Shearman hires Freshfields head of telecoms Miller in push to broaden City M&A offering Legal Business Shearman & Sterling has hired Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s co-head of telecoms, media and technology, Frank Miller, as the firm bids…
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Professional Indemnity – There may be trouble ahead Legal Business It feels like 2014 again as the SRA pushes for an upheaval to the PII market amid benign conditions for…
Forget the trusted adviser – the sacred cows of the modern GC Legal Business As an opinionated and jaded observer of the legal industry, it’s rare I read commentary so on point that it…
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KWM launches ‘global partner’ programme to secure star recruits Legal Business With its City rivals increasingly breaking their remuneration models for star hires, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has created a…
DLA Piper launches new sector strategy Legal Business Global law giant DLA Piper has launched a seven-sector strategy as the firm bids to sharpen its focus from its…
Latest hires boost Fried Frank’s bold City expansion plans under Graham White Legal Business Former Kirkland & Ellis de facto London head Graham White has experience in building City practices and almost a year…
Hard graft – The pan-Europe bribery crackdown Legal Business As European agencies turn up the heat on bribery and corruption, we team up with Simmons & Simmons to assess…
The Last Word: Through the looking glass Legal Business From a successful UK focus to consolidation, LB100 management figures give their reflections on the market So far so good…
LB100 2015: Methodology and notes Legal Business LB100 LAW FIRMS The firms that appear in the Legal Business 100 (LB100) are the top 100 firms in the…
The LB 100 2015 – Through the looking glass Legal Business Menu The Top 25 – The world turned upside down Case study: Allen & Overy Case Study: Simmons & Simmons…
Life during law: Peter Crossley, Squire Patton Boggs Legal Business I started life in South Africa mainly doing crime and divorce. Knowing something about criminal law, and the cut and…
The Finance View: Bigger, simpler, cheaper? How to position the modern securitisation counsel Legal Business Michael West assesses the impact of the ongoing rehabilitation of structured finance Securitisation lawyers have been hard pressed since the…
A&O and Freshfields win work on Bwin’s bidding battle Legal Business 888 looks set to strike £900m deal Deal lawyers took little respite over the summer as the traditional lull failed…
Host of Global 100 firms advise on Coke bottler’s $31bn three-way merger Legal Business Over ten firms were involved in the complex cross-border merger that saw three of The Coca-Cola Company’s bottlers unite to…
