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March 2008 Archives
An eerily familiar departure and bad news for Kirkland
4/03/2008
How much new is there to say now that one of Kirkland & Ellis’ high profile City M&A recruits, Raymond McKeeve, has announced his not-at-all shock resignation from the firm? After all, many of the same issues that were relevant...Taxing non-doms and other outrages
6/03/2008
Ever get the feeling advisers are being a touch melodramatic in forecasting the collapse of the City in light of the Treasury’s attempt to extract more tax from non-doms?City desks have been bombarded for weeks by self-interested missives arguing the...Cuddly firm leagues show where there’s a will...
11/03/2008
It’s easy to be cynical about law firms in 'good employer' league tables. For years, a select band of regional law firms have made The Sunday Times’ 100 Best Companies to Work For list but City firms - which used...McDermott's ironic anniversary
14/03/2008
It seems unfortunately symbolic that McDermott Will & Emery is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary in London under the management of a US-qualified lawyer. As announced yesterday, energy specialist Doron Ezickson is to succeed David Dalgarno as the firm’s...Glad to be PWMBMWCPPIG?
20/03/2008
Perhaps this is hopeless naivety but I’d always assumed the legal profession was very gay-friendly. Having a little more flair and glamour than accountancy and a lot less machismo than banking, law always seemed a fairly hospitable place for the...Tough markets to stress-test global law’s two power blocks
25/03/2008
When a downturn hits the world economy, elite US law firms are better hedged than their UK counterparts. So runs the conventional wisdom, with some reason. In the past, New York¹s rainmakers have not felt the effects in their pockets...Both your houses - dust settles on White & Case exits to reveal two visions and an opportunity
27/03/2008
So after just the seven years of claims that he is leaving White & Case, Maurice Allen finally confirmed that he is to head for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer along with fellow banking heavyweight Mike Goetz.It’s an understatement to say White...French connection still delivers for Americans in Paris
31/03/2008
If Daniel Hurstel’s schedule on Thursday 27 March was anything to go by, the Paris legal market is in decent health. The head of Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s office in the French capital, Hurstel was frantically attempting to juggle two...