‘A step backwards’: Home Secretary weighs in on SFO’s future with proposal to abolish Legal Business When Legal Business queried in September whether the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was finally turning a corner after a year…
Focus: Charlie and the deal factory: can Geffen help Gibson Dunn reach new heights in the City? Legal Business Jaishree Kalia reports on the Los Angeles firm’s recent London hiring spree Although relatively late to the game, Gibson, Dunn…
Q&A with Clifford Chance’s Jonny Myers and Oliver Felsenstein Legal Business Jonny Myers and Oliver Felsenstein (pictured), global co-heads of private equity at Clifford Chance (CC) speak to Legal Business about…
Linklaters, Freshfields and Travers Smith fix RAC deal with Singapore’s GIC Legal Business Carlyle abandons flotation to sell half of its majority stake Since the summer, London’s IPO market has seen postponements, cancellations…
Top firms help Heathrow’s £1bn airport sale take off Legal Business Last month, Allen & Overy (A&O), Hogan Lovells and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer led on Heathrow Airport Holdings’ final airport disposal…
Nabarro forms new French alliance with Lefèvre Pelletier Legal Business Tie-up occurs after August & Debouzy quit network in March French law firm Lefèvre Pelletier & associés will join Nabarro’s…
The Last Word – Hot property Legal Business Renewed interest from international investors leading to increased deal flow means real estate practices are back in favour again. We…
Back in the game – revival at last for real estate but the players have changed Legal Business As investors place their bets on London’s property market, battered real estate teams are finally seeing a revival after the…
The future of knowledge management: out of the library into the front line Legal Business Ian Mason and Rob Martin of Thomson Reuters explore the new KM landscape. What is knowledge management? In its early…
Are sanctions affecting workloads in legal services? What are the expectations for 2015? Legal Business Andrei Gusev of Borenius looks at the effects of the latest EU/US measures. There was a lot of speculation, stress…
Interim injunctions for the freezing of assets and disclosure of documents and information Legal Business Michael Kyprianou’s Christos Galanos looks at recent caselaw. The availability of interim relief is often crucial in ensuring satisfaction of…
Sanctions: an unprecedented moment for doing business in Russia Legal Business YUST’s Evgeny Zhilin outlines the benefits. 2014 has brought many challenges to the Russian economy. The already modest growth rates…
Guest post: The West Lothian Question – a few thoughts Legal Business The so-called West Lothian question is a political and not legal question. It was asked as long ago as 1977…
Partner promotions: 20% of Ropes & Gray new partners in London while McDermott adds three Legal Business Ropes & Gray and McDermott Will & Emery are the most recent US firms to announce their partner promotions, with…
‘Taking its time to reflect on the next phase’: Kennedys CEO steps down without a successor in place Legal Business Kennedys chief executive officer Guy Stobart has announced he will stand down at the end of 2014 after five years…
News in Brief – November 2014 Legal Business PWC LEGAL LOOKS FOR REGIONAL GROWTH Addleshaw Goddard and DLA Piper veteran Neal Shepherd was recruited by PwC Legal to…
Banking Litigation Insight: ‘The worst case scenario is £200m – litigation is containable’ Legal Business An unprecedented wave of global enforcement has pushed risks facing banks to once unthinkable proportions. In the follow-up to our banking…
Revolving Doors: OC, Paul Hastings and Reed Smith bulk out their City offerings as HSF loses legacy Freehills partner in Singapore Legal Business Last week, Osborne Clarke, Reed Smith and Paul Hastings all expanded their City practices, while Clayton Utz hired Herbert Smith…
‘One man one vote’: HSF set to vote for new senior partner as Jonathan Scott decides to step down early Legal Business Jonathan Scott, who began a five-year term as senior partner at Herbert Smith Freehills in May 2010, will step down…
ABS latest: Kennedys wins licence to maintain non-lawyer partners Legal Business Insurance specialist Kennedys has received approval from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to become an alternative business structure (ABS). The…
