Mishcon, A&O and Matthew Arnold Baldwin win places as The Co-op Bank unveils 11-strong inaugural legal panel Legal Business The Co-operative Bank has appointed 11 firms to form its legal supplier panel with firms including Clifford Chance (CC) and Pinsent Masons…
Justice Eder returns to Essex Court after early retirement from the bench Legal Business Having taken early retirement from the bench in April after just four years of service, former High Court judge Sir…
Going Dutch: Taylor Wessing hooks up with former EY Law outfit in the Netherlands Legal Business Taylor Wessing has today [1 September] announced it has merged with Dutch firm Deterink, gaining offices in Amsterdam and Eindhoven…
‘Of strategic importance’: Dechert enters Saudi Arabia with Hassan Mahassni association as Shearman opens in Dubai Legal Business After Saudi Arabia’s liberalisation of its capital markets, Dechert has established a presence in the Kingdom by forming an association…
Keep calm and call counsel Legal Business ‘There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.’ So said former US diplomat and politician Henry…
The sum of its parts – Charles Handy and the human factor Legal Business Charles Handy is often mistakenly claimed as a homegrown British management guru. He’s actually Irish, but he did spend most…
What did you do when you weren’t at the office today? Legal Business In the last few months I’ve been involved in a number of roundtable discussions, World Café events, advisory boards, awards…
GC reads… Covering – The Hidden Assault On Our Civil Rights Legal Business NYU School of Law professor Kenji Yoshino’s Covering makes the impassioned argument that despite the enshrinement of equality in the…
Fight for your rights Legal Business Nina Macpherson (NM): We are a truly global company and, as such, we do business in more or less every country…
Cutting out corruption Legal Business Once upon a time, in a country far, far away, there was a local tax official. He approached the local…
In-house life: Marek Szydłowski, TVN Group Legal Business Every day at TVN is different. Not a lot of it is spent on practising law, although when that happens,…
Legal fusion Legal Business GC: Schneider has been acquisitive over the last few years. In terms of the core legal team, what challenges does that…
Creating a fun and interesting compliance programme – Pernod Ricard tells us how Legal Business The compliance stakes are climbing higher and higher for global companies. Over the past few years, French companies in particular…
Private equity: the equity of in-house Legal Business It happens in every private equity deal; private equity firms engage outside legal counsel to conduct extensive pre-acquisition due diligence.…
Focus on… RPC Legal Business Along the way, RPC has taken on an increasingly international focus, making strategic headway into Asia and beyond, building on…
GC Powerlist: Middle East Legal Business The Middle East is never boring. The West has long been fascinated by its geo-strategic importance and abundant oil and…
Revolving doors: Global 100 firms expand in Europe as Hill Dickinson hires a captain Legal Business Last week saw Global 100 firms building their presence in Europe, with White & Case bolstering its private equity (PE)…
Winning work: Freshfields takes Slaughters’ place as government cuts its stake in Lloyds Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has stolen a march on rival Slaughter and May after winning the role representing the UK government…
Dealwatch: Weil and White & Case lead on Ukraine’s $18bn debt restructure Legal Business London teams at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and White & Case were selected as the lead advisers as Ukraine struck…
Slater & Gordon sets sights on Global 100 in 2016 as revenues hit A$522m Legal Business Slater & Gordon has published its financial results for the year to 30 June 2015, recording a 27% increase in…
