Filter This View

  • January 25, 2007 |

    More NY firms match pay rises

    A broad spread of top US firms have jumped on the New York bandwagon to raise starting lawyer salaries to the newly-established benchmark of $160,000 (£81,000).Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have become the latest to follow suit, while Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is also understood to have matched the rate.

    1 minute read

  • January 25, 2007 |

    Simpson Thacher boosts NQ pay by 10%

    UK firms look set to come under renewed pressure to boost salaries following news that US leveraged buy-out leader Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is raising its newly-qualified salaries by 10% to $160,000 (£81,000).The firm-wide move is expected to stoke pay pressure in the US as it sets a new bar for associate pay rates at New York's leading firms, which previously sat at $145,000 (£73,400).

    1 minute read

  • January 25, 2007 |

    EHYA reshuffles board as new member joins

    The European High Yield Association (EHYA) has appointed Simpson Thacher & Bartlett corporate partner Nicholas Shaw to its board. Among several changes made at EHYA's board meeting this week, Latham & Watkins capital markets partner Bryant Edwards, who was the body's chairman, stood down to take a vice-chair role. Insight Investment's Craig Abouchar took over as chairman.

    1 minute read

  • January 25, 2007 |

    Skadden surges ahead of US rivals to take M&A top spot

    Manhattan leader Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has topped the US M&A rankings after acting on $540bn (£274bn) worth of deals in a blockbuster year for US deal lawyers. The New York firm rose one place to take top spot after advising on 237 deals, according to figures from Mergermarket. Sullivan & Cromwell came second, acting on 136 deals worth a total of $504bn (£255bn).

    1 minute read

  • January 24, 2007 |

    New York rivals rush to match Simpson salaries

    A clutch of leading Manhattan firms, including Sullivan & Cromwell, have moved to match competitor salary rates in New York as a new US pay war gathers momentum.

    1 minute read

  • January 23, 2007 |

    Simpson Thacher sparks US pay war with 10% rise

    Elite New York firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has raised its associate base salaries 10% to $160,000 (£81,000), according to US reports, in a move that looks likely to spark another pay war.

    1 minute read

  • January 10, 2007 |

    Trophy private equity client calls in DLA Piper for £267m restaurant group deal

    DLA Piper's property team has secured a trophy private equity mandate after being instructed to act as UK counsel to buy-out giant Blackstone on its £267m acquisition of restaurant group Tragus.The national firm landed the mandate on the back of a referral and worked with the London arm of Blackstone's lead US corporate adviser, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

    1 minute read

  • January 3, 2007 |

    Softly, softly Sullivan raises old questions for Slaughters with Emmerson hire

    Nobody can accuse Sullivan & Cromwell of rushing headlong into the UK corporate market. Indeed, the phrase 'softly, softly' could have been invented…

    1 minute read

  • December 13, 2006 |

    Freshfields and CC poised for EMI deal leads

    Legal Week reports

    1 minute read

  • December 13, 2006 |

    Benelux: A tale of two cities

    Simmons has finally capitulated and launched an Amsterdam office, adding to the barrage of mixed messages coming from Dutch practices on their respective reasons for being - or not being - in Rotterdam. James Illman reports from the Netherlands

    1 minute read