PEP rises 0.5% to £797k having dipped slightly last year | 10mos
Banking and finance
Robert Hickmott returns to the firm after a two-year break from full-time practice | 10mos
McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel merged 1 August to form 1,750‑lawyer firm with revenues of $3bn | 10mos
Incoming group includes 15 partners, the majority specialising in litigation | 10mos
Mei Lian joins Linklaters’ corporate and structured lending practice in London | 11mos
Firm highlights corporate practice as biggest contributor as topline grows 5.9% to €2.07bn | 11mos
Simone Kämpfer will replace Friederike Rotsch in September | 11mos
Dispute is related to the value of Credit Suisse AT1 bonds being written down to zero during UBS’s takeover of the bank | 11mos
UK Magic Circle firm says US revenue grew 50% over last two years; PEP edges up | 11mos
Head of tax Damien Crossley will succeed Sebastian Prichard Jones in March 2026 | 11mos
Edward Holmes joins Cadwalader’s leveraged finance and private credit practice | 11mos
Leading Scottish independent hands out firmwide bonus as turnover grows 11% to £126.7m | 11mos
Firm hails ‘stellar reputation’ of Corey Wright, who is joining with long-time colleague Lisa Collier | 11mos
Diego Esposito joins A&O Shearman in Milan after 17 years at Magic Circle rival | 11mos
Deal strengthens L’Oréal’s professional products portfolio and positions Color Wow for global brand growth | 11mos
Combination set to go live on 1 August, creating top-20 US firm by revenue with more than 1,750 lawyers | 1yr
New recruits include funds partners Samuel Francis and Reed Schuster and finance lawyer Caitlin Lawrence | 1yr
Funds specialist Nick Benson arrives after 11 years at Latham & Watkins | 1yr
Barnabas Reynolds joins having co-led A&O Shearman’s financial services regulatory group, in rare London lateral for US firm | 1yr
Sushila Nayak joins to serve as a leader of Dechert’s CLO effort in London alongside three further lawyers | 1yr