Suzi Ring

June 10, 2011 | Law.com

Partners at the Barlow Lyde & Gilbert and Clyde & Co law firms could approve a potential merger deal as early as July, with the resulting tie-up likely to go live this year. A number of issues still need to be resolved before a deal can go ahead -- including the wide disparity in profits per equity partner between the two firms.

By Suzi Ring

4 minute read

January 21, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Offshore law firms Appleby and Conyers Dill & Pearman have cut a number of jobs in Bermuda in response to reduced work levels in the region.

By Suzi Ring

3 minute read

July 22, 2010 | Law.com

British firm Halliwells has completed the break up and sale of its business, after agreements with several law firms were approved by a court on Tuesday. The deals will protect about 700 partner and staff jobs, according to a statement by an appointed administrator.

By Suzi Ring

4 minute read

July 18, 2011 | Law.com

News Corp. head Rupert Murdoch is claiming legal adviser Harbottle & Lewis made "a major mistake" in an internal probe of phone hacking at the company's U.K. newspaper arm. Murdoch's criticism apparently involves the law firm's role in reviewing emails from News of the World staff in the wake of a criminal sentence given to editor Clive Goodman in 2007.

By Suzi Ring

4 minute read

March 14, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Linklaters, Mishcon de Reya and Stewarts Law are set for a high-profile battle over $69 million in unpaid bankers' bonuses after an appeal court ruling last week.

By Suzi Ring

2 minute read

February 01, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Outsourcing escalates among U.K. firms--and draws regulators' attention.

By Sofia Lind, Suzi Ring, and Claire Rucki

4 minute read

March 08, 2011 | Law.com

U.K. firm Clyde & Co has brought on a Canadian senator, formerly a senior partner at Stikeman Elliott, to help with its bid to establish a presence in Canada, as it meets with insurance boutique Nicholl Paskell-Mede for talks that could lead to a tie-up.

By Suzi Ring

2 minute read

November 09, 2010 | Law.com

White & Case has ramped up its Middle East presence via a tie-up with the former Riyadh arm of Gide Loyrette Nouel and the hire of two new partners in Abu Dhabi. The new association will operate under the name Dr Waleed N Al-Nuwaiser in association with White & Case, and will be headed by ex-Gide corporate and commercial partner Waleed Al-Nuwaiser. Gide announced last week that it had decided to close its Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh offices effective immediately.

By Suzi Ring

3 minute read

July 15, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Suzi Ring

4 minute read

March 17, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Suzi Ring

4 minute read