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...Law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has named 32 new partners.* Law firm White & Case has named 42 new partners....
...Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired Paul Weiss’s Tracey Zaccone and Latham & Watkins’ David Teh to co-lead its alternatives and private credit practice....
...Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired Stephanie Biggs as a partner in London, where she will co-lead the firm’s European financial services and funds regulatory team. She joins from Travers Smith....
...Elliott’s Nabeel Bhanji joined Toshiba’s board last year and has a vested interest in getting the best price....
...Job moves Heidi Mayon has joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as a partner in its capital markets practice. She was previously at Goodwin Procter....
...Marianne Elliott’s superb production aims to tweak audience members of any and all persuasions. ★★★★★ To June 4, theambassadorstheatre.co.uk...
...In the US, activist fund Elliott Management led the take-privates of media ratings group Nielsen for $16bn and software company Citrix for $16.5bn....
...Alden Millard has been elected chair of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s executive committee....
...As a partner at New York powerhouse law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, he had helped Henry Kravis prevail in the $25bn brawl for RJR Nabisco in 1989....
...Punters wagered roughly £500m in shops, online and at Cheltenham racecourse itself in 2020, according to Warwick Bartlett, chief executive of Global Betting and Gaming Consultants....
...But with the US government, foreign bad actors, and the activist hedge fund Elliott Management on his list of worries, to name a few, it’s time to hop in the driver’s seat....
...Baker McKenzie has hired Marcela Robledo as an IP transactional partner in San Francisco from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett....
...Holo joins from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. K&L Gates has added a team of lawyers from Holding Redlich to its corporate practice in Melbourne, led by Harry Kingsley....
...(FT) Holdout heroes Elliott Management, the king of holding out until it gets what it wants, scored itself a nice Christmas bonus....
...Job moves Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired Amy Mahon to join its London-based M&A practice as a partner. She joins from Clifford Chance....
...Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has appointed David W Blass as a partner in the Washington DC office....
...The latest addition is Alvaro Gomez de Membrillera Galiana from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in London, who will focus on European deal making....
...(FT) News round-up Elliott Advisors takes legal action to oust Akzo Nobel chairman (FT) Former Dewey & LeBoeuf Executive Convicted in Split Verdict (NYT) Pentair to spin off electrical business (FT)...
...JPMorgan and law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett were the lead advisers to Dell and Silver Lake. Morgan Stanley, Evercore and Skadden advised EMC. Additional reporting by Eric Platt in New York...
...Marianne Elliott directs the dark comedy in a production starring Stephen Mangan and Claudie Blakley....
...… The Story Machine, by Tom McLaughlin, Bloomsbury, RRP£10.99 Discovering a typewriter in the attic, Elliott starts composing stories on it, only to find that he is more adept at creating pictures out...
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