Cameron Purse

Nov 7, 2024 | legalbusiness.co.uk | Cameron Purse |Amy Ulliott

Almost 1,200 law firms have secured spots in the new Legal 500 UK rankings, which have been revealed after months of research into the legal markets up and down the country. The rankings, which are based on extensive analysis of the legal markets across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, have been put together based on the insight gained from rankings submissions, thousands of interviews with firms, and new record levels of feedback from their clients.

Sep 17, 2024 | legalbusiness.co.uk | Cameron Purse

Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has strengthened its intellectual property offering with the hire of IP litigator Geoff Steward and several members of his team from Stobbs. Steward, who will join AG’s London office in October, spent almost six years as head of the litigation practice at Cambridge IP boutique Stobbs, where he and his team represented global brands in cases before IPEC, the High Court, and the Court of Appeal.

Sep 2, 2024 | legalbusiness.co.uk | Georgina Stanley |Cameron Purse

Katherine Brody – General counsel (EMEA), Silver LakeSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 2008-14Silver Lake, 2014-present Silver Lake turned me into a private equity lawyer. Before that I was working as an M&A generalist, mostly for large corporate clients, in private practice at Skadden in London. This was a decade ago, and I could see that private equity was having a moment – abundant capital to deploy, the most exciting, complex and high-profile transactions and I wanted to be a part of that.

Sep 2, 2024 | legalbusiness.co.uk | Georgina Stanley |Cameron Purse

Jeremy Dennison – General counsel, Livingbridge Year of qualification: 2009Travers Smith, 2007-12Goodwin Procter, 2012-14MUSTO, 2014-15Travers Smith, 2015-18Livingbridge, 2018-presentWhy did you want to become a private equity lawyer? My first exposure to private equity was during my training contract at Travers Smith, which has one of the leading mid-market private equity practices in the City.

Sep 2, 2024 | legalbusiness.co.uk | Georgina Stanley |Cameron Purse

Katherine Brody – General counsel (EMEA), Silver LakeSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 2008-14Silver Lake, 2014-present Silver Lake turned me into a private equity lawyer. Before that I was working as an M&A generalist, mostly for large corporate clients, in private practice at Skadden in London. This was a decade ago, and I could see that private equity was having a moment – abundant capital to deploy, the most exciting, complex and high-profile transactions and I wanted to be a part of that.