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Reed Smith and Arthur Cox called in for Bonnier News’ strategic investment in Ireland’s Business Post Group
Deal sees Europe’s largest business newspaper publisher enter Irish market
DWF in talks over sale to private equity firm
Listed UK firm ‘minded to recommend’ offer if tabled by Chambers and Partners owner Inflexion
Knights ups revenue 13% to £142m as acquisitions continue
Listed firm hails “resilient performance against a challenging backdrop” as underlying profit before tax rises nearly a fifth to £21.6m
Sullivan & Cromwell tops M&A rankings in H1 as deal making tumbles to three-year low
First half deal value is lowest since 2020 but activity picked up 33% in Q2 compared to Q1, according to Refinitiv
Baker McKenzie ups London NQ lawyer pay to £118k
Seven percent increase sees Bakers overtake London rivals like Slaughter and May and Macfarlanes but stay behind most of Magic Circle
HFW rings in record results as revenue grows 13% against 17.5% jump in PEP
Profit per equity partner hits £786k as UK-headquartered firm grows revenue in every group and region in first year of new strategy
O’Melveny hires senior Shearman real estate finance partner in New York
Shearman has lost two US partners this week as it gears up for landmark Allen & Overy merger vote
Morgan Lewis launches office in Shenzhen
China IP team lead Shaobin Zhu to head fourth China office focused on tech and life sciences clients
Cleary Gottlieb adds antitrust partner in Washington DC from Shearman & Sterling
Ryan Shores is latest partner to depart Shearman ahead of its planned merger with Allen & Overy
Eversheds Sutherland’s international arm posts 8% revenue hike as PEP nears £1.3m
Firm hails strong performance despite market volatility as non-US arm grows revenue to £730.9m
Gibson Dunn adds projects partner duo in London from Shearman & Sterling
Ben Shorten and Trinh Chubbock latest partners to join from Shearman ahead of its planned merger with Allen & Overy
Freeths expands into Scotland with hire of Addleshaw Goddard partner duo
Glasgow-based real estate specialists to launch national UK firm’s first office outside England
Osborne Clarke posts double digit fall in UK PEP as firm-wide revenue grows 9% to €442m
UK independent points to ‘targeted investments’ as tougher trading conditions and inflation dent UK PEP
HFW to expand in Southern China with Shenzhen Qianhai launch
Move sees HFW become first UK-based international firm granted permission to set up shop in Greater Bay Area
Baker McKenzie completes 2023 partner promotions with 58-strong international round
Summer tally follows 31 North America appointments in January with the overall proportion of women rising to 46%
Clifford Chance, Sullivan & Cromwell on call for Kering’s acquisition of luxury perfume maker Creed
Paris luxury group signals ambition for new beauty division with all-cash deal
Nixon Peabody adds 10-lawyer real estate litigation team in San Francisco from Kaufman Dolowich
Team led by partners Ashley Klein and Jeanne Grove significantly boosts Boston-based firm’s recently-launched construction and real estate litigation team
White & Case elects New York litigator as first woman chair
Executive committee member Heather McDevitt to succeed veteran chair Hugh Verrier 1 September
BonelliErede loses 18-strong tax team to Milan rival Legance
Founder of Bonelli’s tax team moves over alongside two more partners and 15 professionals
Commonwealth Bank of Australia names Clayton Utz executive chair as new GC
Karen O’Flynn to succeed incumbent Carmel Mulhern having acted for the banking giant in Royal Commission into misconduct in banking and financial services sector