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SNR Denton acts for HSBC on tie-up with Omani bank
SNR Denton has advised HSBC on a major deal to grow its Middle East presence via a merger with Oman International Bank (OIB).
04 May 2012 | 00:00
SNR Denton memo confirms talks to take on Dewey partners
SNR Denton's chief executive Elliott Portnoy has confirmed to partners that the firm is in talks to take on "strong, profitable parts" of embattled Dewey & LeBoeuf in New York, Washington DC and elsewhere in its global network. An internal memo sent o...
03 May 2012 | 13:18
Ex-Dentons India head struck off and handed £600k bill after bribery case
SNR Denton has won a claim against former India group head Gauri Advani to reimburse the firm for costs it incurred as co-defendant in her 2009 bribery case. Advani, who was struck off as a solicitor by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal earlier ...
16 Apr 2012 | 12:24
The Transfer Window: recent moves including A&O, Simmons and FFW
Dutch firm Houthoff Buruma is to launch a New York office with the hire of the former head of Allen & Overy’s (A&O’s) Dutch and Netherlands Antilles practice, Helena Sprenger.
12 Apr 2012 | 09:38
SNR Denton set to hike UK partner profits after cost-cutting measures
SNR Denton is set to report significant growth in UK profitability after a year of pushing billing and cutting costs, according to its global chief executive Elliott Portnoy. The firm, which last year saw EMEA profits per equity partner (PEP) dip b...
30 Mar 2012 | 00:00
SNR Denton names new Kuwait chief with Abu Dhabi partner transfer
SNR Denton has appointed Stuart Cavet as the new managing partner of its Kuwait base after the former office head's resignation last autumn. Cavet, who joined the firm as a partner in July 2010 in a lateral move from Simmons & Simmons, is currently...
22 Mar 2012 | 00:00
The Transfer Window: latest moves including BLP, Mayer Brown and DLA
Simmons & Simmons has hired another partner from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) in London, with the recruitment of real estate specialist John Kelsey taking the number of partners the firm has hired from BLP to seven in less than a year. Kelsey spec...
20 Mar 2012 | 00:00
The Transfer Window: recent moves including SNR Denton, Jones Day and Dickinson Dees
SNR Denton has seen the departure of its London telecoms head Rod Kirwan, who has left to take up a new role as regional general counsel for the Caribbean at Cable & Wireless Communications. Kirwan left SNR Denton in January this year and will now ...
13 Mar 2012 | 00:04
SNR Denton set to open up in New Orleans
SNR Denton is set to become one the few large law firms with a New Orleans presence when it opens an office in the city next month, reports The Am Law Daily. Clinton Vince, the co-head of SNR Denton's energy, transport, and infrastructure team in W...
13 Feb 2012 | 11:24 | 
SNR Denton UK LLPs highlight falling profits and Turkey restructuring
SNR Denton saw profit before tax shrink by around 40% last year across its operations outside the US, with the firm's latest limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts showing a fall in profit from £37.9m to £22.5m. The transatlantic firm's UK ...
07 Feb 2012 | 15:30 |
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CC, Linklaters and SNR Denton take lead roles as Petroplus files for administration
Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters and SNR Denton have picked up lead roles after one of Europe’s largest independent refiners, Petroplus, defaulted on $1.75bn (£1.12bn) of debt and filed for insolvency last week (24 January). The Swiss company...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00 |
SNR Denton sees 10 lawyers quit Paris arm for Hughes Hubbard
SNR Denton has seen its Paris office hit by a 10-lawyer walkout to US firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed, led by three partners. The departing partners comprise former Paris head Sena Agbayissah, who currently leads the Paris banking practice, local technolog...
31 Jan 2012 | 12:20 |
Government legal spend drops 36% amid austerity cutbacks
Government legal spend through its central panel of external advisers fell by more than a third last year, with the findings coming as a long-awaited review of the roster kicked off in earnest earlier this month. Figures released by the Government ...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
SNR Denton partners question one-off £500k payout for former chairman
SNR Denton partners have criticised a payout to former Denton Wilde Sapte chairman James Dallas of around £500,000 last year, despite profits per equity partner (PEP) falling by 36% in the UK partnership. City energy partner Dallas, who chaired...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
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SNR Denton signs up Linklaters banking partner for London base
SNR Denton has recruited a Linklaters banking partner, with Edward Hickman joining the transatlantic firm's London office today (9 January). Hickman, who has been a partner in Linklaters' structured finance team for the last six years, will join SN...
09 Jan 2012 | 12:09 |
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