International law firm Dentons announced that Rebecca Kacaba and Mat Goldstein have joined the firm in their Corporate group in Toronto. With wide-ranging experience in corporate finance, securities law, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), Kacaba has acted as lead counsel for a range of clients from startups to large multinational corporations and public companies. Goldstein’s practice focuses on […]
Slaughter and May has done something ultimately unique for that firm — the 127-year-old firm, considered one of the most prestigious in the world, has hired a London lateral. The new partner is Herbert Smith Freehills pensions head Daniel Schaffer. Schaffer joined HSF some seven years ago from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he had been a […]
A merger between Klavins Ellex and GLIMSTEDT & Partners has created Latvia’s largest law firm and a giant in the Baltics. Operating under the name Klavins Ellex, the new firm will have 278 lawyers across offices in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, making it a heavyweight in the Baltic legal market and the largest law firm in […]
Dechert has boosted its European competition practice by grabbing four lawyers from Cadwalader, including former Linklaters partner Alec Burnside who was the head of the Cadwalader office in Brussels Burnside joined US-headquartered firm Cadwalader from Linklaters in 2011 to launch the Brussels outpost. Also making the switch are special counsel Anne MacGregor and associates Marjolein De […]
With the New Year approaching and Pinsent Masons preparing to launch a much-anticipated office in Johannesburg the firm has announced that is has grabbed two partners and six associates from African law firm Bowmans. The eight-strong team comes after two Bowmans construction partners, Rob Morson and Shane Voigt, already jumped ship to Pinsent. The latest […]
Pinsent Masons recently advised on the sale of Skyscanner in what is believed to be the largest corporate transaction in Scotland this year. The deal, which was announced on the U.S. Stock Exchange, will see Skyscanner sold to CTrip.com International, China’s largest travel agency for £1.4bn. Pinsent Masons has a long relationship with Skyscanner, which […]
