Regional Insight 2015 Legal Business Menu Leader Overview: Down in albion Midlands: The middle of somewhere North East: Work to rule North West: Not so…
Slimming down: Linklaters to vote on overhaul of management structure Legal Business The Linklaters partnership will vote on plans to shrink the firm’s international board by four members tomorrow (25 November 2014)…
Regional Insight 2015 Legal Business Leader Overview: Down in albion Midlands: The middle of somewhere North East: Work to rule North West: Not so grim…
Regional Insight – Leader Legal Business If you were to venture outside London to the major regional legal markets ten or 15 years ago, you would…
Guest post: The PM’s ‘foreign fighters’ plan – probably lawful Legal Business In Australia, the Prime Minister announced new counter-terrorism powers which he intends to introduce in a bill in the next…
Diversity: Norton Rose Fulbright sets 30% female partner target for 2020 Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright has set a target for its female partnership globally, aiming for 30% representation by 2020.
‘Second major addition to the European disputes practice in as many months’: Skadden hires Dechert’s London arbitration head Legal Business US firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has enhanced its respected disputes practice having today (18 November) announced the…
RBS Litigation: Bird & Bird loses major instruction on RBS Group Action to Fladgate Legal Business A major blow has been dealt to Bird & Bird as it has emerged that the firm has lost its…
Bringing a ‘new dimension’: King & Spalding hires Linklaters securities partner Legal Business Linklaters’ partner Tom O’Neill has swapped Silk Street for Old Broad Street with King & Spalding making a double hire to…
‘Naturally delighted’: Jeremy Hoyland re-elected as Simmons & Simmons managing partner Legal Business Simmons & Simmons’ partnership re-elected Jeremy Hoyland as managing partner after an uncontested election, seeing him begin a second four-year term on…
‘A testament to our strategic direction’: Naunton and Jones ditch real estate boutique dream to join King & Wood Mallesons Legal Business Senior Eversheds partners William Naunton and Clive Jones, who handed in their resignations at the start of this year with plans…
The Friday Edit: Property is hot once more and the dangers of upsetting Susan Legal Business We’re halfway through November and it’s Friday, so here’s our regular look back at some of the stories that have…
Comment: Magic Circle real estate withdrawal isn’t a myth, but it’s not that simple Legal Business In a 2011 piece on the decimated real estate market in the City, we noted that few senior property partners…
A major instruction: DLA Piper instructed by Vodafone for Spanish tax fraud investigation Legal Business DLA Piper lawyers from London and Madrid have been called in by Vodafone to investigate allegations of tax fraud at…
Partner exits pile up: Edwards Wildman loses leading Hong Kong insurance partner to Simmons & Simmons Legal Business Having been plagued with a series of partner departures from London, Edwards Wildman Palmer has now taken a hit to…
‘Inspired by common law’: EU damages Directive opens door for competition disputes but steers clear of class actions Legal Business Monday (10 November) saw the EU Council of Ministers formally adopt the European Commission’s Directive on antitrust damages, a move…
Media attention: Latham & Watkins hires six-partner team from O’Melveny & Myers Legal Business US firm Latham & Watkins continues its aggressive hiring strategy with the recruitment of a six-partner team from O’Melveny &…
Clifford Chance leads for Barclays in ongoing Forex investigation as regulators levy £2bn fine on five banks Legal Business Five banks have been collectively fined £2bn by UK and US regulators for failing to stop traders from trying to…
Comment: Join our club – law firms’ obsession with the in crowd is beyond parody Legal Business As I reach my middle years I find much to admire and celebrate about the legal profession, and lawyers in…
‘A fundamental misunderstanding of DBAs’: Government rules out hybrid Damages Based Agreements Legal Business In what constitutes the latest controversial move over Damages-Based Agreements (DBAs) regulation, the Government has ruled out hybrid versions of…
