Rachel is deputy editor (City) of The Lawyer and primarily covers corporate and the City
Charles Russell Speechlys has announced its first round of partnership promotions since the two firms merged last November. Five lawyers have been promoted to partnership roles in Charles Russell Speechlys including Sally Ashford, head of Guildford’s non-contentious private client team and corporate lawyer Jonathan Morley in Cheltenham. London’s Hanh Nguyen, who specialises in insolvency, as well […]
Charles Russell Speechlys has hired a new head of construction for the Middle East from Trowers & Hamlins. Paula Boast became a partner at Trowers & Hamlins’ Bahrain office after leaving legacy Charles Russell in 2006. She started working in Charles Russell Speechlys’ Doha division last weekend, with her appointment intended to build the firm’s […]
Osborne Clarke has hired Taylor Wessing’s Brussels managing partner to join its real estate team in the Belgian capital. Christine Flion joins Osborne Clarke as a partner, with a focus on Belgian and foreign real estate investment transactions and finance. She also deals with real estate disputes, development projects, and town and environment planning. Flion […]
King & Spalding and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison are advising two online food delivery companies in one of the largest acquisitions ever made in the sector. King & Spalding advised online food ordering company Delivery Hero on its $589m purchase of Turkish food delivery company Yemeksepeti. Its London-based team was led by partner […]
White & Case has appointed Clifford Chance’s Middle East capital markets head, Debashis Dey, as a partner in Dubai. Dey has worked in Clifford Chance’s Dubai office since 2006 as head of capital markets for the Middle East (15 March 2006). He will remain in Dubai and will be responsible for advising international and domestic […]
Trethowans is to merge with Poole-based Dickinson Manser, creating a firm of almost 30 partners with three offices. The new firm will be called Trethowans, with current managing partner Chris Whiteley remaining in his role. The deal will allow Trethowans to operate from three locations, having established offices already in Salisbury and Southampton. The firm […]
Bredin Prat, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have picked up top roles in XPO Logistics’ €3.24bn acquisition of Norbert Dentressangle, with both French firms winning new clients in the process. The team is being led by Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier partners Bertrand Cardi, Olivier Huyghues Despointes and Forrest Alogna, along with […]
Fieldfisher has announced that its former litigation head, partner Peter Stewart, has died of a heart attack. Stewart joined Fieldfisher in February 1980 and was head of the firm’s London dispute resolution team for 10 years from 1985. In a statement, Fieldfisher said “Peter was [also] one the leading and most respected lawyers in the […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Slaughter and May have taken the lead roles on Santander Asset Management’s multi-billion euro merger with Pioneer Investments. Cleary Gottlieb partners Simon Jay and Gabriele Antonazzo are acting for Santander Asset Management, Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic, along with associates Magnus Jones and Lauren Briggs. Meanwhile, Pioneer Investments (owned […]
Wealth management company London & Capital has appointed Thomas Donlon as general counsel. Donlon started working in the firm’s legal and compliance team last month. Joining from financial planners Towry, Donlon will provide advice to London & Capital’s key business divisions and support the expansion of its US family office in the coming year. He is […]