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Herbert Smith and Irwin Mitchell advise on Costa Concordia cruise disaster
Herbert Smith and Irwin Mitchell are among a growing list of firms picking up advisory roles stemming from the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster earlier this month (13 January) which has left 13 dead and around 20 more missing. Herbert Smith is adv...
23 Jan 2012 | 12:13 | 1 comment
CC leads for RBS on $7.3bn sale of aircraft leasing business
Clifford Chance (CC) has clinched the key adviser role on the Royal Bank of Scotland's $7.3bn (£4.7bn) sale of its aircraft leasing business to Japanese banking giant Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation The deal, which has kept a large CC team bus...
17 Jan 2012 | 11:05
M&A Team of the Year: Slaughter and May
Slaughter and May’s work advising British Airways (BA) on its merger with Spanish airline Iberia secures it the highly-prized M&A Team of the Year Award. The deal was a complex one, given that it involved two flagship national airlines operati...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 | 
Stephenson Harwood lands $21bn Lion Air order
Stephenson Harwood has advised Indonesia’s largest private airline on a $21.7bn (£13.9bn) aeroplane order from Boeing, writes The Asian Lawyer. Boeing and PT Lion Mentari Airlines, which operates as regional low-cost carrier Lion Air, announc...
01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Simmons and A&O advise on £200m Thomas Cook lifeline
Simmons & Simmons and Allen & Overy (A&O) have taken lead roles on the rescue of stricken UK travel giant Thomas Cook. Thomas Cook, which appeared to be on the brink of bankruptcy last week, negotiated a £200m loan facility on 25 November with a c...
01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Herbert Smith, Links advise on Saudi holy city rail project
Herbert Smith and Linklaters are advising on a €6.5bn (£5.6bn) project to build a high-speed rail link to connect the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Herbert Smith is advising the Saudi-Spanish consortium selected to build the r...
24 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
British Airways calls for alternative fees in first post-Iberia panel review
British Airways (BA) has kicked off its first panel review since its merger with Spanish airline Iberia went live at the beginning of the year (24 January). The review is being overseen by head of legal Andrew Fleming, who was promoted to the role ...
10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Slaughters and Bakers check in on Lufthansa's sell-off of BMI airline
Slaughter and May and Baker & McKenzie are advising on Lufthansa's sale of British Midland International (BMI) to British Airways owner International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG). Bakers is acting for Lufthansa, the owner of BMI, which operate...
04 Nov 2011 | 13:01 |
Reed Smith boosts London shipping group with Barlows hires
Reed Smith has added a shipping partner to its City base with the hire of the latest partner to exit legacy firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert. Jeb Clulow joined Reed Smith’s London office this Tuesday (1 November) – the same day that Barlows’ merger...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Holman gains lucrative aviation client list as Barlows team joins firm
Holman Fenwick Willan has been handed around 100 new client relationships – including BAE Systems and Cathay Pacific – with the firm’s hire of an eight-partner aerospace team from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert earlier this year. The team, which joine...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Holman opens in Brazil with Barlows arm; as Clydes merger is finalised
Holman Fenwick Willan has launched in Brazil with the acquisition of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert's local arm. The two firms signed an agreement on Tuesday (11 October) that will see Holman take on Barlows' existing branch in Sao Paulo, following the earl...
12 Oct 2011 | 14:43 |
Network Rail recruits new legal chief with hire of Premier Foods GC
Premier Foods general counsel Suzanne Wise is set to leave the FTSE 100 company to take up the same role at Network Rail. The move, which follows the departure of Network Rail's group company secretary Hazel Walker at the end of September, will see...
06 Oct 2011 | 15:32 |
US firm seals London launch with Clydes partner hire
US law firm Vedder Price is launching in London with the hire of Clyde & Co’s co-head of aviation finance, Gavin Hill, marking the firm’s first presence outside of its home country. The City office will go live next month, with Hill and ex-F...
08 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
SNR Denton partner takes chief operating officer role on client secondment
SNR Denton corporate partner Stephen McGlennan has taken up a secondment as chief operating officer and general counsel at Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV). London-based McGlennan, who recently completed a three-year posting in SNR Denton’s Dubai office...
01 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Ince launches new office in Monaco as international growth continues
Ince & Co has launched a new base in Monaco, marking the firm's tenth office worldwide. The base opened on 1 August this year and is headed by shipping, international trade and energy partner Ian Cranston, who has relocated from London alongside as...
11 Aug 2011 | 14:21 |
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