Latham and Weil Gotshal advise as CVC takes majority stake in betting firm Tipico Legal Business Latham & Watkins and Weil, Gotshal & Manges landed leading roles on the sale of a majority stake in Germany’s…
High Court judges’ pay rises rejected despite recruitment levels falling Legal Business Despite warnings of poor morale at the judiciary coupled with flailing levels of recruitment, the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB)…
Revolving Doors: Freshfields, Dentons and Pinsents make key hires as Uber and Callcredit build in-house teams Legal Business Following a string of seven recent hires to its Advanced Manufacturing and Technology (AMT) sector, Pinsent Masons has boosted its…
GC Perspectives – Philip Bramwell, BAE Systems Legal Business I’m of an age where I form part of a group of lawyers who elected to pursue careers in-house from…
Herbert Smith Freehills evens out international balance in latest partner promotion round Legal Business After two years of having the bulk of its promotions in the Asia-Pacific region, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has gone…
Told you so: City litigators unsurprised as MoJ requests £427m cash injection following drop in court claims Legal Business In line with what many dispute experts predicted, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has requested a cash injection after seeing…
White & Case secures victory for Russia as Dutch court overturns record $50bn Yukos award Legal Business A Dutch court has set aside the record $50bn arbitration award made against Russia in 2014 over its handling of…
Report hits out at Freshfields and SRA involvement in ScottishPower scandal Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have been criticised in a parliamentary report into ScottishPower’s ‘cashback guarantee’…
Ashurst loses another partner to Gibson Dunn as Perry quits Legal Business Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has revisited Ashurst for yet another lateral hire, appointing financial institutions partner James Perry.
‘An important victory’: Travers Smith gets another Tchenguiz claim dismissed Legal Business Travers Smith has secured a win against British entrepreneur Vincent Tchenguiz, as a Commercial Court judge dismissed a £2.2bn claim…
Comment: GCs have scraped a seat at the table but too many are wasting the opportunity Legal Business Barclays, Volkswagen and Tesco are three massive businesses in three significant, sophisticated and important business sectors. Each one of these…
Clyde & Co makes up 16 partners in half-female promotion round Legal Business Clyde & Co has announced a record number of promotions, adding 16 new partners, half of whom are women.
Guest post: How to write like a lawyer Legal Business Writing properly florid legal text takes years of practice. No-one enjoys reading it: not even the curmudgeon who has taken…
Comment: Why one-stop shopping isn’t doing what it was supposed to Legal Business Sometimes in business what you correctly forecast can prove as problematic as what you get wrong. Because even when you…
Clifford Chance rebuilds competition team with plum hire from the CMA Legal Business Just one week after losing star competition partner Alastair Mordaunt to Magic Circle rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance has…
Weightmans and DAC Beachcroft reappointed as North West local authorities finalise £10m panel Legal Business DAC Beachcroft, Hill Dickinson, Weightmans, and Geldards have been appointed as partners on the North West Legal Consortium’s £10m legal…
‘The ideal platform’: Stevens & Bolton shows award-winning credentials with senior CC partner hire Legal Business Legal Business‘ National/Regional Firm of the Year, Stevens & Bolton, has underlined its ability to offer City levels of expertise…
Linklaters ramps up City promotions as 24 make partner Legal Business Magic Circle firm Linklaters has made up 10 partners from its Silk Street headquarters amid a 24-strong round.
Revolving doors: Pinsent Masons makes board appointments as BLP and Mayer Brown make City hires Legal Business In a busy week for City hires, Pinsent Masons, BLP and Mayer Brown have made key appointments, as DWF, Irwin…
Trainee retention: Pinsent Masons posts ‘disappointing’ 50% rate as Norton Rose, Ashurst release figures Legal Business In the latest run of trainee retention rate releases, Pinsent Masons has recorded a ‘disappointing’ rate of 50% of its…
