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  • April 20, 2009 |

    Dell kicks off review of UK legal advisers

    Dell has kicked off a review of its UK panel of law firms in an effort to streamline its current adviser roster.The multinational technology company has given all of its existing panel firms until 22 April to submit their tender documents. The company has previously worked with firms including Baker & McKenzie, Lewis Silkin and Clyde & Co.

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  • April 17, 2009 |

    Clydes promotes 10 associates into equity band

    Clyde & Co is promoting ten associates into its equity band this year, with a further three partners being bumped up into the senior equity status. Six of the ten associates are based in the firm's City headquarters, while its aviation and insurance practices are the biggest beneficiaries, each gaining two new partners.

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  • April 14, 2009 |

    Barlows recruits DLA duo for Manchester launch

    Barlow Lyde & Gilbert is set to launch its third office in the UK, with the firm planning an opening in Manchester. Barlows will open the Manchester base with the hire of DLA Piper personal injury duo Rob Muttock and Mark Hemsted. The pair are still in the process of finalising their departure terms from DLA Piper but are expected to join Barlows no later than August, with the office set to focus primarily on the insurance market.The office launch, which adds to existing UK bases in London and Oxford, comes after Barlows recently overhauled its insurance and reinsurance practices - merging the two together. The overhaul took place earlier this year, with London insurance partner Jason Bright appointed to lead the combined team.

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  • March 27, 2009 |

    Barlows loses three-partner insurance team to Clydes

    Barlow Lyde & Gilbert is set to lose a team of partners to insurance rival Clyde & Co. Legal Week has learned that a group from the firm's newly-merged commercial risk and reinsurance practice is expected to leave the firm over the next few weeks. It is thought that around three partners, including Roger Doulton, will join Clydes. The news comes after Legal Week reported earlier this month that former reinsurance chief Colin Croly had left Barlows after 29 years as a partner. Croly's next move is unclear, but it is understood that he is not joining Clydes.

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  • March 23, 2009 |

    - 2009 Partnership Round: a Legal Week Wiki special -

    Welcome to Legal Week's 2009 partner promotions round-up. Here you'll find all the latest news stories about partner promotions gathered in one place, as well as links to relevant blog entries and any other bits and pieces we think might be of interest.

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  • February 17, 2009 |

    Clydes recruits Stephenson Harwood aviation duo

    Clyde & Co has bolstered its London aviation finance practice with the hire of two lawyers from Stephenson Harwood. Mark Bisset and Oliver Tebbit join the firm's City office as a partner and senior assistant respectively.Bisset joins after two years at Stephenson Harwood where he was a partner in the London office, prior to which he was at White & Case.

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  • February 11, 2009 |

    Clydes and Pinsents win Dubai Holding panel roles

    A raft of City firms have scored seats on Dubai Holding's new panel of preferred firms. Clyde & Co, Pinsent Masons, Eversheds and DLA Piper have all won spots on the panel. Clydes won its role on the back of its relationship with the investor and will advise on real estate, intellectual property, construction and corporate matters.All firms have a strong presence in the Middle East, with Clydes having opened in the region twenty years ago and Pinsents holding offices in Dubai. DLA Piper recently launched an office in Oman and Eversheds has offices in Abu Dhabi and Doha.

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  • January 21, 2009 |

    Clydes makes Abu Dhabi construction head hire

    Clyde and Co has hired a new partner, David McElveney, to lead its construction team in Abu Dhabi. McElveney was previously with Australian firm Deacons, where he headed the construction and engineering practice. The hire comes after Clydes hired construction expert Mark Blanksby and a team from Pinsent Masons last year for its Dubai office.

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  • January 19, 2009 |

    A&O replaces Freshfields on new-look L&G panel

    Legal & General (L&G) has completed a review of its external legal advisers, with Allen & Overy replacing Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the new-look panel. The 19-firm roster, which will advise the insurer over the next three years, includes Berwin Leighton Paisner, which retained its place on the panel despite relationship partner Vinay Veneik's resignation from the firm in January 2008 after questions were raised over mistakes made on property transactions.

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  • January 12, 2009 |

    Simmons relocates partner duo to Dubai HQ

    Simmons & Simmons has boosted its offering in the Middle East with the transfer of two finance partners to the firm's Dubai base. Banking and restructuring partner Phillip Abbott and debt capital market specialist Natalie Boyd have both made the move to the Middle East, bringing the number of finance partners in the Gulf region to five.Middle East regional managing partner Paul Simpson said: "The firm's commitment to finance in the Gulf is clear with finance partners in each of its offices in Qatar, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Having partners of Philip and Natalie's calibre relocating to the region sends a strong signal to the market."

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