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Eyes on the prize - a new fast-track investment vehicle in Jersey
Ogier’s Michael Lombardi outlines the requirements for a new fast-track vehicle in Jersey for the professional investor market
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00 | 
Proper capitalists - banking woe is legal profession’s chance to shine
Where do City lawyers fit in if there’s a crisis in capitalism? (I’m not sure there is, but the Financial Times keeps telling me so). City lawyers have for years been unsure of their proper role, on one hand wanting recognition for forging a Briti...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00 |
BLP boosts finance practice with senior Dechert hire
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has made another addition to its finance practice, with Dechert’s Steve Clark set to join the firm as a partner. Clark will join BLP’s real estate finance group from the US firm, where he is currently of counsel, i...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Simmons funds partner duo exit to join US firm's London base
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is set to add two partners to its London funds practice with the hire of Simmons & Simmons funds partners Tim Pearce and Ian Meade. The hire will take headcount in Akin Gump's London funds team to 11 lawyers, includin...
01 Feb 2012 | 17:14
Trading in distress - will today's distressed debt be tomorrow's hot alternative asset class?
Old world distressed debt has become a significant opportunity for investment in the UK and Europe in 2012. Shearman’s Solomon Noh reports
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Banking on change - the impact of the Vickers banking reforms
Simmons’ James Bresslaw outlines the UK Government’s response to the ICB’s recommendations for a banking system reform
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
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Simmons on the response to the ICB's banking system reform recommendations and Shearman & Sterling asks if today's distressed debt will be tomorrow's hot asset class
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Links leads on HSBC's $801m LatAm sell-off
Linklaters is among six law firms to have taken roles for HSBC on the $801m (£512m) sale of its Latin American businesses to Colombia's Banco Davivienda, reports The Am Law Daily. The deal will see Banco Davivienda pick up 136 bank branches in Cos...
26 Jan 2012 | 07:04
Weil's London office seals hire of Hogan Lovells finance partner
Weil Gotshal & Manges has strengthened its London finance practice with the hire of international finance partner Mark Donald from Hogan Lovells. Donald, who handed in his notice this week and will join the US firm's City base later in the year, fo...
25 Jan 2012 | 15:12
Freshfields recruits first-ever COO for Stateside operations
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed its first-ever chief operating officer for its US arm, with the hire of Sullivan & Cromwell's former chief legal personnel and development officer. Andrea Locklear started at the magic circle firm this m...
23 Jan 2012 | 08:05
CC and Freshfields advise as 11 banks issue £2.36bn of structured debt to ports group
Clifford Chance (CC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken roles on a £2.36bn issuance of new debt by Associated British Ports (ABP), the largest ports group in the UK. CC structured debt partner Steve Curtis led the firm’s team advising...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Endangered species - the rise and fall of the elite investment bank lawyer
"From 1997 to 2007 the scale of hiring was phenomenal and the number of lawyers at top investment banks increased tenfold. City law firms were bled of expensive talent" - Scott Gibson charts the rise and fall of the elite investment bank lawyer...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Freshfields and Links lead on PFI monoline swap-out
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have taken lead roles on the first private finance initiative (PFI) monoline insurance company replacement since the start of the global financial crisis. The deal has seen Ambac Assurance UK – the gu...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Macfarlanes corporate partner exits firm for new in-house role
Macfarlanes corporate partner Rachel Bond has left the firm and taken up an in-house role at financial services company Byhiras. Bond left Macfarlanes at the close of 2011 and joined Byhiras earlier this month. Her role at the company, which was la...
19 Jan 2012 | 08:36 | 2 comments
HSBC names new chief legal officer
HSBC has appointed a new chief legal officer ahead of the impending retirement of its managing director and general counsel, Richard Bennett. HSBC Holdings, parent company of the HSBC Group, has named former US Government lawyer and litigator Stuar...
17 Jan 2012 | 12:31
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