Tokyo deal wave anticipated following SoftBank’s £24.3bn ARM takeover Legal Business Lawyers working on the £24.3bn ARM Holdings takeover by Tokyo-based telecoms group SoftBank expect more M&A deals to come out…
A Brexit veto? The best-laid plans for Scotland’s future in the UK and in the EU Legal Business Brodies’ Christine O’Neill looks at the constitutional and legal position north of the border It might be premature to say…
The Last Word – Place your bets Legal Business ‘People want to be in a firm that is winning better work and achieving better results. There’s been a shift…
The Legal Business 100 2016 Legal Business Menu The LB100: The top 25 – In a spin Case study: Berwin Leighton Paisner Case study: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in July and August 2016 Legal Business US ELITE LEAD AS VERIZON TAKES YAHOO! FOR $4.8BN Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &…
The Italian job: Dentons opens in Rome a year after Milan launch Legal Business With its sights currently set on deepening its European coverage, Dentons has expanded its presence in Italy by opening an…
White & Case pulls off £20m team hire with HSF Asia project finance group Legal Business US firm White & Case has landed a 10-partner project finance team from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), led by the…
Case study: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Legal Business By some margin the strongest-performing Magic Circle firm for the 2015/16 year, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer posted 7% revenue growth from…
Case study: Berwin Leighton Paisner Legal Business Had merger talks earlier this year with Miami-based Global 100 firm, Greenberg Traurig, been successful, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) would…
Case study: Mishcon de Reya Legal Business The standout performer from this year’s second 25 is once again Mishcon de Reya which, along with Macfarlanes, has been…
Case study: TLT Legal Business ‘We want to be a top 50 law firm. We have the trappings, but we’re not quite there yet.’ So…
Case study: Bond Dickinson Legal Business National player Bond Dickinson had a disappointing year financially, with turnover down 3% to £104m, while profit per equity partner…
Going long: a ten-year view of the LB100 Legal Business While headline figures for revenue, profit and headcount in this year’s LB100 confirm another year of subdued trading, a look…
SABMiller legal team faces autumn redundancies as £79bn AB InBev deal closes Legal Business As brewing giant SABMiller’s global general counsel (GC) John Davidson prepares to stand down in 2017, up to 35 staff…
Freshfields acts for Apple as tech giant looks to appeal €13bn EU tax ruling Legal Business Apple has turned to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as it looks to appeal the European Commission’s ruling it must pay €13bn…
‘Huge opportunities’: CMS launches in Hong Kong in Asia arbitration play Legal Business International law firm grouping CMS has today (1 September) opened in Hong Kong through its German arm CMS Hasche Sigle,…
Tamara Box takes the reins of Reed Smith’s European practice in management restructure Legal Business Reed Smith has carved up Roger Parker’s role as managing partner for Europe, the Middle East and Asia, with London…
The changing talent economy in sub-saharan Africa Legal Business Since the turn of the millennium, Africa has been a hotbed for foreign investment activity. As China’s ‘Go Out’ investment…
Zurich trailblazers Legal Business GC Magazine was excited to host the second in its cutting-edge events series, Trailblazers, in Zurich on 8 June 2016. Once…
