Dealwatch: Baker & McKenzie and Ropes & Gray lead on Merck’s $8.4bn superbug takeover Legal Business One of the world’s biggest pharma groups, New Jersey-based Merck, instructed an all-female partner team from Baker & McKenzie to…
‘We have seen the potential pitfalls’: Ropes & Gray relocates to double office size due to City growth Legal Business Ropes & Gray is set to relocate to 1 New Ludgate, almost double its current office space, on the back…
Partner promotions: 20% of Ropes & Gray new partners in London while McDermott adds three Legal Business Ropes & Gray and McDermott Will & Emery are the most recent US firms to announce their partner promotions, with…
Ropes & Gray loses high yield partner Bloom as Jones Day builds capital markets practice Legal Business High-yield expert Jonathan Bloom has quit Ropes & Gray after five years to join rival US firm Jones Day’s London…
‘A true asset’: Travers Smith private equity star Phil Sanderson set to join Ropes & Gray Legal Business City firm Travers Smith has lost heavyweight private equity partner Phil Sanderson who is set to join US firm Ropes…
US firm Ropes & Gray has reshuffled its City management in a bid to re-focus capabilities across Europe Legal Business Five years on from the launch of its London office, co-managing partners Mike Goetz and Maurice Allen will split from…
Life During Law: Maurice Allen Legal Business In 1980 I went from doing conveyancing in Manchester to international finance at Coward Chance (CC). The banking practice at…
Ropes & Gray lands marquee role in GSK Chinese bribery investigation David Stevenson Even in an age in which corporate investigations have become some of the most sought after work for legal advisers,…
Ropes & Gray boosts London and Hong Kong with double Fried Frank hire Legal Business Ropes & Gray is to bolster its City and Hong Kong arms with a two-partner hire from US rival Fried…
Mike’s Mechanics Mark McAteer White & Case sent Mike Goetz to London in 2000 to take its City finance practice to a new level.…
Travers Smith launches review of US best friends network Legal Business Travers Smith has always been one to plough its own furrow and last month the firm confirmed it was reviewing…
