City Moves for 10 September 2013 | Who’s switching jobs September 9, 2013 Mercer The consultancy firm has announced the appointment of Deb Clarke as global head of investment research. Clarke joined Mercer in 2005 from Towers Watson, where she was a senior investment consultant. She was previously a fund manager for 20 years. Schroders Divyesh Hindocha has joined the asset management company as global head of product [...]
City Moves for 03 September 2013 | Who’s switching jobs September 2, 2013 Quantum Advisory The actuarial and benefits consultancy has announced the appointment of Deon Dreyer as principal investment consultant. Dreyer joins from PwC, where he was an investment director in its pensions risk business. Prior to that, he was a regional head of investment consulting at Aon Hewitt. RBS Alan Ainsbury has been appointed head of [...]
Bottom Line: Few choices for Eastern promise July 31, 2013 FOR a while, mergers between UK and US law firms were all the rage. Throughout 2010-12 you could hardly move without a new transatlantic alliance being inked and diplomatic name combinations being dreamed up – from Hogan Lovells and Dentons to Squire Sanders. But more recently, law firms’ expansionary ambitions have been firmly focused [...]
Who’s switching jobs December 5, 2012 Royal London Kerr Luscombe has been appointed group finance and strategy director at the financial services provider. He joined in 2011 as group strategy director, and has previously worked as finance director at Scottish Widows and Clerical Medical. Westhouse Holdings Simon Pettitt has been appointed head of the stockbroker’s fixed income business. He joins from Eurodekania. [...]
Herbert Smith Freehills launch forms top 10 firm by headcount September 30, 2012 A MERGER to create the world’s eighth-largest law firm will go live this morning, as the tie-up between Herbert Smith and Freehills is officially launched. Announced in June, the full equity merger between Herbies – which employs more than 700 lawyers in London – and Australia’s Freehills will result in a firm employing more than [...]
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR August 5, 2012 SINCE City A.M.’s last awards ceremony in 2011, the legal sector has undergone one of the biggest shake-ups in recent years with the introduction of the Legal Services Act. The introduction of Alternative Business Structures (ABS) on 3 January was a formal acknowledgment of the ripples of change that have been spreading across the legal [...]
Herbert Smith merger to form top 10 law firm June 28, 2012 CITY law firm Herbert Smith announced yesterday that it is to merge with Australia’s Freehills, in a tie-up that will create one of the world’s top 10 law firms by headcount. Herbies, which employs more than 700 lawyers in its London offices, will combine with the Australian firm to create a business with historic joint [...]