Eversheds real estate head and tax partner to form high-end boutique Legal Business William Naunton and Clive Jones to depart after year-long notice period. The head of Eversheds’ international real estate group, William…
Camerons launches cost-saving venture through Dundas offices as the firm prepares for move to Cannon Place Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna plans to utilise the Scottish offices and personnel of new merger partner Dundas & Wilson as a…
Q&A with Hogan Lovells new chief executive Steve Immelt Legal Business As Washington DC-based Steve Immelt next month takes over the reins from Hogan Lovells co-chief executives David Harris and Warren…
BP brings in reverse auction as it pushes ahead with panel review Legal Business Energy giant seeks increased transparency in bidding process with new online element BP has introduced a reverse auction into its…
Slaughters, A&O and Linklaters announce associate pay increases Legal Business Trainees, NQs and PQEs to receive salary boost. Setting the bar for trainee, newly-qualified (NQ) and associate pay last month…
Weil’s City banking head Stephen Lucas joins Kirkland Legal Business One of the best-known names in the leverage buyout market, Stephen Lucas, is set to join Kirkland & Ellis from…
Always a bridesmaid: can Nabarro revive itself post-Lehman without a partner? Legal Business Sarah Downey reports on the property leader’s attempts to position itself. With its five-year financial performance standing out as one…
OC joins Magic Circle on Dixons Carphone tie-up Legal Business Carphone Warehouse and Dixons merge along with DEMB and Mondelez Major M&A mandates have over the past month seen Linklaters,…
Hogan Lovells second global firm to exit Prague in a month Legal Business Transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells has become the second top-ten Legal Business 100 firm in recent weeks to announce it is…
‘The right to be forgotten’: Cleary client Google dealt a blow by ECJ’s privacy ruling Legal Business Decision contradicts EU advocate general’s previous non-binding guidance. After years of attempts by Brussels to tighten up Europe’s data privacy…
Clyde & Co whistleblower case sees Supreme Court hand partners protection Legal Business Partners who expose malpractice in their own law firm will now be protected by whistleblower legislation, the Supreme Court ruled…
Barclays’ Americas chief Michael Crowl set to join UBS Legal Business Barclays’ high-profile managing director and general counsel (GC) for the Americas, Michael Crowl, is to head UBS’ US wealth management…
Sainsbury’s unveils new panel as Lloyds appoints insurance GC Legal Business Significant in-house announcements in May saw King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin and TLT awarded first-time spots on Sainsbury’s panel,…
The last word – strategic recruitment Legal Business From disastrous due diligence to delusions of grandeur, leaders from LB100 firms and senior recruitment specialists give their take on…
Strategic Recruitment: What Lies Beneath Legal Business More law firms are formally vetting potential senior recruits. Legal Business investigates the growth – and controversies – of partner…
Portugal – A New Hope Legal Business Portugal’s European bailout is over and its privatisation programme is winding down. Legal Business asks the country’s lawyers what happens…
Second Best – The Pros and Cons of Borrowing Your Talent Legal Business The secondment has long been leant on by corporates to plug holes in their resources but, as the economy recovers…
Life During Law: Nilufer von Bismarck Legal Business There were different challenges during the downturn, you had to look to different markets. Challenges are always there and you…
DISSENT: A self-deceiving return to business as usual Legal Business RSG’s Reena SenGupta argues an improving economic climate is leading top law firms to wrongly assume the ‘new’ normal is…
Squire Patton Boggs – what does the merger mean for lawyers in London and Europe? Legal Business Effective on 1 June, the merger between 39-office firm Squire Sanders and 330-lawyer Washington outfit Patton Boggs will bring together…
