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International Edition

From The Sunday Times to Freshfields Partner: A Q&A With IPO Guru Mark Austin

'You get more amusing dinner party stories from a year on a newspaper than you do in nearly 18 years at an international law firm.'
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Airbnb Books Rich Baer to Serve as Chief Legal Officer

Baer, who most recently served as the CLO of Liberty Media Corp., joins Airbnb as the home-sharing site prepares to go public in 2020.
4 minute read

International Edition

Magic Circle Firms In Line For Multimillion-Pound Payout on European IPO

The listing of technology provider Prosus is the biggest European IPO of 2019 so far.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Family Matters: In-House Leaders Who Work With Their Daughters

Similar to Uber, Peloton's recent IPO filing shows the chief legal officer's daughter works at the fitness company.
3 minute read

International Edition

DWF's Top Two Execs Pocket More Than a Million in Firm's First Share Award

The firm's March float made millionaires of the groups top leaders, now 217 DWF staff members have been rewarded.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Navigating Your Company Through a Series of Mergers and Acquisitions: A Q&A With KCI General Counsel John Bibb

Bibb became GC of KCI in 2011 after working in-house at the medical device company for eight years as its head M&A attorney. He first helped the company buy LifeCell in 2008 for $1.8 billion and recently helped guide the company through its sale to 3M for $6.7 billion.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Chief Legal Officer of IPO-Bound WeWork Made Almost $900K Last Year

Co-working space leasing company WeWork detailed chief legal officer Jen Berrent's 2018 compensation in its S-1 filing with the SEC Wednesday.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Skadden, Simpson Thacher Advise on Long-Awaited WeWork IPO

The shared workspace giant reported a loss of $1.62 billion between 2016 and 2018 as part of the filing.
3 minute read

International Edition

DWF Grows Revenue 15% as IPO Cost Revealed

Reported profits before tax have taken a hit, owing in large part to the costs attached to the firm's March IPO.
3 minute read

International Edition

Mishcon de Reya Mulls Capital-Raising

The firm is exploring a public listing or stake sale to fund its growth strategy, in what would be one of the industry's most closely watched test cases for taking third party investment.
2 minute read

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