Scots firms in the mix as Pernod Ricard refreshes UK legal panel Legal Business Spirits maker Pernod Ricard has appointed a mix of firms, including a handful of Scottish indies, to its refreshed UK…
New Law enters the big league: Lawyers On Demand 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…
Merger take-three: Freshfields and Linklaters advise as LSE and Deutsche Börse re-visit talks Legal Business Nearly 16 years since talks first began, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and German rival Deutsche Börse are engaged in…
Guest post: Brexit analysis – Why the real danger to Parliamentary sovereignty isn’t Europe Legal Business As we await David Cameron’s sovereignty plan this week, it might help to explain what we mean by ‘Parliamentary sovereignty’.
KPMG defeats judicial review challenge in Barclays swap case Legal Business Accountancy giant KPMG has triumphed at London’s High Court today (24 February) after an unprecedented judicial review taken by Holmcroft…
Guest post: How law firms benefit when laterals don’t fit in Legal Business Much has been written recently about the need for law firms to integrate laterals more effectively. One need only search…
Latham prepares sixth Asia office as it signs property lease for Seoul Legal Business Within a year of reviewing its Asia strategy, Latham & Watkins is set to join the mass of law firms…
Revenues up 6% at Debevoise as London breaks $100m barrier Legal Business Debevoise & Plimpton ended a period of slow growth by posting a 6% rise in revenue to $756.9m as profits…
Germany and east Asia next targets as Gowling WLG merger made official Legal Business As the combination between Wragge Lawrence Graham and Gowling Lafleur Henderson to create a £400m practice has gone live today…
Revolving doors: Multiple hires for Mayer Brown, as Pinsents, Cooley and Jones Day make appointments Legal Business US firm Mayer Brown has made a number of lateral hires this week as Pinsent Masons, Cooley and Jones Day…
Magic Circle play: Dentons hires Clifford Chance veteran Voisey Legal Business Dentons continues to build its City offering through lateral recruitment, confirming the hire of Clifford Chance (CC) senior capital markets…
Uneasy alliance formed as Gove and Grayling have meeting of minds over Brexit Legal Business After months of speculation regarding which senior Conservative figures will campaign for the UK to leave the EU, the current…
Better connected: EE legal head reveals plans in wake of telco merger Legal Business Following BT’s high-profile £12.5bn takeover of UK mobile business EE, it has emerged the companies’ plan to consolidate external legal…
KWM global revenue drops 1% as firm unveils 2020 strategy and restructures London practice Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) global revenue dropped 1% to $1.02bn in 2015 as the Hong Kong-headquartered firm unveiled a…
City showdown: US firms take roles as Russia and Ukraine’s $3bn debt dispute heads to London court Legal Business City lawyers at US firms Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan are to face off…
Land Securities to launch panel review following de Souza departure Legal Business FTSE 100 company Land Securities has kicked off a panel review of its external legal roster now that the current…
DLA Piper’s Knowles to retire after 38 years at the firm Legal Business Sir Nigel Knowles (pictured) will retire from DLA Piper at the end of June after nearly four decades at the…
Trainee retention: Perfect scores for Osborne Clarke and Mayer Brown as White & Case figure falls Legal Business Osborne Clarke and Mayer Brown have posted perfect spring retention figures this year, while White & Case’s rate dropped to 87%.
US financials: White & Case in growth mode while revenues up 1% Legal Business US firm White & Case has reported flat revenues for 2015, ticking up 1%, while the firm improved partnership and fee…
Guest post: Legal lobby turf wars – what is the Law Society doing for you? Legal Business It is not a massive exaggeration to say that the Law Society will be fighting for its existence in the…
