Hints and tips:
...This week’s FT Weekend Magazine cover story written by DD’s Mark Vandevelde has the inside track on Wigdor’s legal war against Leon Black, once the most powerful man on Wall Street....
...“Citi and Wells have an advantage because they have the data,” said Kent Zimmerman, an adviser to law firm partners at Zeughauser Group....
...“Law is a ‘follow the money’ profession . . . and there is a lot of money in Saudi,” Kent Zimmermann, an adviser to major law firms at Zeughauser Group, said....
...Mark Meadows, Trump’s chief of staff in the final months of the administration; Jeffrey Clark, a former justice department official; and Jenna Ellis, a lawyer for the former president, were also named as...
...This marks an improvement from 2022, when the company launched a restructuring effort....
...He was put on trial for three years and eventually imprisoned, but only because Louis overrode the judges’ sentence, an ominous act of despotism....
...“It is going to make the difference in next year’s election,” says Aranda, the former mayor and judge....
...Expect to feed, mark (and cuddle) lambs — and perhaps even see one being born....
...Born into the Kent gentry (his father was a judge, eventually a Lord), Tomlin was sent to Harrow, where he dazzled with his promise....
...Two people told the FT, partly in jest, that they were hoping to pick up merchandise that would mark the end of an era....
...You’ve seen the bump in Kent, as other areas have. And that bump, I don’t think is going to fall back....
...Ultimately, the political will of the nation dictates the limits of lawyers’ pro-bono efforts — as do the laws and what judges will enforce....
...Kirkland & Ellis London M&A partner Tom McCarthy is joining the legal team of private equity firm Triton Partners....
...Job moves Kirkland & Ellis has named 193 new partners....
...Kirkland & Ellis has been hired by both companies as a legal adviser. It’s a good bet more restructurings are in store....
...In the months and years ahead, judge all financial institutions not by what they say but by their numbers: the total dollars of transition financing, the amount of polluting, the stranded assets retired,...
...The prince’s lawyers failed to convince the judge that their client was covered by a confidential 2009 settlement....
...As a lender, he adds that mortgage providers are wary about being asked to judge the quality of work carried out to improve a home’s energy efficiency....
...The judge also ordered the bank to repay £460,000 to cover any financial benefit it gained from the criminal activity and costs of £4.2m....
...The list is extensive, but nowhere bears his mark more than London, his home, his favourite city....
...His wife Emma is the daughter of Sir Mark Tully, a renowned BBC India correspondent....
...Colin Ellis: Hopefully not!...
...Judge Jackson was ultimately removed from the case for his unpolitic comments about Gates and Microsoft....
...Clifford Chance has hired a trio of private equity lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis in Munich. The hires include Volkmar Bruckner and Mark Aschenbrenner at the partner level....
...“This is uncertainty that no one has seen before,” Mr Ellis said....
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