Sofia Lind

February 05, 2008 | The Recorder

Kenton King in the Palo Alto office leads the team advising Yahoo; Microsoft has opted for Simpson Thacher.

By Sofia Lind

3 minute read

September 23, 2009 | Law.com

Gide Loyrette Nouel is building up its Vietnam presence, adding three lawyers to its Ho Chi Minh City office this month. The French firm relocated Jacques de Servigny to be the new partner-in-charge of the Vietnam practice, which also has an office in Hanoi. De Servigny headed Gide's Budapest office since it opened in 1993 and helped oversee the firm's Eastern European expansion. Gide also hired Sullivan & Cromwell's London-based associate Samantha Campbell to head its Vietnam banking and finance practice.

By Sofia Lind

2 minute read

January 08, 2010 | Law.com

Allen & Overy has boosted its Paris office with the hire of a six-lawyer team from Clifford Chance. The team is led by Marcus Billam, who had been a partner with Clifford Chance since 2000. He joins A&O along with counsel Frederic Jungels, senior consultant Catherine Maison-Blanche and three associates. Billam will take on a senior role at A&O, where he will be part of the Paris office's strategic advisory committee.

By Sofia Lind

2 minute read

March 04, 2008 | National Law Journal

Clifford Chance and Norton Rose have bagged lead roles on the largest Islamic financing of a U.K. property to date -- the sale of Chelsea Barracks in a deal worth almost 1 billion pounds. Clifford Chance advised the buyer, Project Blue, while London rival Norton Rose acted for the underwriting banks on a deal that values Chelsea Barracks at $1.9 billion.

By Sofia Lind

2 minute read

November 24, 2010 | Law.com

U.K.-based CMS Cameron McKenna's partners have given their seal of approval to plans to outsource the firm's support departments to legal process outsourcer Integreon. The outsourcing agreement will mark the first time a major law firm has outsourced its entire back office function.

By Sofia Lind

3 minute read

June 25, 2010 | Law.com

DLA Piper, Clifford Chance and Eversheds are among the large law firms staging a revival in a survey that grades law firms on the satisfaction of their lawyers. The upcoming 2010 Employee Satisfaction Report is based on responses from more than 3,800 U.K. lawyers below partner level.

By Alex Novarese and Sofia Lind

4 minute read

June 09, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Sofia Lind

4 minute read

September 21, 2009 | Law.com

Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among a number of international law firms to have picked up mandates on two major Hong Kong Stock Exchange listings that closed last week. China's largest pharmaceutical company, Sinopharm, raised HK$8.73 billion ($1.13 billion), while Metallurgical Corp. raised HK$18.2 billion ($2.34 billion) from the listings, which together dwarfed the initial public offering activity on the Hong Kong exchange so far this year.

By Sofia Lind

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

February 06, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is leading a heavyweight lineup of advisers on Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Web rival Yahoo.

By Sofia Lind ALM

3 minute read