Interview
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Herding cats: Michael Shaw
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 20, 2007
Michael Shaw is managing partner of Cobbetts and non-executive chairman of Scottish law firm Pagan Osborne - despite suggesting his collagues are much brighter than he is.
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Corporate Counsel: Rising stock
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 14, 2007
From its modern facade and enviable views across the City, it is hard to believe that the London Stock Exchange (LSE) began its life in a coffee shop. Yet the institution, which has weathered fires, two years of takeover speculation and a technological revolution during the course of its 300-year history, was formed after a gaggle of rowdy stock dealers sought refuge in a coffee house after being thrown out of the Royal Exchange.
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Dealmaker: David Zeffman
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 7, 2007
An Olswang partner and horse racing nut, David Zeffman is also one of Europe's top media lawyers
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Herding cats: Tony Griffiths
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 5, 2007
Tony Griffiths is London office administrative partner at K&L Gates. He was managing partner at Nicholson Graham & Jones until 2005, when the City firm merged with Pittsburgh giant Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, with Griffiths taking a seat on the combined firm's management committee.
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Dealmaker: David Collins
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 5, 2007
A down-to-earth lawyer with a surprisingly poncy taste in cheese, David Collins heads Berwin Leighton Paisner's upwardly-mobile corporate finance team. He talks to legalweek.com in the latest Dealmaker column
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Corporate Counsel: Local bank, local lawyers
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 28, 2007
HSBC law chief Richard Bennett explains why his team thinks local and avoids empire-building. Michelle Madsen reports Soaring up over Docklands and boasting one of the best views in London, HSBC's glittering City headquarters are not what you would immediately imagine when thinking of your local bank.
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Dealmaker: Peter King
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 21, 2007
A former M&A veteran of Linklaters, Peter King is one of Shearman & Sterling's leading European lawyers
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Linklaters' golden boy to cultivate Gen Y associates
By Georgina Stanley | February 8, 2007
When Simon Davies was officially crowned as Linklaters' new firm-wide managing partner last week (2 February) more than a few eyebrows were raised across the City.
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Linklaters' golden boy to cultivate Gen Y associates
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 8, 2007
When Simon Davies was officially crowned as Linklaters' new firm-wide managing partner last week (2 February) more than a few eyebrows were raised across the City.
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Corporate Counsel: In Good Company
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 7, 2007
It is not every day that one of the City's leading M&A partners steps away from private practice to make the move in-house. John Davidson, a corporate partner at Lovells for more than 20 years, rocked the boat last May when he announced that he was moving in-house to become general counsel at longstanding client SABMiller.
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