Comment: Politics has changed – a high-stakes election for the nation and the City Legal Business On 7 May the nation faces one of the most unpredictable elections in recent history and one with high stakes…
White & Case makes ‘strategic step’ in Middle East push with CC’s regional capital markets head Legal Business White & Case has hired Clifford Chance’s (CC) Middle East head of capital markets and structured finance, Debashis Dey, as…
Getting on the board: Lucas takes role on Kirkland’s executive committee and top spot in its City office Legal Business Following some speculation as to who would become Kirkland & Ellis‘ de facto head in London, finance partner Stephen Lucas…
Partner promotions: Watson Farley and Brodies promote seven while TLT surpasses 100 partners Legal Business Watson Farley & Williams, TLT and Scottish firm Brodies are the most recent firms to announce their partner promotions with…
News in brief – May 2015 Legal Business WHITTAKER STEPS DOWN AS LLOYDS GC Group general counsel (GC) Andrew Whittaker is stepping down from his role at Lloyds…
Revolving Doors: CMS hires from Freshfields, Mishcon from McDermott while King & Spalding and Ropes continue their City push Legal Business While last week saw a switch around among the City’s competition practices with Greenberg Traurig Maher, Kirkland & Ellis and…
Guest post: Why ‘Big Ideas’ are often wrong and the fallacies of legal myths Legal Business Why do ‘big ideas’ or ‘monolithic ideas’ become so accepted when under analysis and the test of time they so…
Partner promotions: DLA Piper promotes 44 to partner in corporate heavy round Legal Business Nearly 23% of the 44 lawyers making partner at DLA Piper in its 2015 round have been promoted in its…
Kirkland returns to Linklaters to hire UK competition head Riedel Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has turned to Linklaters for the second time this year and taken another leading partner with the…
Those who can: Travers Smith’s former head Andrew Lilley resigns to become teacher Legal Business Travers Smith’s former managing partner Andrew Lilley (pictured) has resigned from the firm after nearly 20 years, and is set…
International ambitions: City firm Lewis Silkin launches first overseas office in Hong Kong Legal Business City firm Lewis Silkin has this morning (30 April) announced the opening of an office in Hong Kong in a…
Reshuffles: Hogan Lovells reshapes board as Norton Rose Fulbright elects new chair Legal Business Hogan Lovells has elected three partners to its 12-strong global board while Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has announced the appointment…
Competing moves: Mayer Brown hires BLP’s competition head as CMA recruits from Freshfields Legal Business Mayer Brown has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) head of EU and competition, David Harrison, ten years after he joined…
Slaughter and May raises associate pay with NQs getting £5,000 boost Legal Business Traditionally a bellwether of trainee and associate salaries among the Magic Circle, Slaughter and May has made significant hikes to…
Guest post: Why the right is losing the argument on tax – and why it matters to all of us Legal Business Two weeks ago, Labour pledged to tax as income the performance fees (known as the ‘carried interest’) paid to certain…
Q&A: Shearman’s Nick Buckworth talks keeping a focused business, peer pressure and climbing Mont Blanc Legal Business Shearman & Sterling’s London office has outpaced the rest of the firm, with revenue last year growing 7% in the City…
Fee transparency: Olswang, OC, Taylor Wessing and 12 others sign up to service to reduce legal fee disputes Legal Business Taylor Wessing, Olswang and CMS Cameron McKenna are amongst a host of firms to sign up to Apperio – a…
Rumbling on: Barclays sets aside £800m to cover foreign exchange penalties as Deutsche profits hit by legal costs Legal Business Despite the spate of large scale settlements banks continue to set aside large provisions for legal spend with the latest,…
Asia: Nabarro hires Clyde & Co senior disputes partner to head Singapore office Legal Business Joining the spate of firms to bolster their offering in Singapore in recent months, Nabarro has today (30 April) announced the appointment…
One of the giants – Bankruptcy legend Harvey Miller dies at 82 after defining US workouts for decades Legal Business Bankruptcy pioneer Harvey Miller, one of America’s leading commercial lawyers of the post-War period, has died at the age of…
