A&O’s Mansell to appear before SDT in December as #MeToo fallout promises busy winter Marco Cillario Allen & Overy (A&O) employment partner Mark Mansell is to face his first Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) hearing on Wednesday…
‘Satisfied’ Baker McKenzie adds $200m to top line but market volatility slows growth to a crawl Thomas Alan Baker McKenzie grew revenue to $2.92bn while partner profits hit $1.48m as uncertainty made for a more subdued year at…
Allen & Overy loses litigation partner Florent to Baker McKenzie’s City hiring spree Muna Abdi Allen & Overy (A&O) has lost its second London partner in as many weeks with the defection of Marc Florent (pictured),…
Revolving doors: US moves for Baker McKenzie and Linklaters as Morgan Lewis makes City play Muna Abdi US and City firms have extended their reach in key jurisdictions with Baker McKenzie making a move in Silicon Valley and…
Kingsley Napley, Clydes and Howard Kennedy instructed as Bakers and former London head Senior face SDT prosecution Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie and its former London head Gary Senior have instructed partners at law firms Kingsley Napley and RadcliffesLeBrasseur as…
SRA refers Bakers and former head Gary Senior for prosecution over ‘inappropriate’ behaviour as #MeToo cloud hangs over firm Marco Cillario The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has referred Baker McKenzie and its former London head Gary Senior for prosecution to the…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess This issue holds our annual Global 100 survey results, but which Global 100 firms top The Legal 500 for number…
Baker McKenzie steps up to associate pay war with 20% NQ salary uplift Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie has become the latest law firm to put its newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors in line for a six-digit pay…
Revolving doors: Baker McKenzie expands £40m City tax practice as Eversheds makes multiple hires Muna Abdi In a muted week for lateral recruitment, Baker McKenzie and Eversheds Sutherland made hires in the City, while Eversheds also grew on…
Bakers makes up seven in London in bumper promotion round Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie has promoted 81 lawyers to partners, continuing a trend which saw several law firms increase their intake this…
Bakers scraps 46 City business services staff roles, more at risk Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie is the latest firm to scale down its London business support staff in favour of low-cost centres, scrapping…
Market Report: Competition Litigation – Healthy competition Dominic Carman With the trickle of follow-on damages claims after high-profile competition investigations threatening to become a flood, Dominic Carman examines how…
Sponsored briefing: The future of competition and consumer litigation – a brave new world? Guest Blog Francesca Richmond discusses recent developments in EU competition litigation Litigation of claims to recover cartel damage is now a standard…
‘A true leader and a good friend’ – Bakers confirms shock death of global chief Paul Rawlinson Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie is in mourning following the unexpected death of chair Paul Rawlinson, who passed away on Friday (12 April).…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess Baker McKenzie tops this year’s Global London rankings by headcount. Here we look at the firm’s London rankings in The…
International round-up: Bakers launches fourth low-cost hub in Argentina as Cooley targets capital markets with Hong Kong office Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie is pushing on with its profitability drive having picked Buenos Aires for its fourth business service centre some…
White & Case loses two capital markets veterans as Bakers ramps up City transactional investment Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie has kicked off 2019 with another step towards its long-stated aim of beefing up its London transactional capabilities,…
Deal watch: Busy year-end as Japanese group buys Swiss power grid and Malaysian funds invest in Battersea Marco Cillario City deal teams are having a busy run-up to Christmas, with Baker McKenzie, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Addleshaw Goddard and Linklaters leading…
Deal watch: Bakers and Slaughters drink in £3.1bn Horlicks acquisition as AJ Bell IPO yields dividends for Pinsents and Addleshaws Nathalie Tidman As the market hunkers down for the festive season, GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) £3.1bn sale to Unilever of Horlicks has warmed the…
Baker McKenzie chair Rawlinson temporarily steps back due to ‘exhaustion’ Marco Cillario Paul Rawlinson (pictured) has stepped back from his responsibilities as Baker McKenzie global chair due to a personal medical issue.…
