Law firms lead Stonewall’s top LGBT-inclusive employers January 30, 2020 City law firms are some of this year’s most inclusive employers for the LGBT community, with 15 topping Stonewall’s employers of the year. Legal organisations were the second most inclusive sector, with fifteen firms on the list. Last year’s winners Pinsent Masons topped the private sector employers at fourth place. Mayer Brown and the Solicitors Regulation [...]
K&K Property Holdings makes London debut with £130m Covent Garden deal December 18, 2019 Hong Kong’s K&K Property Holdings has made its first investment in the London market with the acquisition of an office block in Covent Garden for £130m. Tenants in the 90,916 sq ft tower include co-working firm The Office Group and Marathon Asset Management. Read more: Central London office take up surges as fintech sector grows [...]
City Moves for 28 November – Who’s swithcing jobs at Hymans Robertson, Jupiter and Mayer Brown? November 28, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Hymans Robertson, Jupiter and Mayer Brown Hymans Robertson Hymans Robertson, the leading pensions and financial services consultancy, has appointed Victoria Panormo to be Senior defined contribution (DC) investment consultant. Victoria joins the firm from Aon where she has worked as a senior DC investment consultant and client relationship manager across a [...]
City Moves for 1 November – Who’s switching jobs at Cripps Pemberton Greenish, Winckworth Sherwood and Mayer Brown? November 1, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Cripps Pemberton Greenish, Winckworth Sherwood and Mayer Brown Crsipps Pemberton Greenish Leading law firm Cripps Pemberton Greenish has announced the appointment of Melanie Stancliffe as partner at its London office. Melanie, who is ranked as an expert in legal directories Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, joined the team on 30 [...]
Number of private equity takeovers of UK businesses falls 12 per cent September 16, 2019 The number of private equity acquisitions of UK businesses has fallen 12 per cent this year, from 311 in 2017/18 to 274 in 2018/19, according to data from law firm Mayer Brown. The firm’s corporate co-head Perry Yam said private equity fund managers were delaying investments pending the outcome of Brexit. However, the value of [...]
Construction industry output ‘drops like a brick’ to a decade low September 3, 2019 Britain’s construction industry suffered its sharpest decline in new work in more than a decade last month, as economic uncertainty hampered decision making among customers. New orders slumped at their worst rate since March 2009, according to closely-followed industry barometer the IHS Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which read just 40 for the category where [...]
City Moves for 30 August – Who’s switching jobs at KPMG, Queensberry and Fieldfisher? August 30, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes KPMG, Queensberry and Fieldfisher. KPMG KPMG has hired two new Partners to further strengthen its legal services offering. Kate Eades was previously a corporate partner at Greenberg Traurig and Usman Wahid was previously a commercial and technology partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Both partners will start in September and will [...]
Hasbro swoops on Peppa Pig-maker Entertainment One in $4bn deal August 22, 2019 US toy giant Hasbro is set to snap up London-listed Peppa Pig-maker Entertainment One in a $4bn (£3.3bn) deal. The two companies said tonight they had agreed an all-cash deal with Entertainment One shareholders to receive £5.60 in cash for each share. The deal marks a 31 per cent premium to Entertainment One’s 30-day average [...]
City Moves for 6 March 2019 – Who’s switching jobs at Muzinich & Co, Duff & Phelps and Mayer Brown? March 6, 2019 Today's City Moves includes movers and shakers from Muzinich & Co, Duff & Phelps and Mayer Brown. Muzinich & Co Muzinich & Co has announced that Archie Beeching has joined as director of responsible investing with immediate effect. In this newly-created role, Archie will focus on strengthening the ongoing integration of the firm’s environmental, social and [...]
City Moves for 31 October – who’s switching jobs at Mayer Brown, Meggitt and IOE&IT? October 30, 2018 Who’s switching jobs today? Mayer Brown Global law firm Mayer Brown announced that Ashley McDermott has joined the firm’s banking and finance practice in London as a partner. He will advise on a range of lending transactions, particularly those involving emerging markets. Ashley’s practice is focused on export, trade and multilateral financing, especially in the [...]