News in brief – February 2015 Legal Business KENNEDYS OPENS IN SCOTLAND Last month, Kennedys finally entered the Scottish market with the opening of offices in Glasgow and…
Taking Manhattan: Freshfields continues New York expansion with Kirkland & Ellis hire Kathryn McCann Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bolstered its US offering again, this time enhancing its employment capability with the…
Dealwatch: Kirkland, Travers, and Freshfields advise on Cinven’s £462m purchase of PCL Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis, Travers Smith and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have all won roles advising as private equity firm GTCR agrees…
Moving back: Jim Learner re-joins Kirkland & Ellis in the City Legal Business Former Kirkland & Ellis London head Jim Learner is returning as a partner in Kirkland’s corporate practice to the City office he…
Guest post: Checkbook recruiting – will Kirkland’s strategy pay off? Legal Business From the Kirkland & Ellis site, under the topic Laterals Overview (I quote in full, emphasis supplied): ‘At Kirkland, the…
Investing in the City: Gibson Dunn scores with Kirkland’s Gillespie Legal Business The last year has seen Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher make a substantial push hiring heavyweight players in London with debt…
‘A proven leader’: Fried Frank takes Kirkland’s White to lead European PE and London growth Legal Business Chicago-headquartered Kirkland & Ellis, renowned for its reputation on hiring lateral partners at top dollar, has lost corporate partner Graham…
82 join the club – eight new partners in City as Kirkland makes up more than Macfarlanes’ entire partnership Legal Business In one of the largest global partnership promotion rounds, Kirkland & Ellis has made up eight of its London associates…
Revolving doors: HSF appoints Singapore head, while Kirkland and Hogan swap partners in Hong Kong Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) announced its management successor in Singapore, while Kirkland and Ellis, and Hogan Lovells made partner exchanges…
Hogan Lovells loses Asia restructuring head Neil McDonald in Hong Kong Legal Business Top ten global firm Kirkland & Ellis continues to build its Asia offering hiring Hogan Lovells head of restructuring in…
Life During Law: Neel Sachdev, Kirkland & Ellis Legal Business I had training offers from a couple of Magic Circle firms, but I chose SJ Berwin because at that time…
Weil’s City banking head Stephen Lucas joins Kirkland Legal Business One of the best-known names in the leverage buyout market, Stephen Lucas, is set to join Kirkland & Ellis from…
‘We’ve got 40 finance lawyers left’ – Weil’s City banking head Stephen Lucas joins Kirkland Legal Business One of the best-known names in the leverage buyout market, Stephen Lucas is set to join Kirkland & Ellis from…
Sliding doors: Norton Rose Fulbright exits Prague; Kirkland launches in Houston Legal Business In the same week as Kirkland & Ellis announced it is opening in Houston, top 10 LB100 firm Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)…
Deal Watch: Slaughters advises on £3.6bn ICI pension annuity buy-in and £390m Ignis buyout; Travers leads on $3.1bn Nets sale Francesca Fanshawe Standout corporate mandates over the past few days have included a high profile run by Slaughter and May on deals including…
Kirkland opens up in Beijing to expand 65-lawyer Chinese operation Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has expanded its sizeable Chinese footprint by opening an office in Beijing, the top 10 global firm…
Kirkland’s trophy hire – Robert Khuzami to join the firm in Washington Legal Business If securing senior US regulatory agency lawyers can be compared to a highly competitive game of cards, then Kirkland &…
Comment: A star signing is one thing but who needs a lateral? Legal Business The worlds of business, politics and sport have since the 1970s fallen increasingly under the spell of the star individual…
A star signing is one thing but who needs a lateral? Pritchard The worlds of business, politics and sport have since the 1970s fallen increasingly under the spell of the star individual…
