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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
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
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
DLA Piper seals hire of Orrick's former London chief Bartlam
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's former London head Martin Bartlam is set to join DLA Piper after tendering his resignation earlier this week. Finance partner Bartlam, who is joining DLA's structured finance team, headed up Orrick's London office be...
17 Jan 2012 | 12:07
LG rebuilds City finance practice with hire of Stephenson Harwood team
LG has moved to rebuild its City finance practice with a team hire from Stephenson Harwood. Real estate finance consultant John Fox and senior associates Matthew East and Simon Elphick will all join LG as partners in March.
16 Jan 2012 | 09:17
BNP adds City firms to panel as RBS prepares for tough adviser review
BNP Paribas has confirmed the line-up of law firms on its new global legal panel, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith winning places. Details of the panel have been confirmed as leading firms predict an extensive overhaul of the R...
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
Hogan and Freshfields act on Barclays sale of infra portfolio
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hogan Lovells have taken lead roles on the £143m sale of 26 private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) projects by two infrastructure funds managed by Barclays. Freshfields advised Barc...
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
CC advises as key buyout client creates $7.5bn global credit management firm
Clifford Chance (CC) has advised CVC Capital Partners on a joint venture with Resource America that creates a global credit management business with more than $7.5bn (£4.9bn) in assets under management across 21 vehicles in the US and Europe. CC a...
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Clydes signs up Trowers' former Abu Dhabi chief for local office
Clyde & Co has grown its Middle East practice with the hire of Trowers & Hamlins' former Abu Dhabi head Adrian Creed. Creed, a project finance lawyer, joined the firm last month, taking the total number of partners in Clydes' local office to five.
12 Jan 2012 | 08:30 |
Travers partner to take senior role on secondment at RBS
Travers Smith litigation partner Toby Robinson is set to take up a secondment at the firm's client RBS as interim head of litigation, regulatory and investigations. Robinson will join RBS for a six-month period from February this year while the cur...
12 Jan 2012 | 08:00 |
BLP turns to CC for latest London structured finance partner hire
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is bulking up its banking and capital markets practice with the hire of Clifford Chance (CC) partner Prashanth Satyadeva. Satyadeva is set to join BLP’s structured finance team, which sits within the wider banking group...
11 Jan 2012 | 11:04 |
Matrix QC takes on key bonuses case as Sumption joins Supreme Court
Matrix Chambers' Thomas Linden QC has taken on the lead role for Commerzbank on its high-profile €50m (£41m) bankers' bonuses case, following Jonathan Sumption QC's elevation to the Supreme Court. The closely-watched case is set to go to trial l...
11 Jan 2012 | 09:14 |
Cleary, Simpson Thacher field City teams on $2.1bn France Telecom sale
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's London offices have taken lead roles on France Telecom's proposed $2.1bn (£1.4bn) sale of its Orange Switzerland mobile phone business to Apax Partners, reports The Am Law Daily. Lo...
10 Jan 2012 | 11:54 |
Morgan Stanley and News Corp confirm new top in-house lawyers
Morgan Stanley and News Corporation have both confirmed the appointment of new top in-house lawyers. At Morgan Stanley, Eric Grossman is being promoted to succeed Francis Barron as the company's next chief legal officer. Barron, whose retirement wa...
10 Jan 2012 | 09:38 |
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