Elisha Juttla

McDermott has announced today (28 October) that Jason Zemmel ( pictured ) has joined the firm’s transactions group as a partner.

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McDermott Will & Emery has followed Davis Polk's lead, raising its London trainee pay to match the highest market rates. Effective from 1 January, the Chicago-headquartered firm will offer a salary of £65,000 in year one, rising to £70,000 in year two. The rates previously sat at £53,000 and £58,300 respectively. Just last month, Davis Polk announced its updated pay scale for trainees, with recruiters at the time forecasting that other US firms would follow suit, establishing a new benchmark for entry-level salaries. London managing partner Aymen Mahmoud (pictured) told LB: 'It's no secret that our focus has been on growth but

It’s been an active start to the week for restructuring lateral moves in the City, as Sidley co-heads Mark Knight and Jifree Cader have joined Davis Polk, and Adam Plainer, co-chair of Dechert’s global restructuring group, has moved to DLA Piper.

Kirkland & Ellis has hired long-time Clifford Chance fund finance specialist Andrew Husdan as a partner in London, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Paul Weiss is set to close its Beijing office by the end of the year, becoming the latest in a series of major US law firms to scale back operations in China.

‘If anyone had all the right answers, they’d be getting all the work in the City,’ jokes Cleary London private equity partner Michael James, when asked for tips on how junior partners should start building up the books of business needed to guarantee their long-term success. In an industry as competitive as the top-end London legal market, with no shortage of talented lawyers and firms ready to undercut prices, the reality is that getting that initial book of business off the ground - and keeping it - can be tough. As James explains: ‘Whatever your speciality is, you’ve got to

Sidley Austin has sealed the hire of CMS TMT head Clive Gringras, a Legal 500 Hall of Famer who has spent his entire career at CMS and predecessor firms Olswang and Nabarro.

Clifford Chance has named employment partner Chinwe Odimba-Chapman as its new London managing partner, succeeding Michael Bates.

Elite US firms played a key role as French broadcaster Canal+ made its debut on the London Stock Exchange, becoming one of the first companies to list under the FCA’s new rules. On 16 December, Canal+ officially listed on the LSE, supported by cross-border teams at leading US law firms. Cleary Gottlieb advised Canal+ with a team including Legal 500 leading individual for premium M&A deals Nick Rumsby and debt capital markets partner Chrishan Raja, both in London, alongside M&A partner Marie-Laurence Tibi and capital markets partner John Brinitzer in Paris. White & Case advised Barclays and BNP Paribas as