Q&A: CMS Cameron McKenna managing partner Weston on ‘making sure high quality firms understand what CMS is’ Legal Business With an election for the top leadership job looming at CMS Cameron McKenna, the firm’s incumbent managing partner Duncan Weston…
Comment: Momentum – the little-discussed magic that can lead to big success Legal Business Momentum versus quality. That’s the question for the upper reaches of the legal industry that is never on the lips…
‘A broad-based City professional services firm’: RPC breaks into insurance and financial consulting with software business buy Legal Business In a move to widen it offering to its insurance clients, RPC’s consulting arm has branched out from a legal…
Slaughter and May’s trainee retention slips to 89% for 2015 autumn intake Legal Business The first Magic Circle to report its trainee intake numbers for autumn 2015, Slaughter and May has revealed it is…
Judiciary watchdog sees complaints rise by 20% in first year of new discipline regime Legal Business The annual report issued by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) has seen the number of complaints made against judicial…
Gateley plc’s first trading statement reveals 10% revenue bump for 2014/15 Legal Business Following its recent landmark move to become the UK’s first listed law firm, West Midlands-based Gateley has stated in its…
Morgan Lewis continues City ramp-up with DLA Piper’s head of funds Legal Business US firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has bolstered its funds practice as it continues to build its City presence with DLA Piper’s…
KWM hires Nabarro’s former head of financial services regulation to support real estate and PE push Legal Business In a ‘sign to the market of our commitment to grow our private equity practice’, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM)…
Strategy reversal sees Winston & Strawn shut 22-year old Geneva office to focus on London and Paris Legal Business After more than two decades operating in the Swiss city, Winston & Strawn is to shut its Geneva office at the…
MoJ looks to shut one fifth of courts across England and Wales as reform consultation kicks off Legal Business The Minstry of Justice (MoJ) has launched a consultation on plans to close one fifth of courts and tribunals across England…
Guest post: Solicitors are lawyers too, Mr Gove – what the Lord Chancellor needs to remember Legal Business Michael Gove’s performance before the justice select committee on Wednesday was a skilful one. Thoughtful, reasonable, non-dogmatic – two months…
WilmerHale review set to shut City branch to refocus on Mayfair arbitration team Legal Business Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is set to close one of its two London offices, with its 10-lawyer transactional…
Bird & Bird’s turnover climbs 6% to €325.5m but stays flat in sterling Legal Business Tech specialist Bird & Bird, despite stating that it has faced ‘challenging economic conditions in many of our major markets’,…
Legal Services Act to be reviewed as Gove says regulators are in danger of ‘falling over each other’s feet’ Legal Business In an appearance in front of the Justice Select Committee this morning [15 July], Lord Chancellor Michael Gove (pictured) has…
Shearman boosts arbitration practice with partner hires in London and Hong Kong Legal Business In a fillip to its international arbitration practice, Shearman & Sterling has hired the US Department of State’s Jeremy Sharpe (pictured) in London…
‘We need to harness the best of our people to really drive profitability’: DLA Piper appoints its first UK managing partner from the regions Legal Business Birmingham-based Sandra Wallace (pictured) has been appointed DLA Piper’s next UK managing partner, the first time that the position has…
‘The BSB needs to be unafraid to be radical’: Bar regulator looks to overhaul training Legal Business The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is looking to carry out the ‘most sweeping reforms to Bar training in a generation’…
Greenberg Traurig lands Olswang’s Berlin office to open in Germany Legal Business Greenberg Traurig has launched its first office in Germany with the mass hire of Olswang’s 50-strong lawyer team in Berlin.
Getting a grip on the ‘slippery ladder’ – Reed Smith’s Tamara Box on women and law Legal Business Imagine, in sequence, a football player, a surveyor, a figure skater and a managing partner of a law firm –…
Revolving doors: Magic Circle duo lose international players while Morgan Lewis continues City advance Legal Business The past week has seen Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance (CC) lose senior lawyers internationally as Morgan Lewis…
