Suzi Ring

April 30, 2012 | International Edition

Slaughter and May, Macfarlanes and Latham & Watkins have lined up to advise on the £825m sale of Four Seasons Health Care to private equity house Terra Firma. Slaughters is advising Terra Firma on the acquisition, with corporate partner Jeff Twentyman leading a team alongside finance partner Mark Dwyer.

By Suzi Ring

2 minute read

April 26, 2012 | International Edition

Legacy Barlow Lyde & Gilbert staff could be forced to remain in the firm's Beaufort House offices until 2019, scuppering plans to integrate the London team with merger partner Clyde & Co's City workforce.

By Suzi Ring

2 minute read

April 26, 2012 | International Edition

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) and Clifford Chance (CC) have both acted on a $201m (£125m) bond issuance by technology company Dialog Semiconductor.

By Suzi Ring

2 minute read

April 26, 2012 | International Edition

Withers has laid out a new five-year strategy, including ambitious targets for growth in Asia and plans to launch new offices on the west coast of the US.

By Suzi Ring

3 minute read

April 26, 2012 | International Edition

Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Baker & McKenzie are among seven firms to have been appointed to British Airways' (BA's) new legal panel in its first review since its merger with Spanish airline Iberia last year.

By Suzi Ring

2 minute read

April 26, 2012 | International Edition

Italy's Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati is set to become one of the first non-UK law firms to convert to an alternative business structure (ABS).

By Suzi Ring

2 minute read

April 26, 2012 | International Edition

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has made its third senior City hire this week, with Linklaters' real estate finance head Claire Watson set to join the firm as a partner.Watson, whose start date has not yet been decided, will join BLP after 14 years in the partnership at Linklaters. She has been at the magic circle firm since joining as a trainee in 1990.

By Suzi Ring

2 minute read

April 26, 2012 | International Edition

Herbert Smith has announced its 2012 partner promotions with the firm adding 10 lawyers to its partnership, three of which will be based in the City full time. The majority of the promotions, which take effect from 1 May, are in the firm's corporate and dispute resolution practices, which each gain four new partners. The remaining two promotions are in the tax and competition practices

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April 26, 2012 | International Edition

News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch has further criticised former legal adviser Harbottle & Lewis in his testimony to the Leveson Inquiry, which also saw him lay blame on former News of the World legal manager Tom Crone for his role in an alleged phone-hacking 'cover-up'...

By Suzi Ring

4 minute read

April 25, 2012 | International Edition

News International (NI) has referred an in-house lawyer at The Times to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in relation to their role on the 'Nightjack' email hacking case. The news emerged today (25 April) in News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch's witness statement to the Leveson Inquiry into media standards.

By Suzi Ring

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