Not ‘looming’, the judiciary is already in crisis Legal Business If there was much to celebrate amid the continued rise of London as an international disputes centre at Legal Business‘…
The Legal 500 view on EMEA – more ways than ever to skin a cat Legal Business The shifting interests of international business are echoed in recent law firm moves across Europe, the Middle East and Africa…
The last word – Eurovision Legal Business To mark our inaugural Euro Elite report, management at leading independent firms give us their market views CO-OPERATION IS KEY…
Lloyds offers bonus for help filling senior legal roles amid shake-up Legal Business Unease over department restructuring continues Lloyds Banking Group is pushing an incentive scheme to its lawyers to secure new recruits…
Revealed: SFO records £2.1m spend on Forex investigation Legal Business External legal spend hits £330k on dropped inquiry Having closed its investigation earlier this year due to ‘lack of evidence’,…
Bankrupted Russian oligarch wins injunction barring Dechert from acting in $180m dispute Legal Business A High Court judge has ruled Dechert was wrong on the law relating to legal privilege, barring it from acting…
Barclays to extend value accounts framework as part of latest panel review Legal Business More firms set to repay bank if targets missed Barclays is planning to extend the value account system it introduced…
Pearson kicks off second US panel review after finalising litigation roster Legal Business Launch of US corporate review follows UK panel selection Pearson, the largest education company and book publisher in the world,…
Client-facing pitch sees corporate star Jacobs take Linklaters senior partner role Legal Business Pitching himself as an outward-facing leader has paid off for Linklaters M&A heavyweight Charlie Jacobs (pictured), who won the firm’s…
Financial reporting season kicks off: strong growth for OC, Forsters, TLT and Browne Jacobson Legal Business The fashion is for UK firms to announce good results early and first out of the blocks this year have…
DLA to cut 200 UK jobs as global firms trim support roles Legal Business Norton Rose and Dentons follow suit as offshoring takes flight DLA Piper is to cut 200 business support jobs in…
Associate pay up across Magic Circle as Freshfields wraps bonuses into base salaries Legal Business NQs at Freshfields receiving £17.5k extra Newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have received the largest bump in pay…
The rise of the lawyer statesman – A new vision for general counsel Legal Business In the closing address of the 2016 Enterprise GC summit, GE veteran Ben Heineman laid out his vision for general…
Magic Circle chase Chinese law as Linklaters launches Shanghai spin-off Legal Business The decision by Linklaters to spin off part of its Shanghai office in a bid to then merge with it…
Dentons opens in Munich and looks to Warsaw for back-office Legal Business Three NRF laterals boost German practice Dentons has targeted two more regions for European growth, launching an office in Munich…
Clyde & Co acts for Liberty House in bid to acquire Tata Steel’s UK assets Legal Business Clyde & Co is advising global metals group Liberty House Group, one of the key UK bidders looking to acquire…
Big month for renewables as Linklaters acts on offshore windfarms with combined worth £3.9bn Legal Business Linklaters has advised on the development and financing of the first two UK offshore wind projects to obtain financing under…
David made Goliath – Kerr on Bird & Bird’s re-invention as a leading global TMT shop Legal Business Victoria Young talks to veteran chief David Kerr about growing pains and going even more global There’s no doubt chief…
Client profile: Bjarne Tellmann, Pearson Legal Business The plain-speaking Pearson law chief on driving change and pulling up your role models Last month, Pearson’s high-profile senior vice…
Life during law: Apostolos Gkoutzinis, Shearman & Sterling Legal Business Describe myself in three words? Passionate, impatient and aspirational. I come from a small fishing town in northern Greece most…
