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Byline: Natasha Bernal Dentons has promoted 10 lawyers to partner in the UK, Middle East and Africa (UKMEA), up from six last year. The appointments cover four of Dentons' offices [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Dechert partner Miriam Gonzalez made The Lawyer Hot 100 back in 2008 when she was a trade partner at DLA Piper. Six years on, with one general [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Burges Salmon has promoted six to partner in an all-male promotions and has made a lateral hire from Clifford Chance, bringing its total partner figures up to [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Weil Gotshal & Manges and McDermott Will & Emery have acted on the Barclay brothers' sale of Claridges, the Berkeley and the Connaught to Qatar-owned Constellation Hotels, [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Chicago-headquartered Jenner & Block, which last month confirmed its plans to open in London, is hiring three lawyers from Dechert. Dechert litigation associate Christian Tuddenham is understood [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Pearson general counsel Bjarne Tellmann has confirmed that the publishing giant plans to launch a UK panel before one in the US this year, after extending the [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Olswang has promoted five female lawyers to partner in the UK and France as part of a firmwide promotions round. Those promoted are real estate lawyer Melissa [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Ropes & Gray has hired K&L Gates disputes partner Thomas Ross as its first commercial litigation hire since opening in London in 2010. Ross, who had been [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Reputation management has a direct bearing on how City analysts determine the value of a company, new research shows. Although 13 per cent of FTSE100 companies describe [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Baker & McKenzie China, Vietnam and Korea office managing partner Milton Cheng believes the change in law has sparked interest in PRC law from other international firms. [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has hired its first female partner in Germany, K&L Gates banking and finance partner Julia MEller. MEller, who was based in K&L Gates' [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Paul Hastings, Norton Rose Fulbright and Ropes & Gray are among five firms providing advice on the acquisition of entertainment production company Cirque Du Soleil by a [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal CMS has appointed 39 partners across Europe and the Middle East as part of its promotions round, 18 (49 per cent) of which are women. Seven out [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Dixons Carphone has hired BT Group's Nigel Paterson as general counsel, less than a year after the companies merged. Paterson, who featured in The Lawyer's Hot 100 [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Bevan Brittan has recruited DWF employment partner Ashley Norman to head its Birmingham employment team. Norman had been at the firm for over two years. He was [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has advised Round Hill Capital on the Au600m sale of its Nido student accommodation real estate portfolio to Greystar Real Estate Partners, represented [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Taylor Wessing has promoted five lawyersto partner in London as part of a UK-based promotions round. Last year the firm promoted three lawyers to partner in an [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal DAC Beachcroft has appointed 15 lawyers to its partnership, including seven in Bristol where the firm has almost doubled its intake of partners. During last year's promotions [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Allen & Overy (A&O) has appointed 22 lawyers to its partnership worldwide, including nine women, in its largest promotions round in three years. The increase in female [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Portuguese firm PLMJ is set to open its doors in London this year with a representative office led by Hugo Rosa Ferreira to capture a greater volume [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Allen & Overy (A&O) has advised the Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon on a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) investigation that yesterday (15 April) saw the bank [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal King & Wood Mallesons' (KWM) co-head of corporate Richard Lever is joining Goodwin Procter's London office following the firm's decision to launch a private equity practice. Lever's [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal City West Housing has appointed 14 firms and the in-house team at Manchester City Council to its panel in a framework agreement worth Au1.4m over four years. [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Baker & McKenzie has been granted the first Chinese joint operation licence with local firm FenXun Partners, opening the doors for its international clients to access PRC [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Publicis Groupe has appointed Joe LaSala, general counsel of recent takeover target Sapient, as its new general counsel to replace Eric Antoine Fredette. This appointment comes months [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal eBay has hired Agilent Technologiesa top lawyer Marie Oh Huber as its new general counsel as the company prepares for the split of eBay and PayPal into [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Paul Hastings has hired Ashurst leveraged finance partner Luke McDougall to join the London office as a partner in its corporate practice. McDougall is leaving Ashurst after [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has risen by six spots to the top of this yearas global project finance rankings for the first quarter of 2015, while [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal US firm Goodwin Procter has unveiled plans to launch a private equity practice in its London office as part of its expansion strategy in the City. Goodwin [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal General Electric (GE) has called on Hogan Lovells to advise on the $26.5bn (APS18.07bn) sale of its real estate business GE Capital Real Estate to Blackstone Group, [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Cahill Gordon & Reindel has hired Shearman & Sterling partner Richard Kelly to build its London litigation practice, as the firm becomes the first US outift to [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Dentons is basking in the victory of finally sealing the deal with McKenna Long & Aldridge yesterday following failed merger negotiations with the firm two years ago. [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloyas only London-based female partner Laetitia Costa has left the firm, The Lawyer understands. Costa became a partner this year alongside IT and [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Dentons and US firm McKenna Long & Aldridge have confirmed plans to merge this year, 18 months after previous negotiations between the firms fell through. This move [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Co-operative Group Legal Services (CLS) revenue has dropped by a third from APS32m to APS23m due to aregulatory changesa, according to the groupas annual results released today [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal BG Group general counsel Graham Vinter is stepping down after seven years in the role following his companyas announced merger with energy company Shell, and will be [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Round World Entertainment general counselOli Shiptonhas taken on the additional role of partner at media and entertainment law firm Lee & Thompson. Round World Entertainment said that [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Ashurst has promoted nine women to partner in its 20-strong promotions round following its pledge last year toimprove its gender diversity representation. In 2014 the firm promoted [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Slaughter and May is advising Royal Dutch Shell on its recommended cash and share valued at Au47bn to take over natural gas company BG Group, represented by [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal University College London (UCL) general counsel Natasha Lewis is considering setting up an initial legal panel for the university in 2015, less than a year after she [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Debevoise & Plimpton has named two lawyers to partner in London as part of a six-lawyer firmwide promotions round, breaking a four-year run with no promotions in [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Allen & Overy (A&O), Baker & McKenzie and NautaDutilh are advising on FedEx's e1/44.4bn (Au3.2bn) acquisition of TNT Express to expand its European operations. Baker & McKenzie [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Natasha Lewis, legal services boss at UCL, could be the first of a new breed of in-housers as UK academic institutions start to act more like businesses [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal US firms have matched and exceeded the rates charged by their magic circle counterparts for the first time in 2015, with work-hungry partners charging up to APS900 [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Slaughter and May and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison have advised banking start-up Shawbrook Group on its initial public offering (IPO) on the London stock exchange, [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal US firm Foran Glennon Palandech Ponzi & Rudloff is planning to launch a London office through the hire of two Locke Lord lawyers, partner Gavin Coull and [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Shoosmiths has confirmed plans to convert to an all equity partnership structure from 1 May, with eight per cent of the firmas partners opting out of the [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire county councils have launched an ABS, known as LGSS Law, today (1 April 2015) after gaining a licence from the Solicitorsa Regulation Authority (SRA). [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Squire Patton Boggs has posted a 12.3 per cent hike in revenue to $870.5m (Au589m) in its first year-end results as a merged firm, with UK revenue [...]

Byline: Natasha Bernal Hogan Lovells has launched an office in Australia with the hire of partnersNicky Lester and Tim Lesterfrom Linklaters' best friend firm Allens. The firm's Australian operations will [...]