Deal watch: Corporate activity in July and August 2015 Legal Business PEARSON TURNS TO FRESHFIELDS ON SUMMER FT AND ECONOMIST SELL-OFF Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Pearson twice over the summer. The…
Greenberg makes a splash in Europe after two mass summer hires in Berlin and Warsaw Legal Business Greenberg Traurig has made a concerted push into Europe this summer. Having recruited a 12-lawyer real estate team in May…
The wellness crisis for in-house counsel – you must sort it out Legal Business Paul Gilbert argues that general counsel’s failure to act as a team has heaped a rising burden on stressed in-house…
Case study: Allen & Overy Legal Business Amid a challenging year for London’s top firms, Allen & Overy (A&O) managed to hit its stride with revenue growth…
Case Study: Simmons & Simmons Legal Business Life for a financial services-heavy law firm competing with larger rivals was always going to be challenging after the banking…
Case study: Osborne Clarke Legal Business It was another strong performance from Legal Business’ 2015 Law Firm of the Year, Osborne Clarke (OC), which saw revenues…
Case study: Charles Russell Speechlys Legal Business ‘We have worked very hard since the outset to demonstrate that we are not simply a private client firm,’ says…
Deal machines – the resilience of Macfarlanes, Travers Smith and the mid-tier deal team Legal Business The forced obsolescence of Macfarlanes and Travers Smith as City-focused M&A teams has been as long predicted as it has…
KWM to smash lockstep pay limits for star partners as war for talent rages Legal Business With its City rivals increasingly breaking their remuneration models for star hires, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has created a…
News in brief – September 2015 Legal Business BAKERS’ 2014/15 FINANCIALS SEE FIRM SLIP BEHIND DLA Baker & McKenzie revealed it generated $2.43bn in the year to 30…
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…
Guest post: Sir John! Sir John! Are we there yet? – lawyerly interventions on Iraq Legal Business One of the absurdities of this year’s ‘silly season’ has been another of Britain’s periodic bouts of Chilcot-bashing. When there’s…
Beating ‘Friday afternoon’ fraud Legal Business Sophisticated criminals are increasingly targeting firms of solicitors with so-called ‘Friday afternoon’ frauds. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) reported in…
Hacked off with cyber risk? You may be… Legal Business Carter Perry Bailey’s Mark Aizlewood and Simon Thomas highlight the threat to law firms. At the time of writing, news…
PwC Legal targets £100m turnover by 2018 as revenues rise 15% Legal Business PwC Legal has performed solidly for the financial year ending 30 June 2015 with revenue rising 15% to £41m, while…
Clifford Chance bolsters City disputes practice with Debevoise public law specialist Legal Business Having endured a spate of high profile departures from its corporate offering in recent years, Clifford Chance (CC) has made…
‘Difficult to see a principled basis for the distinction’: CJC calls for wholesale change of DBA rules Legal Business The Civil Justice Council has recommended a raft of changes in a bid to increase the number of law firms…
New endeavours: Olswang former head of corporate exits after 15 years as firm reveals new C-suite to boost growth Legal Business Olswang has had its fair share of departures these last 12 months with its former head of corporate Fabrizio Carpanini…
Linklaters finance partner Irvine heads to Kirkland in latest exit from Hong Kong office Legal Business For the third time this year and dealing a blow to Linklaters‘ Asian objectives, Kirkland & Ellis has recruited from…
Jenner & Block hires White & Case’s Charlie Lightfoot to front London launch Legal Business As Jenner & Block ramps up its City presence, the US litigation firm has hired White & Case partner Charlie…
