Magic
circle firm sets its sights on launching joint venture with a Chinese firm in the city within a year
Not exact matches
Douglas is
set to join the magic
circle firm after seven years at Ropes in London.
The recent launch of a
firm offering services within several Ontario WalMart locations has crystallized this point, and
set tongues a-wagging in North American legal
circles.
Magic
circle firm leads for retailer with Chinese investor
set to become majority shareholder
Magic
circle firm's transatlantic merger talks
set to shake up market as rivals rethink US strategies
The magic
circle firm is expected to open in the city in September with an initial team of five lawyers, but this figure is
set to increase to 10 within a year.
Within [email protected], the
firm offers a [email protected] forum for associate mothers, a mentoring
circle and office mini-retreat which enables associates and partners to network in an informal
setting.
Linklaters is advising the bank — the UK's second - largest lender and a long - term client of the magic
circle firm — on the issue, announced yesterday (22 April), which comes with RBS
set to announce write - downs of # 5.9 bn in sub-prime-related assets.
Slaughter and May is
set to offer free legal advice to up - and - coming UK tech entrepreneurs selected by a panel of experts including Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch, as the magic
circle firm looks to tap into the burgeoning startup market.
Strauss, who is
set to make the move on 8 September, was previously an of counsel at Simpson before being brought directly into the equity at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2010, in what was an unusual move for the magic
circle firm.
Exits from magic
circle firm's German practice continue to mount with partner
set to join Mayer Brown in April 2016
A&O is
set to retain 38 of its 53 newly - qualified lawyers (NQs), giving the magic
circle firm a retention rate of 72 %, after 39 offers were made, marking a decrease on the
firm's spring round this year when 88 % of trainees were kept on.
The magic
circle firm looks
set to benefit from the fallout at Ashurst, with partners expected to vote on Berkovich's hire in the coming days.
Magic
circle expected to pick up the lion's share of work but ringfencing
set to throw up roles for a range of UK
firms
Linklaters private equity co-heads Ian Bagshaw and Richard Youle are
set to leave the magic
circle firm to join White & Case.
The magic
circle firm was one of many law
firms that wanted to cut costs by
setting up offices in cheaper locations outside of London.
CMS Cameron McKenna has landed a lead advisory role opposite magic
circle firm Allen & Overy (A&O) on the proposed merger between United Business Media (UBM) and business data provider Informa - with the deal
set to create a media giant with a combined value of more than # 3bn.
Magic
circle litigation heavyweight Ian Terry
set to depart for the chambers after spending his entire career at the magic
circle firm
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Slaughter and May is
set to lay off as many as 28 secretaries in a rare redundancy round at the magic
circle firm.
He is
set to join the
firm as a partner in the magic
circle firm's City non-contentious financial services regulatory practice in early 2017.
Magic
circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is
set to close either its Duesseldorf or Cologne office as it combines the two into one location.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is
set to appoint a committee of partners to oversee the magic
circle firm's impending lockstep shake - up.