Consolidation in the City: Hogan Lovells mulls moving headquarters Legal Business Hogan Lovells has called on real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield to find the firm 350,000 sq ft of office…
Media matters: CC, Kirkland and Jones Day act on $1.56bn Informa bid for US publisher Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC), Kirkland & Ellis and Jones Day have all won mandates on FTSE 100 publishing company Informa’s $1.56bn…
Paul Hastings adds another City heavyweight as Ashurst is hit again Legal Business Paul Hastings has continued to strengthen its burgeoning City practice with yet another high-profile lateral hire, this time taking respected…
Squires to hold leadership election as European managing partner Crossley prepares to step down Legal Business A leadership battle at Squire Patton Boggs will take place as long-standing leader Peter Crossley has confirmed he will step…
Slaughters latest to pilot AI technology in deal with Autonomy founder Mike Lynch Legal Business Slaughter and May has teamed up with Luminance, which is being backed by Autonomy founder Mike Lynch’s investment fund, to…
Kirkland acquires litigation boutique to bolster US Supreme Court practice Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has bolstered its US appeal court credentials with its latest heavyweight lateral hires, bringing in former US…
Hewlett Packard successor firm launches first panel review Legal Business HP Inc, the largest successor company of Hewlett Packard, has launched a global law firm panel review.
Six judges get bumped up to Court of Appeal Legal Business Six High Court judges have been promoted to the Court of Appeal including well-regarded Commercial Court judge Mr Justice…
RPC Consulting targets £50m turnover in plans to challenge Big Four Legal Business RPC‘s insurance management consulting arm is pursuing significant expansion as it bids to hit a £50m turnover target within the…
Herbert Smith Freehills sues client San Leon over £500k legal bill Legal Business Often considered a risky move for a law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has successfully sued longstanding client San Leon…
A change at the top: Cleary elects Michael Gerstenzang managing partner Legal Business Elite New York firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has elected Michael Gerstenzang as its next managing partner.
Slaughters and Debevoise take sides as HarbourVest makes hostile bid for SVG Capital Legal Business Slaughter and May has won repeat work for SVG Capital as the private equity house faces a £1bn hostile takeover…
A unified approach: LSB proposes scrapping the SRA in favour of one all-powerful legal regulator Legal Business The Legal Services Board (LSB) has proposed an overhaul of legal services regulation that it hopes will bring about its…
Freshfields lands Eversheds head of international arbitration in rare City lateral Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has landed Will Thomas (pictured), Eversheds’ head of international arbitration, in a rare lateral hire in the…
Quinn Emanuel in talks to take on Shearman’s Brussels partnership Legal Business Disputes leader Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is in talks to hire a team from Shearman & Sterling’s Brussels arm,…
Brexit: a pragmatic position for the worried managing partner Legal Business Theresa May’s claim from the distant history of July that ‘Brexit means Brexit’ has already become famous for answering nothing…
The new risk front for GCs – nearly half of contracts have human rights clauses, LB research finds Legal Business When John Ruggie began his mandate as chief architect of the UN Global Compact in 2000, fewer than 100 of…
The IT crowd: Travers, Kirkland and Freshfields line up as Micro Focus seals $8.8bn HP deal Legal Business Travers Smith and Kirkland & Ellis have teamed up to advise UK tech firm Micro Focus on its $8.8bn deal…
Linklaters City corporate head Stuart Bedford quits to join LeapFrog Investments Legal Business Stuart Bedford, former City corporate head at Linklaters, is set to join emerging markets private equity house LeapFrog Investments as…
The LB100 – A thousand lawyer millionaires and the at-a-glance picture on partner earnings Legal Business It is a well-established point in the legal industry that while much attention is paid to profits per equity partner…
