RBS dispute: Mishcon de Reya instructed as Lloyds Bank claimants break away from shareholder group Legal Business Several Lloyds Banking Group institutional clients have instructed Mishcon de Reya after breaking away from the shareholder action group involved…
Linklaters makes first US lateral hire in two years with Baker’s New York litigation chief Legal Business Linklaters has made a statement of intent in New York by hiring Baker & McKenzie’s Manhattan litigation head Douglas Tween,…
Guest post: Why law firms need to be good at what they’re for Legal Business I’m currently preparing a webinar on getting and using feedback. It’s not a new subject – either to you or…
Tale of two strategies: Cleary Gottlieb passes on London again as White & Case promotes heavily in the City Legal Business Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has made up seven partners across its global network with London missing out for the…
Middle East moves: Herbert Smith Freehills to reopen in Saudi Arabia Legal Business Four months after shutting down its Abu Dhabi office and two years after terminating its association with a Saudi Arabian…
Herbert Smith counters Thierbach loss with King & Spalding hire Legal Business Just over a month since news broke that its high-profile capital markets head Steve Thierbach was leaving, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has…
Heir to the throne: deputy head Booth to succeed King as Crown Estate GC Legal Business The Crown Estate has today (26 October) announced its head of legal Rob Booth, will succeed high-profile director of business…
Freshfields to double office space in Manchester as low-cost services site in Salford confirmed Legal Business Having taken its first step toward offering alternative legal services to clients earlier this year, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has selected…
Clyde & Co continues arbitration push with Berwin Leighton Paisner hire Legal Business Clyde & Co has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner’s co-head of arbitration and energy specialist Richard Power as it continues to…
So much for the Global Law Summit – Gove floats £60m-plus tax on City law firms to fund criminal courts Legal Business New Justice secretary Michael Gove is set for a tussle with City lawyers after floating a plan to impose a…
Hogan Lovells wins landmark judgment in Ablyazov Supreme Court fraud case Legal Business Hogan Lovells has won a landmark judgment for its client BTA Bank in one of the largest fraud trials ever…
Value added: report rebuffs presumptions about judicial review Legal Business While UK Prime Minister David Cameron has led a recent attack over judicial review decisions and the cost of the…
Macfarlanes taps Ashurst for another real estate hire Legal Business With Macfarlanes having a made a virtue of broadening its service lines post-recession to contribute to its impressive financial performance…
U-turn: White & Case’s LLP reverses the trend with UK/Africa offices posting 12% rise in turnover Legal Business White & Case‘s most recent limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts filed at Companies House show turnover at its UK and…
Guest post: Out of the shadows: are institutional clients influencing lawyers to the detriment of others? Legal Business Steven Vaughan and Claire Coe have conducted a study of senior commercial lawyers for – but independent of – the…
Herbert Smith Freehills launches first African office with Johannesburg opening Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has become the latest firm to launch in Africa with a four-partner office opening in Johannesburg.
Linklaters cashes in on Chinese bond sales with central bank’s international debut Legal Business The capital markets team at Magic Circle firm Linklaters has secured four bond issue mandates from Chinese banks as China’s…
Guest post: introducing The Legal 500 Client Intelligence Report Legal Business The world’s largest legal market survey is now live. Following months of data collection, research, interviewing and analysis, the Client…
Guest post: Selling the bill – a method to help lawyers get rid of write-offs Legal Business A few years ago the managing partner of a mid-sized London firm said to me ‘The most important role a…
King & Spalding’s London revenues up 16% as legal headcount lifted by 40% Legal Business Revenue at the London branch of US firm King & Spalding (K&S) surged 16% to £27.2m in 2014 as the firm…
