Filter This View

  • August 29, 2007 |

    A&O consults on IT staffing as it signs £6.8m outsourcing deal with SAVVIS

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has entered into a £6.8m contract with IT service provider SAVVIS for the management of its core data centre, in a move that will affect at least 12 IT jobs at the firm.

    1 minute read

  • August 29, 2007 |

    UK firms bypassed as US associates rank Wachtell top of prestige tables

    US associate survey rates elite New York firms as most prestigious places to work; no UK firms make top 20

    1 minute read

  • August 29, 2007 |

    Freshfields transfers five to Wall St in bid to meet growing US demand

    Magic circle firm moves to kickstart US growth after transferring two partners to its growing Manhattan arm

    1 minute read

  • August 29, 2007 |

    Asia: Three's the charm

    With bulging workloads and a dearth of suitable lawyers, why are law firms stretching themselves to have a presence in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong? Dominic Carman speaks to China's top lawyers about the three-office debate

    1 minute read

  • August 29, 2007 |

    Diary Christmas Campaign: a pre-emptive strike

    Well, so much for summer. Floods, the return of foot and mouth and a meltdown of global financial markets so terrifying it had steel-balled capital markets lawyers bawling in panic like toddlers lost at the fair.

    1 minute read

  • August 29, 2007 |

    Morley of the same, please

    Avid Allen & Overy (A&O) spotters will know that the esteemed managing partner of the City titan, David Morley, is up for re-election in the coming months - assuming he again tosses his proverbial hat into the ring marked 'unnecessary stress'.

    1 minute read

  • August 29, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 29/8/07

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Cleary, A&O and Ashurst among the movers and shakers

    1 minute read

  • August 23, 2007 | International Edition

    Shearman boosts Abu Dhabi with Fulbright raid

    Shearman & Sterling has expanded its Abu Dhabi projects team with the hire of a partner from rival US firm Fulbright & Jaworski. Mathew Kidwell, who focuses on the oil and gas sector and has experience across all aspects of the petroleum industry, is understood to have handed in his notice at Fulbright yesterday.

    1 minute read

  • August 23, 2007 |

    Shearman boosts Abu Dhabi with Fulbright raid

    Shearman & Sterling has expanded its Abu Dhabi projects team with the hire of a partner from rival US firm Fulbright & Jaworski. Mathew Kidwell, who focuses on the oil and gas sector and has experience across all aspects of the petroleum industry, is understood to have handed in his notice at Fulbright yesterday.

    1 minute read

  • August 20, 2007 |

    A&O takes NY finance duo from Mayer Brown

    Allen & Overy's (A&O) has boosted its New York finance team with the hire of a senior duo from Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw. Leveraged finance specialists Mark Wojciechowski and Andrew Mattei join A&O's Manhattan outpost as partners. Wojciechowski, who had been a partner at the Mayer Brown since 1988, becomes North American head of leveraged finance at the magic circle firm.

    1 minute read