Straight to the source Legal Business Twenty years ago the idea of any person instructing the Bar other than a private practice solicitor was frowned upon.…
Passion plays Legal Business Working long hours, expected to be available at all hours, and labelled a cost-centre. Such are the pressures of life…
Goodbye nine to five Legal Business In June 2014 the government extended flexible working rights to more than 20 million employees across the UK in a…
Gove’s City levy kicked into long grass amid Treasury opposition Legal Business A tax on City lawyers floated by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to subsidise the criminal court system has been…
Squire makes up seven in the City in global promotions round Legal Business Squire Patton Boggs has promoted seven in the City in its latest global partnership round of 30, where it has…
Bird & Bird’s Kerr set to hit 23 years in charge following re-election Legal Business Tech firm Bird & Bird has reappointed its longstanding leader David Kerr (pictured) as its chief executive for a further…
The bigger short – third party funding bets on new markets and models Legal Business Historically confined to David vs Goliath claims, a new band of dispute funders are pushing the model into new frontiers.…
Too many reasonable men? What ails law firm leadership Legal Business As two of the most highly regarded leaders in the Square Mile – David Morley at Allen & Overy (A&O)…
Shell starts panel review as BG Group legal team undergoes post-acquisition restructure Legal Business Shell external roster set to dominate reconfigured in-house department Royal Dutch Shell has kicked off a review of its external…
Gove’s City levy kicked into long-grass amid Treasury opposition Legal Business A tax on City lawyers floated by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to subsidise the criminal court system has been…
Derivatives experience helps Ashurst join Magic Circle on Credit Suisse UK panel Legal Business Bank’s European in-house team reshuffled as GC Leistner departs A strong reputation for derivatives work has seen Ashurst selected to…
Mishcon de Reya launches e-discovery business Legal Business Firm aims to save clients up to 30% on disclosure Mishcon de Reya has launched a new venture with e-discovery…
KWM restructures London as Europe managing partner returns to full-time fee-earning Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is restructuring its London teams, which has delayed the election of a new European managing…
Legal freelancing enters the big league as LOD seals £25m merger with Australian firm Legal Business In the largest New Law merger to date, the UK’s biggest freelance lawyer service Lawyers On Demand (LOD) has sealed…
City firms line up on Asahi deal as SABMiller’s merger with AB InBev draws nearer Legal Business A&O, Freshfields and Hogan Lovells advise on €2.55bn sell-off In preparation for one of the largest corporate deals of the…
All change Down Under as Skadden closes Sydney office after 27 years Legal Business Clifford Chance sees senior exits as Clydes makes more hires in region The Australian market saw some of the world’s…
‘We needed to move on’: Why Fieldfisher has turned its back on the dating game Legal Business Victoria Young speaks to the management duo about the transformed mid-market player ‘We’ll be the first to admit the firm…
Client profile: Tom Melbye Eide, Royal Dutch Shell Legal Business The energy group’s upstream legal chief discusses general counsel’s role as a risk partner and that £47bn deal As BG…
Here we must run, just to stay in place – what it takes to be a law firm partner in 2016 Legal Business Macfarlanes’ Charles Martin reflects on the paradoxes facing the modern partner I confess the analogy is not perfect, but reflecting…
It’s high time we moved on – why legal education fails the key test Legal Business Nigel Savage argues that legal education is falling further behind the realities of the industry Let’s get this in context…
