Allen & Overy is set to lose two London corporate partners to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom following a concerted effort from the US firm to boost its public and private M&A abilities. The Lawyer understands that George Knighton and Simon Toms will make the move to the US firm after resigning from A&O […]
Newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have been handed a £15,000 pay rise. They will now take home £133,000 a year, up from £118,000, as the firm attempts to keep pace with the top of the market. The trainee salary has also been raised significantly. First-year pay is up from £45,000 […]
Baker McKenzie has added a private equity partner to its ranks from Kirkland & Ellis, continuing the firm’s expansion into transactional areas. Justin Hutchinson, who started his career as a trainee at Kirkland in 2006 and has been with the Chicago-based firm since then, is to make the move to Bakers. He was promoted to […]
Two of New York’s staple corporate firms are advising on LVMH’s $14.5bn bid for luxury jeweller Tiffany. Sullivan & Cromwell has taken on the main role for Tiffany, led by New York corporate partners Francis Aquila and Melissa Sawyer and Paris-based partner Olivier de Vilmorin. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom advised the bidder LVMH, […]
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