Access to Asia: RPC seals Singapore tie-up as it targets banking litigation Legal Business UK law firm RPC has agreed a tie-up with Singapore firm Premier Law as it seeks out claims against the…
SFO fails to secure convictions of six City brokers in Libor case Legal Business Constituting a major blow to the Serious Fraud Office, a UK jury has acquitted six City brokers who were alleged…
Guest post: Do companies have a duty to avoid taxes? Legal Business Here’s a transaction that did the rounds some years ago. If I wanted some foreign exchange in the future I…
Growth mode: Kennedys bolts-on US law capability with local hires and forms fifth LatAm alliance Legal Business Kennedys has made two local partner hires in Miami in a move which will allow the firm to practice US…
Freshfields top-paid member takes home £3.2m in 2015, 68% more than year before Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer‘s highest-paid LLP member took home 68% more last year, pocketing £3.2m at the end of the 2014/15…
Legal aid u-turn: Gove scraps two-tier contract regime Legal Business More than two years after the government announced a wave of cuts to legal aid contracts, followed by continued calls…
King & Wood Mallesons opens Cambridge near-shoring office Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is to launch an office in Cambridge which will initially house a real estate team,…
RBS plans ‘clean up’ and sets aside £2bn for PPI claims and US litigation Legal Business The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has warned it will report its eighth successive full-year loss this year as it…
‘Grave concerns’: Senior judges blast government over court fees Legal Business Three of the nation’s most senior civil judges appeared before the justice committee of the House of Commons yesterday and…
Linklaters and HSF land roles as Aussie pension fund ups stake in £5bn King’s Cross redevelopment Legal Business As pension, sovereign and private equity funds rush to invest in prime London real estate, Linklaters has picked up a…
Latham takes another private equity partner from the Magic Circle as Linklaters’ Traugott departs Legal Business US firm Latham & Watkins has hired Linklaters‘ German head of private equity Rainer Traugott as it continues its aggressive…
News UK recruits Kingsley Napley partner McBride as general counsel Legal Business Rupert Murdoch-owned media giant News UK has recruited high-profile Kingsley Napley partner Angus McBride as its general counsel (GC), just…
Slater & Gordon plans closure of two UK offices Legal Business Months after the UK government announced unexpected personal injury reforms, Slater & Gordon is consulting on the closure of two…
Colt Group legal chief Saphra departs following structural review Legal Business Colt Group’s longstanding group general counsel Robin Saphra (pictured) has left the company following an internal structural review. He is…
Irwin Mitchell top earner pay falls as employee costs up 7%, accounts reveal Legal Business LB25 firm Irwin Mitchell has slashed the amount given to its highest paid earner by 30% from £1.22m to £849,000,…
Revolving doors: Withers and Watson Farley make City hires as A&O boosts Frankfurt and New York practices Legal Business In a busy week for lateral hires, Withers and Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) have made appointments in the City…
High Court cases against law firms down 47% in a year Legal Business The post-financial crisis wave of professional negligence suits against law firms appears to have passed, as RPC figures show a…
‘This is going to blow up’: tensions rise between the Law Society and the SRA as regulator seeks formal split Legal Business The ongoing dispute between the Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has escalated after a row broke out…
RSA group GC Walsh to depart as rising star Heiss appointed legal chief Legal Business Insurance giant RSA’s longstanding group general counsel and company secretary Derek Walsh (pictured) is to leave the company at the…
Macfarlanes sticks by management duo, reappointing Martin and Howard until 2020 Legal Business In a conspicuously early move demonstrating confidence in its leadership, the partnership at Macfarlanes has re-appointed Charles Martin (pictured) and…
