Branching out: RPC, Eversheds and Bird & Bird create new consultancy offerings Legal Business The recent push by major UK firms into non-legal services looks set to continue, with Bird & Bird and RPC…
Latham leads the way with $300m revenue hike as US elite posts robust 2014 results Legal Business Jaishree Kalia assesses the winners and losers as the US reporting season kicks off The broad-based economic recovery in the…
Global elite firms have insurance sector consolidation covered Legal Business Early 2015 has seen key deals take place as the insurance sector consolidates, with Canada’s property and casualty insurer Fairfax…
Life During Law – John Reynolds Legal Business If you wanted to do litigation, there was no better place than Herbert Smith. I have no idea why but…
Spain prepares for IPO surge as US firms win key mandates on Aena’s €4.3bn float Legal Business The Spanish capital markets showed signs of improving last month as US firms Mayer Brown and Davis Polk & Wardwell…
The Last Word – The Team Elite Legal Business To coincide with the annual launch of our GC Power List, we asked the City’s most experienced private practitioners: what…
No playbook for Dentons’ bold China tie-up Legal Business Tony Lin sizes up the world’s most lawyered firm and asks what Dentons’ much-hyped tie-up with Dacheng can deliver Size…
Withers leads way in major tie-up as Singapore rush continues Legal Business HSF, KWM and DLA Piper invest in key South-East Asia hub Highlighting continued law firm interest in the Singaporean economy…
So much for the rule of law – court fees and undermining the City Legal Business Quinn Emanuel disputes veteran Ted Greeno argues that a self-defeating stance on hiking court fees will undermine London In their…
Good sports – the in-house counsel getting on the pitch in top-flight sports Legal Business Tough regulation and increasingly lucrative commercial deals have allowed in-house lawyers to flourish in sport. Legal Business scouts out the…
Human nature – cutting edge legal work looms for the drugs revolutionising healthcare Legal Business As patents for pioneering biotech drugs near expiry, life sciences companies are hunting new and controversial products. Can law firms…
Waiting for the other shoe to drop Legal Business Law firms have work to do to keep up with market shifts in the post-Lehman world. Here, leading legal industry…
Important decision of Swiss Federal Supreme Court on intra-group financing arrangements Legal Business Bär & Karrer’s Till Spillmann and Luca Jagmetti discuss its practical consequences. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court ruled in a…
The new Swiss perspective on international arbitration Legal Business Gentium Law’s Matthew Parish discusses a quiet revolution. Switzerland is distinctive as a centre of international arbitration. It packs a…
Mass hires: Pillsbury sees partners start to move to Winston & Strawn across three offices Legal Business Up to 15 lawyers are set to quit from US firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman for Winston & Strawn, with…
Freshfields plans Manchester hub on radical scale as City leader repositions for changing law market Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s decision to jump on the near-shoring wagon with its first low-cost services hub in Manchester is on…
News in brief – March 2015 Legal Business JP MORGAN TURNS TO GOLDMAN SACHS FOR NEW EMEA GC JP Morgan Chase hired heavyweight counsel, and former lawyer at…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in February 2015 Legal Business SKADDEN, FRESHFIELDS AND SLAUGHTERS LAND KEY ROLES ON £4.3BN CAN MAKER TIE-UP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised Ball…
GC Power List 2015: The Team Elite Legal Business Menu It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’. Law firms beware RPC: The pace of change is frightening The A-Teams –…
Global London: Ropes & Gray City revenues jump 30% Legal Business In line with other US firms that have sustained robust City growth and after bolstering its headcount by 17%, Ropes…
