Litigation finance for trustees Legal Business Nick Rowles-Davies of Burford Capital talks facilitating recovery while mitigating risk Litigation is an ever-present issue to trustees, whether bringing…
Advice for the new managing partner: don’t consult, just do Legal Business Given the amount of time I spend hanging out with managing partners it’s not unusual to be asked by law…
‘Nobody knows anything’ – Goldman is more right than Maister Legal Business As journalists and managing partners hit reporting season the understandable urge rises once more to make sense of the legal…
Global 100: a little bit of life before Lehman returns. But only a little Legal Business For all the improving signs, glancing at our annual Global 100 report shows headline performance largely comparable with 2013. The…
Numbers crunching – the rise of KPIs for the progressive client Legal Business Traditional methods of assessing external legal advisers’ performance are giving way to a more formalised approach. Legal Business examines the…
Mishcon de Reya sees PEP soar by 16% while Pinsent Masons posts 4.6% revenue increase Legal Business Mishcon de Reya has hit its target of £100m in revenues by 2016, with 2013/14 turnover up 18% to £104.6m and…
Clifford Chance eclipses UK elite as Global 100 unveiled Legal Business Magic Circle firm posts 16% PEP hike against 7% revenue increase Clifford Chance has emerged as the strongest-performing Magic Circle…
Law Society pays £1m recruitment bill as Norton Rose receives £435k Legal Business The Law Society paid out approaching £1m in recruitment fees over ten months in 2013, as Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)…
RPC in talks with breakaway Edwards Wildman partners alongside Cooley and Foley & Lardner Legal Business RPC is in talks with a potential breakaway group of Edwards Wildman Palmer City partners – made up of corporate…
Silver linings playbook: can Norton Rose Fulbright bring its disputes team into the global elite? Legal Business Sarah Downey assesses the post-merger state of NRF’s dispute resolution practice With Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)’s eye-catching union now over…
Bird & Bird secures dual Indonesia tie-up in continued Asia push Legal Business Bird & Bird has signed strategic co-operation agreements with two Indonesian law firms, intellectual property specialists K&K Advocates and business…
Life during law: Charles Martin Legal Business In the end Macfarlanes’ response to the recession was very strong. We learned not to be frightened of change and…
City firms support diversity targets by committing to female partnership ratio Legal Business With private practice diversity statistics still often trailing their clients, last month saw rhetoric translated into targets at Ashurst and…
Hostile takeovers globally at highest value since May 2007 Legal Business Increase in bids raises hopes of a rise in UK M&A work M&A partners are predicting that the UK could…
Mobile cyber-security – Pay as You Go Legal Business Mobile technology has enabled today’s lawyers to be more responsive to clients’ needs than ever before but brings added risk…
Marking your own homework: Dentons and a defence of PEP Legal Business Alex Novarese takes a jaded view of the latest attempt to avoid transparency It would almost be too easy to…
Global 100 Choice of Law – Clash of the Titans Legal Business In the global market, there remain two great powers: English and New York law. While US law has gained an…
Global 100 Regional View – Emerging Powers Legal Business 2014 is the first year since 2007 that western jurisdictions were not comprehensively outclassed by emerging markets. But Legal Business…
Global 100 Arbitration Focus – Battle for the City Legal Business London has established an increasingly powerful position as a global arbitration hub. But does it have the facilities to drive…
Global 100 2014 – Methodology Legal Business Methodology and end notes The firms that appear in the 2014 Global 100 are the largest 100 law firms in…
