Cravath Swaine & Moore has grown its London practice with the recruitment of two leveraged finance partners from Linklaters, another sign of the prestige law firm’s moves to grow its City practice. The move by Cravaths is another sign of the London legal battleground for legal talent among big law firms, particularly US-based firms. Chris […]
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Largest Class Action Lawsuit Hits London Courts The largest class action lawsuit of its kind – the $47 billion Brazilian dam collapse case – has hit the London Courts lead by personal injury firm Pogust Goodhead. According to Pogust Goodhead the claims against mining giant BHP makes it the largest environmental claim ever. The claim
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UK Law Hourly Rates Take An Upward Hike Tom Borman, Big Law contributing editor Britain’s top law firms have hiked hourly fee rates by nearly 40 percent for the top 10 law firms according to a new survey from PwC. The survey of the UK’s top 100 law firmsshowed that average hourly rates at top
Jared Axelrod will lead Kirkland’s build-out of its collateralized loan obligation practice, according to a statement. Axelrod was previously a partner at Milbank LL. Suril Patel is joining Kirkland as its first structured finance lawyer in London, according to the statement. Patel previously worked at Harvey, a legal artificial intelligence startup, according to his LinkedIn. The
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Paul Weiss Partner Scalp No. 16 From Kirklands And so it continues . . another week, another Kirkland & Ellis partner joins Paul Weiss in London. The latest to join the firm is Revathi Raghavan, as a partner in Paul Weiss’ s Investment Funds Group in London. Raghavan is a financial regulatory lawyer with extensive
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Growth-by-merger is not new in the legal business, and it is also part of the plan for Shoosmiths who are intent on becoming a larger legal force in the UK and elsewhere by looking at merger, according to the firm’s strategic plan for 2030. Shoosmiths have previously grown organically with selective lateral hires, but they
Expanding its IP capacity Morgan Lewis & Bockius has hired the co-founder of London IP boutique Powell Gilbert, Tim Powell. Powell resigned fro the Powell Gilbert partnership in June 2023 and is one of several new hires by the firm, including IP litigator Hirshi Sheraton who joined from Baker McKenzie and in July Alexander Klett
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Paul Weiss continues its aggressive expansion in London with another high-profile hire from Kirkland & Ellis. Prem Mohan has joined Paul Weiss as a partner and head of European financial services regulation after 10 years at Kirkland. The hire marks the 15th partner hire that Paul Weiss has made from Kirklands as part of its
O’Melveny & Myers has recruited one of the top private equity lawyers in the UK, David Carter (pictured) along with Braeden Donnelly from Ashurst, where both held prominent leadership positions. Carter served as co-chair of Ashurst’s firmwide Private Equity Practice, while Donnelly headed the UK/European Private Equity Practice. Both Carter and Donnelly are internationally recognized
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Injury Law Firm’s Star Performer A personal injury lawyer with vast experience in fatal injury accidents is playing a major role in turning around the fortunes of UK personal injury law firm HCC Solicitors. Manchester-based personal injury firm HCC Solicitors is expanding its operations following a significant financial turnaround. The firm reported a pre-tax profit
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