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Eversheds mulls shares for fees as firms step up alternative billing
Eversheds is considering taking shares in client companies in exchange for fees as growing numbers of law firms look at more innovative pricing options including fee rebates. The top 10 UK firm is in the early stages of considering shares for fees ...
18 Mar 2010 | 00:01
A&O and Weil Gotshal bag roles on $615m crisps buyout
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Weil Gotshal & Manges have taken lead roles on the $615m (£412m) sale of Kettle Foods. US snacks group Diamond Foods is set to buy the crisp manufacturer from current owner Lion Capital in a cash deal, which was definitivel...
02 Mar 2010 | 11:26
Eversheds rated as top law firm brand in 2010 Superbrands rankings
Eversheds has been named as the law firm with the strongest brand in this year's Superbrands survey. The UK top 10 firm is the highest ranked firm in the legal category, improving its position on 2009 when it was placed third behind the top-ranked ...
24 Feb 2010 | 12:46
A&O takes lead role for Vietnam Government on $1bn bond offering
Allen & Overy (A&O) has advised the Vietnamese Government on a $1bn (£648m) sovereign bond offering. The deal also handed a role to Wall Street's David Polk & Wardwell as lead international adviser to the underwriting banks.
23 Feb 2010 | 13:26
Charles Russell and Bird & Bird make line-up on revamped FA legal panel
Charles Russell, Bird & Bird and Pinsent Masons have all scored roles on the Football Association (FA) Group's new-look legal panel following a tender process which saw a total of eight firms appointed. The two-stage panel process, which came to an...
22 Feb 2010 | 15:41
A&O partner joins Mayer Brown for global derivatives launch
Allen & Overy (A&O) New York capital markets partner Josh Cohn has joined Mayer Brown to help launch a global derivatives and structured products practice for the firm. Top-rated derivatives partner Cohn joined Mayer Brown yesterday (17 February) a...
18 Feb 2010 | 12:27
SJB acts alongside magic circle duo on €45m private equity refinancing
A trio of City firms have taken lead roles on the refinancing of European payment network, Payzone. The deal saw private equity investor Duke Street inject €45m (£39m) into Ireland-based Payzone, giving the buyout house a controlling stake in th...
18 Feb 2010 | 00:01
Herbert Smith adds partner to Spain finance team with A&O hire
Herbert Smith has strengthened its Spanish finance practice with the hire of a new partner. The top 10 City firm has hired Allen & Overy counsel Gonzalo Martin de Nicolas as a partner in Madrid, giving the office its first dedicated Spanish finance...
16 Feb 2010 | 12:25
White & Case losses continue as antitrust partner joins A&O in NY
White and Case has lost another partner with the departure of antitrust specialist Elaine Johnston to Allen & Overy's (A&O's) New York office. Johnston, who has worked at White and Case since 1993, also held the role of diversity executive partner ...
15 Feb 2010 | 15:22
A&O set to launch new office in Qatar with transfer of City partner
Allen & Overy (A&O) is set to launch an office in Qatar with the relocation of City real estate partner Robert Porter. The magic circle firm received approval from the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority earlier today (15 February), allowin...
15 Feb 2010 | 12:06
A&O and Linklaters among winning firms in rare BAE adviser review
Aerospace and defence giant BAE Systems has completed the first major review of its external legal advisers in the UK for more than a decade, with law firms including Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters among those making the grade. The review, whic...
11 Feb 2010 | 00:01
Women in law: One step forward
The announcement by Allen & Overy (A&O) a few weeks ago about its arrangements to allow full equity partners to work part-time has been described as a "watershed moment" for the legal sector. But my feeling is that this is only a first step. We do ...
10 Feb 2010 | 11:26 | 
A&O in Oz – on the cards, sort of
February is already shaping up to be an eventful month with the news today that Allen & Overy (A&O) is making its debut in Australia with a 17-partner team coming just days after Latham & Watkins reinforced its international network with a 13-partner ...
08 Feb 2010 | 15:52
Linklaters and A&O take headline roles as BAE settles bribery case
Linklaters and Allen & Overy (A&O) have taken key roles steering BAE Systems through the high-profile corruption case that saw the defence group on Friday (5 February) agree to pay fines totalling more than $400m (£250m). BAE's agreement with the ...
08 Feb 2010 | 14:17
A&O set to launch in Australia with partner hires: comment and reaction
Allen & Overy (A&O) is set to enter Australia after hiring 17 new partners to open new offices in Sydney and Perth. Fourteen of the partners join from Australian firm Clayton Utz, which announced today (8 February) that the partners had tendered th...
08 Feb 2010 | 09:16
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