Welcome to lawyerland Legal Business Recently, one of my colleagues who works in Kolmar’s treasury department asked me whether I liked being a lawyer. I…
Flying solo Legal Business Ten months ago Tim Slotover became the master of his own destiny, creating his own legal services business in the…
The linkedin legal department – pushing the boundaries Legal Business GC: Some of the issues faced by a company such as yours are literally untested – how do you begin…
Learning how to be good from the ‘bad’ guys Legal Business Once upon a time in New Mexico, there was a lawyer who was really, really good, or really, really bad,…
Here be dragons: starting a legal function from scratch Legal Business In the Middle Ages, map makers would often depict a place where ships could sail off the end of the…
The dark side of the moon Legal Business Most of you can shut your eyes and easily visualise the moon. You’d be able to ‘see’ the ‘face’, the…
In-house got talent? Bay area GCs on hiring Legal Business People go in-house for a variety of reasons, such as wanting to be more involved on the business side, and…
Playing it forward: team structure and motivation Legal Business Building structure Catherine McGregor: How does department structure impact on the motivation and incentives of your staff and direct reports?
In-house life – Leslie Zhang Cnooc Legal Business My team primarily provides legal services to the largest-scale commercial transactions, bond and securities issues, divestitures, joint ventures and M&A.…
Revolving Doors: Hill Dickinson makes a double hire to its real estate team while Hogan Lovells makes a key lateral in New York Legal Business The past seven days have seen Hogan Lovells make a key arbitration hire in New York, Jones Day make a…
Law firms set to downsize offices as profession faces 4.9m sq ft of lease events in London by 2021 Legal Business The legal profession is set to see a spate of downsizing of its real estate holdings according to CBRE’s Professional…
Gateley valued at £100m as it reveals first investors in landmark IPO Legal Business Documents filed at the London Stock Exchange today (29 May) reveal West Midlands firm Gateley is aiming for a £100m valuation and…
Significant mandates: JTI turns to Freshfields in latest tobacco challenge to plain cigarette packaging Legal Business The latest firm to win work challenging the UK government’s decision to introduce plain cigarette packaging, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Tom…
KWM suffers another corporate exit in the City as Woollard leaves for Paul Hastings Legal Business Duncan Woollard has become the latest private equity partner to leave King & Wood Mallesons, heading for Paul Hastings to…
95p to own a share of Gateley: Firm targets 8 June for admission onto AIM Legal Business Gateley has set 8 June as its expected admission date onto the AIM listing, giving it little over a week…
Hogan Lovells expands Frankfurt office with senior Skadden PE partner Jaletzke and lawyer duo Legal Business Hogan Lovells has bolstered its German operations with senior corporate partner Matthias Jaletzke, who counts Apax Partners among his clients,…
After two year investigation, the trial of Dewey’s senior management kicks off with contest over the cause of the firm’s collapse Legal Business The long-awaited trial against three former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives, which will in part probe the causes behind the largest…
Dealwatch: US firms line up on the $55bn takeover of Time Warner Cable Legal Business In one of the largest M&A deals so far this year, US law firms continued to show their dominance of…
Shearman maintains NQ salary gap with Magic Circle as pay rises 6% to £88,000 while trainees get 15% boost Legal Business The first US firm to release its London salaries for the new financial year, Shearman & Sterling has maintained the…
Guest post: Warning signs – Who’s to blame when commoditised legal services go wrong? Legal Business The recent Court of Appeal decision in Proctor v Raleys [2015] EWCA Civ 400 raises the interesting question as to…
