"Compelling synergies" between two Big Law firms not enough to cement merger deal Attempts by City-based legal giant Allen & Overy to enter the US legal market have collapsed after 18 months of talks with US - based O'Melveny & Myers and evidences the structural differences between US and UK law firms. Allen & Overy said in a statement that "compelling … [Read more...]
Allen & Overy and TXF Media launch Commodity Finance Market Report
Allen & Overy - For many years now, the commodity finance market has been in a state of flux. We have seen players retreat and others redouble; certain geographies grow and others flatter to deceive; trading houses become leaner and meaner, with more sophisticated structuring capabilities; technologies emerge with the potential to transform certain aspects of the commodity … [Read more...]
How One Major Law Firm Is Sponsoring Disruptive Law Tech Entrepreneurs
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Technology continues to disrupt the business of law - but now major law firm Allen + Overy are actively supporting the trend with the opening of a new tech space area they sponsor called 'Fuse'. The Fuse space is being offered to startups involved in legal technology developments, accommodating up to 60 people involved in start-up activity, … [Read more...]
Allen & Overy acts on first ever Korean Finance Lease for new Airbus A380
LONDON – LawFuel.com - Allen & Overy has advised Etihad Airways, the UAE’s national carrier, on an innovative and ground breaking transaction which has seen Korean financial institutions provide a 15 year 100% financing for Etihad’s second new Airbus A380 aircraft. With no other bank debt support, it is the first pre-funded 100% financing by Korean investors for a brand new … [Read more...]
Big Law Employee’s Racy Lawsuit
It's an unusual employment court case, even for a law firm. Or, we should say MORE so for being a law firm. It involves a Big Law employee who authored a steamy, erotic novel and whose employment was terminated amid claims of sexual harassment following a drunken sexual encounter with a former partner in the firm's Moscow office. Deirdre Clark wrote under the pseudonym … [Read more...]