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The Business
Mark McAteer explains why firms should abandon the lockstep altogether if they are to truly introduce flexibility into their partnerships, and looks ahead at DLA Piper’s prospective merger with Australian ally Phillips Fox. Jeremy Hodges and Emma Sadowski find out which firms have been cleaning up on BP’s asset disposals. Plus market-leading analysis on the month’s top stories
The Client profile
The Wellcome Trust’s general counsel John Stewart on life at one of the UK’s richest charities
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In the spotlight
With every detail of SJ Berwin’s protracted and doomed merger talks with Proskauer Rose played out in public in 2010, Emma Sadowski reflects on the City firm’s annus horribilis
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Appointments
The ultimate partner moves and our
special Job of the Month section
Pritchard
Why sharing profits is the key to a successful law firm merger
The Last Word
We meet the K&L Gates partners who helped trigger last month’s by-election and have carved out an unusual niche as the Lib Dems go-to election lawyers |
Kop kings
Injunction tennis, football fans in the High Court and photographers wrecking water features. Mark McAteer talks to lawyers involved in the takeover of Liverpool FC
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Deals are back with a whimper, not a bang
In his review of the corporate market in the past 12 months, Jeremy Hodges find that any recovery remains tentative
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In disputes
LB and McCann FitzGerald recently hosted a round table, bringing together some of the leading disputes specialists. Richard Lloyd reports
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Going solo/Eine kleine Nachtmusik
In a two-part Austria special, Becky Pritchard looks at the success of boutique spin-offs from the larger law firms in Vienna
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Worlds colliding
Julian Matteucci analyses recent developments in key offshore jurisdictions, where the leading law firms remain upbeat following the new AIFM Directive
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