‘Everybody wanted to be on that bus’: Baker Botts on its award-winning Saudi green hydrogen deal Alex Ryan Baker Botts walked away from this year’s Legal Business Awards with the trophy for energy/infrastructure team of the year, in…
‘More uncertainty than any other recent election’ – US partners on what the Trump-Harris race means for Big Law Alex Ryan The comparison between City partners’ attitudes to the UK general election in July and US partners’ attitudes to next Tuesday’s…
Revolving Doors: Baker Botts takes Kirkland capital markets partner in Houston as Cooley adds tax partner and DLA makes litigation play in LA Thomas Alan City laterals stayed quiet last week continuing a recent hiatus while the US was the centre of attention internationally with…
Texan draw: Baker Botts latest to make major play with nine partner NRF hire Matthew Field In yet another significant Texan transfer, Baker Botts has expanded its Houston offering bringing in a nine partner team from…
Freshfields and Baker Botts take pole position on F1 sell off Legal Business Over 100 lawyers involved as PE firm sells sport to Liberty Media Just six months a partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s…
Freshfields and Baker Botts steer CVC and Liberty through £6.4bn Formula One deal Madeleine Farman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Baker Botts have won spots advising as CVC Capital Partners looks to sell off Formula One…
Significant departures: Trowers loses management duo to Baker Botts in Dubai Jaishree Kalia Baker Botts has bolstered its corporate and disputes practice in Dubai with the double-hire of Trowers & Hamlins’ head of…
US revenue round-up: Paul Weiss and Davis Polk surpass the billion-dollar mark Jaishree Kalia US firms’ financials are continuing their positive trend, with recent releases showing revenue spikes and profit boosts including for Davis Polk…
US financials 2014: Baker Botts grows revenues 11% as turnover picks-up at Dechert, McDermott and Goodwin Procter Jaishree Kalia Following Weil Gotshal & Manges’ impressive profit increase, other US firm numbers continue to paint a positive picture Stateside with…
£58.11 per sq ft: Bird & Bird loses major patent litigator as it commits to £8.3m annual rent bill Tom Moore Mark Heaney, who heads Bird & Bird’s highly regarded electronics sector group, is leaving for US firm Baker Botts at the…
Covington and Baker Botts act as Yukos minority shareholders defeat Russia Tom Moore Baker Botts was defeated again in the long-running Yukos saga as Covington & Burling succeed in having a Russian jurisdictional…
Shearman & Sterling secures historic $50bn arbitration award in epic Yukos dispute Tom Moore Russia has been ordered to pay $50.08bn to the majority shareholders in Yukos Oil Company, once Russia’s largest oil producer,…
Merger watch – Norton Rose Fulbright Dubai team in talks to join rival Caroline Hill It’s a cliché that you can’t do large legal mergers without some fallout, a truism that Norton Rose Fulbright now has…
