Latham & Watkins has become the first law firm to break the $5bn revenue barrier as turnover spiked 26.7% to $5.489bn in the 2021/22 financial year. Pr
Paul Dolman as a baby with his parents, Francis and Arthur. “My uncles were in World War I,” Dolman recalls. “When they were amongst themselves, they would talk about it.” In the lead up to WWII, there was a lot of talk that “Hitler was rising”. After Britain declared war in 1939, the associated chat among the boys at school centred around having to join the armed forces when they turned 18. Dolman does not remember any of his peers looking forward to the experience. “Nobody wanted to join the army, no, but they knew they had to.” It did not take long for the intense bombing campaign by Nazi Germany – the Blitz – to spread beyond London.
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Shearman hires Travers Smith London M&A head to boost global deals team
17 March 2021
Phil Cheveley will lead Shearman s EMEA M&A practice alongside Laurence Levy
Victor Moussa Shearman & Sterling has hired corporate lawyer Phil Cheveley to bolster its London M&A team, part of a wider strategy to grow its global deals capability. Cheveley joins as a partner from Travers Smith, and will be head of M&A for Europe, Middle East and Africa alongside Laurence Levy. Cheveley’s experience spans both domestic and cross-border public and private transactions, notably in the financial services, industrials and infrastructure sectors. Shearman said Cheveley’s practice will also enhance the firm’s equity capital markets (ECM) and restructuring business.
Latham & Watkins lands US trade commission s former competition bureau director
02 March 2021
Latham & Watkins lands US trade commission s former competition bureau director
Ian Conner will join as a partner in the firm s litigation and trial department in Washington
By DCStockPhotography Latham & Watkins has hired former director of the US Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition Ian Conner as a partner in the firm’s litigation and trial department in Washington DC. Conner – who will also be a member of Latham’s antitrust and competition practice – is an expert in merger control and civil litigation across a range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, technology, oil and gas, healthcare and others.