrete businesses

Linklaters and Ropes & Gray have taken the lead roles as buyout house Bain Capital finalised its takeover of Irish building-materials company CRH's UK clay and concrete businesses.

By Justin Cash

2 minute read

December 14, 2014 | International Edition

Linklaters to focus on mental health in new diversity strategy

Linklaters is consulting with staff on an updated global diversity and inclusion strategy for the 2015-16 financial year, with a particular focus on mental health and wellbeing.

By Justin Cash

2 minute read

December 14, 2014 | International Edition

"A priceless vase": Andrew Lilley and David Patient on the changing of the guard at Travers Smith

"It sometimes feels like you are handed a priceless vase and have been asked to take it on a journey. The vase is the baton in a relay race and I'm now passing it to David."

By Justin Cash

5 minute read

December 11, 2014 | International Edition

Addleshaw Goddard creates new sector head role and scraps international managing partner post after strategy review

Addleshaw Goddard has created one new management position and scrapped another as part of a new five year plan outlined this week.

By Justin Cash

2 minute read

December 11, 2014 | International Edition

Addleshaw Goddard unveils five-year vision: we want our top-earning partners on £1m-plus a year by 2019

Addleshaw Goddard wants its top-earning partners to be taking home £1m a year by 2019, as high-performing non-partners are set to benefit from a ring-fenced bonus pool.

By Justin Cash

4 minute read

December 11, 2014 | International Edition

Co-operative Bank head of legal Southworth set to return to Eversheds

Eversheds litigation and dispute partner James Southworth is set to relinquish his role as interim head of legal at the Co-operative Bank and return to the firm in a full-time role.

By Justin Cash

2 minute read

December 10, 2014 | International Edition

DLA Piper and Hogan Lovells only two firms to win FCA report work 18 months after panel set up

DLA Piper and Hogan Lovells are the only two law firms to have so far won work after being appointed to the 'Skilled Person' panel set up by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) last April.

By Justin Cash

3 minute read