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Skadden, Linklaters tuck into EG Group’s sale of 218 restaurants to KFC

Deal sees KFC buy all of Skadden-repped EG’s UK and Ireland KFC businesses

7 Dec 2023

Bar Council to commission review after reports of bullying and harassment grow

Barristers’ professional body for England and Wales commits to tackle ‘systemic issue’

7 Dec 2023

Winston & Strawn to shutter Hong Kong office

Joint venture in the region will continue, firm says

6 Dec 2023

Skadden secures London acquisition finance partner from Willkie

Sebastian FitzGerald joins Wall Street heavyweight after seven years at Willkie

6 Dec 2023

Sidley hires Allen & Overy’s LA head to bolster energy practice

Andrea Lucan arrives just weeks after energy partner Greg Lavigne exited A&O for Sidley in New York

5 Dec 2023

Willkie Farr hires Latham partner in London to co-chair European restructuring group

Simon Baskerville joins as Willkie moves to capitalise on expected uptick in restructuring work

4 Dec 2023

O’Melveny and Wilson Sonsini check in for Alaska Air’s $1.9bn acquisition of Hawaiian

O’Melveny advises Alaska as Wilson Sonsini reps Hawaiian in deal likely to attract regulatory scrutiny

4 Dec 2023

Boies Schiller Flexner opens in Rome with five-strong team

New York litigation heavyweight’s second Italian branch will target commerical litigation and ESG-related work

1 Dec 2023

Loeb & Loeb names corporate co-leaders as new co-chairs

Mitchell Nussbaum and Arash Khalili to succeed firm chair Kenneth Florin in February

1 Dec 2023

Gowling WLG grows in Germany with quartet of senior hires

Recruits join as partners from firms including Norton Rose Fulbright and DLA Piper to bolster recently-launched Frankfurt office

30 Nov 2023

Raft of US firms raise associate pay to match Cravath scale

Paul Hastings, McDermott and Baker McKenzie among those falling in line after Cravath leapfrogged earlier raises at Milbank

30 Nov 2023

Addleshaw Goddard elects Middle East and Asia head as new managing partner

Andrew Johnston to succeed John Joyce following latter’s decision to stand down early

29 Nov 2023

Latham & Watkins adds private credit partner duo in London from Akin Gump

Fergus Wheeler and Paul Yin join banking practice after only 10 months at Akin

27 Nov 2023

Nexa names new CEO amid wider leadership shuffle

Consultant lawyer platform also names new COO and hires chief marketing officer

27 Nov 2023

Comic Relief names Diageo general counsel as new chair

Former Linklaters partner Tom Shropshire to step in on interim basis following Eric Salama’s early retirement

24 Nov 2023

Garrigues names first woman senior partner, promotes 16 to partner

Labour and employment lawyer Rosa Zarza to succeed Javier Ybáñez at helm of leading Spanish firm in January

24 Nov 2023

Slaughters seeks out generative AI-focused products for next incubator programme

Magic Circle firm opens applications for fourth round of its Collaborate initiative

23 Nov 2023

Kirkland adds senior tax partner in London from Macfarlanes

Ceinwen Rees second tax lawyer to join Chicago giant in London this month as it restocks after raid by Paul Weiss

23 Nov 2023

Freshfields and Skadden shepherd eBay-backed Adevinta’s €14bn take private

Wachtell, Clifford Chance and Cleary also among firms called in for one of Europe’s biggest buyouts this year

22 Nov 2023

Trowers set to cut further 25 jobs amid ‘continued slowdown’

UK law firm launches fresh round of job cuts in real estate team after axing 18 lawyer roles last month

21 Nov 2023