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Hogan Lovells equity capital markets chief quits to join Latham's City arm
Hogan Lovells equity capital markets (ECM) head Richard Brown has resigned from the firm to join Latham & Watkins. Brown’s hire was confirmed through a partner vote at Latham last night (31 January) with his start date yet to be announced.
01 Feb 2012 | 11:36
Raft of firms lead on Soho House majority stake sale
Olswang, Latham & Watkins, Ashurst and Withers have all taken a role on the sale of a majority stake in private members’ club chain Soho House Group. Olswang advised Soho House owners Richard Caring and Nick Jones with a team led by City corpo...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Latham builds Paris with double hire from Debevoise
Latham & Watkins has strengthened its Paris corporate practice with the hire of two partners from Debevoise & Plimpton - including the co-head of the US firm’s Paris arm Patrick Laporte. Laporte and fellow corporate partner Pierre-Louis Clero both j...
16 Jan 2012 | 14:01
Simmons and Latham among firms joining PRIME as membership doubles to 50
PRIME, the groundbreaking social mobility initiative launched by 23 law firms last year, has more than doubled the number of participating firms, with 50 now committed to the programme. Simmons & Simmons, Latham & Watkins, Mayer Brown and Taylor We...
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
Latham and RPC secure big-ticket Euro deal
Latham & Watkins and Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) have picked up lead advisory roles as Swedish paper and hygiene products maker SCA announced plans to buy Georgia-Pacific’s European tissue business for $1.8bn (£1.14bn), writes The Am Law Dail...
24 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Latham promotes London quartet in global partnership round
Latham & Watkins has become the latest US firm to announce its annual partner promotions, with four London lawyers making the grade out of a global total of 23. The promotions round, which will take effect in the New Year (1 January), also includes...
08 Nov 2011 | 09:45 |
Linklaters and Latham among firms on Virgin Media's debut legal panel
Linklaters, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell are among a raft of firms to have won roles on Virgin Media's inaugural legal panel. The new panel, which will take effect from next year, also includes Ashurst and US firm Fried Frank, both of w...
07 Nov 2011 | 10:00 |
Linklaters and Latham lead on Russian acquisition by Unilever
Linklaters and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on Unilever’s €390m (£343m) acquisition of an 82% stake in Russian beauty company Concern Kalina. Linklaters took the lead for Unilever with a team led by Moscow managing partner John Goodw...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
SJB and Ashurst among firms to win roles as Bain sells electrics arm to PE fund
Latham & Watkins, SJ Berwin, Ashurst and Kirkland & Ellis have picked up roles on Bain Capital’s €640m (£557m) disposal of the microconnections unit of French electrical goods manufacturer FCI to private equity fund manager Astorg Partners. ...
27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Latham and SJ Berwin lead four-firm line-up on French private equity deal
Latham & Watkins, SJ Berwin, Ashurst and Kirkland & Ellis have picked up roles on Bain Capital’s €640m (£557m) disposal of the microconnections unit of French electrical goods manufacturer FCI to private equity fund manager Astorg Partners. The d...
21 Oct 2011 | 14:33 |
CC adds partner to London high yield practice with Latham hire
Clifford Chance (CC) has added a high yield finance partner in London office with the hire of Latham & Watkins senior associate Fabio Diminich. Diminich, who began his career as an associate with Weil Gothsal & Manges in Washington DC, joined CC ea...
13 Oct 2011 | 11:59 |
Latham and Linklaters take lead roles on first French 'dim sum' bond
Linklaters and Latham & Watkins have advised on the first renminbi-denominated bond by a French company, reports The Asian Lawyer. L'Air Liquide, a French producer of industrial and medical gases, has guaranteed the issue of two tranches of bonds, ...
30 Sep 2011 | 11:01 |
Jones Day continues Paris growth with hire of Latham competition partner
Jones Day has strengthened its French antitrust and competition law practice with a partner hire from Latham & Watkins. Eric Barbier de La Serre is set to join Jones Day’s Paris office next month (19 October) as the second partner in its local antit...
26 Sep 2011 | 11:30 |
Latham and Shearman win roles on €600m sports agency buyout
Latham & Watkins and Shearman & Sterling have taken lead roles on Bridgepoint Capital’s €600m (£527m) acquisition of Infront Sports & Media, a Swiss agency that sells media rights for seven national football federations. Infront instructed US ...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
CC and A&O tie up work on $16bn restructuring of Dubai's Nakheel
Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have concluded their work on the landmark $16bn (£10bn) restructuring of troubled Dubai construction giant Nakheel, which has seen it split from parent company Dubai World. The restructuring was impleme...
30 Aug 2011 | 11:30 |
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