Reed Smith and BLP lead on £430m business park buy up Tom Moore Reed Smith and Berwin Leighton Paisner have led on a £430m purchase of three UK business parks by asset management…
Senior management reshuffle approved at Reed Smith Legal Business Reed Smith’s recently elected managing partner, Sandy Thomas, has had his recommendations for a senior management reshuffle, which rotates nearly…
Real estate: Ashurst and Reed Smith lead on prime £300m New Bond Street acquisition Tom Moore Ashurst’s head of real estate investment David Jones has advised opposite Reed Smith on the £300m purchase of a 50,000 sq…
Reed Smith bolsters City energy practice with further hire from McDermott Legal Business Reed Smith has made a further lateral hire to bolster its City offering, as Prajakt Samant becomes the second energy partner…
Reed Smith builds City finance practice with Pinsents REF partner Matthew Heaton Legal Business Reed Smith continues to piece together its City finance offering with a series of lateral hires, as Pinsent Masons partner Matthew…
Double exit for Osborne Clarke as telecoms chief leaves for Reed Smith and technology head to Fieldfisher Legal Business Top 40 firm Osborne Clarke has suffered the double exit of telecoms head Angus Finnegan to Reed Smith and technology…
Sandy Thomas sees off early challenge to leadership in Reed Smith’s contested managing partner elections Legal Business Alexander ‘Sandy’ Thomas has been elected as global managing partner at Reed Smith after John Martini, vice-chair of the firm’s…
Reed Smith ramps up City litigation practice with hire of King & Wood’s Nick Brocklesby Legal Business Reed Smith is continuing to ramp up its City practice, its largest office globally, with the hire of King & Wood…
Global turnover nudges up at Reed Smith while London posts equally steady growth David Stevenson Top-30 global firm Reed Smith has seen its 2013 revenue grow by 6% to $1.075bn from $1.013bn, while its profit…
City hire: Reed Smith takes on Travers Smith leverage finance partner Ben Davis Legal Business With Reed Smith’s London office results touted to break the $200m mark next week, the top 30 global law firm has hired Travers…
Revolving Doors: Key transactional and antitrust hires for Bakers, Bird & Bird, K&L Gates, Trowers, Reed Smith and Mayer Brown David Stevenson With transactional activity on the rise international firms including Bird & Bird, K&L Gates, Trowers & Hamlins and Reed Smith…
Expansion for Global 100 giants as Bakers plans new offshoring centre and Reed Smith launches in Kazakhstan David Stevenson Baker & McKenzie and Reed Smith will further extend their global footprints, with Bakers looking at another low-cost offshore base…
Reed Smith set for record year in London thanks to lateral push and sector focus Legal Business David Stevenson reports on Reed Smith’s evolution into credible global contender For a 1,500-lawyer, top-30 Global 100 firm, Reed Smith…
Going buy-side: Reed Smith’s global managing partner takes over from Hoyt at PNC Legal Business It is still reasonably uncommon to see private practice partners step straight into a general counsel (GC) role but Reed Smith’s…
Flamboyant or offensive? Race pundit McCririck’s age claim sees Reed Smith and Cavendish Legal in court Legal Business Reed Smith and Cavendish Legal Group have been facing each other in the Central London Employment Tribunal this past week as eccentric…
Deal Watch: Dentons & King & Spalding act on HR Owen hostile takeover bid as Freshfields and Skadden secure Asian M&A roles David Stevenson While the traditional August lull in corporate work may have seen Asia relax, the giant is far from asleep and…
Good girl gets mad: Rihanna wins t-shirt tiff against Topshop Sarah Downey In a case where the profile of the parties far outshone the legal substance and had many media outlets overexcited,…
Reed Smith set to earn nearly £1m from Savile mandate as BBC criticised for £5m bill Legal Business Reed Smith has received nearly a million pounds in legal fees as a result of assisting in the BBC’s investigation…
Revolving Doors: DAC Beachcroft, RPC, K&L Gates and Reed Smith boost London offering with lateral hires David Stevenson London has been the focus of a series of hires for top national, City and US firms including DAC Beachcroft,…
Lone star state of mind Jaishree Kalia Reed Smith’s assault on Houston is a brave move following its failed merger with Thompson & Knight three years ago.…
