Partner promotions: Watson Farley; RPC; TLT and McCann FitzGerald unveil numbers Legal Business Top 50 UK firms Watson, Farley & Williams (WFW) and RPC have unveiled their latest partner promotions, making up 13 and three…
Bleak reading for all but the biggest law firms in latest Law Society statistics report Legal Business The squeeze on the legal profession is in evidence in the latest annual statistics report from the Law Society, which…
Revolving Doors: White & Case disputes partner joins the Bar as McGuireWoods; Covington and Simmons make key hires Legal Business The latest standout lateral moves have seen White & Case litigator Paul Cowen return to the Bar as McGuireWoods expands its…
Partner promotions: Osborne Clarke makes up five in the UK after Stephenson Harwood promotes City duo Legal Business Osborne Clarke (OC) has made up five new partners in its 2014 promotion round across the UK, constituting the firm’s highest-ever…
‘It is now the strain will show on firms’: Gordon Dadds MP talks takeovers and strategy after the fall of Davenport Lyons Legal Business After a series of failed merger talks, the surprise takeover of beleaguered West End firm Davenport Lyons by Gordon Dadds is,…
Channel 5’s £450m sale to Viacom sees Rosenblatt, Shearman, Olswang and Lewis Silkin acting Legal Business Channel 5’s £450m sale to Viacom has thrown up roles for Rosenblatt Solicitors; a London-based Shearman & Sterling team; Olswang and Lewis Silkin as…
The Crown Estate’s Peeke to join Land Securities in legal head role Legal Business Land Securities, the UK’s largest listed property company, has hired The Crown Estate’s deputy head of legal Alex Peeke as…
DISSENT: A precarious professionalism Legal Business UCL’s Richard Moorhead argues the integrity and professionalism that City lawyers take for granted is all too easily swayed The…
Irwin Mitchell’s outgoing chief executive John Pickering on change in the sector and why it was time to hang up his boots Legal Business Announcing his retirement last month, Irwin Mitchell’s longstanding head and current group chief executive John Pickering pointed to ‘the changing…
Senior Clydes ship finance partner joins Curtis Davis Garrard Legal Business Senior maritime player Matt Hannaford is leaving Clyde & Co’s transport finance group with a team of three to join…
‘A treasure trove for potential claimants’ – forex scandal to bring windfall of instructions to UK firms Legal Business US class action filed ahead of DoJ findings targets more than a dozen investors UK financial disputes partners are gearing…
HSF shakes off post-merger politics in favour of sole global corporate head as Ferraro takes over Legal Business Setting aside the notoriously difficult post-merger politics of selecting one partner to run a core practice area, Herbert Smith Freehills…
European deal wave anticipated amid growing market confidence Legal Business Holcim/Lafarge merger and Vivendi’s SFR acquisition lead the way Corporate partners are forecasting the next big European M&A wave after…
Whose money making machine? Not all law firms will be richer in a bank-lite world Legal Business Cov-lite, cov-loose and even now cov-lame – in some pockets of the finance market we are back to the boom…
ITV pulls in panel firms in new development programme Legal Business ITV is taking steps to embed its law firms in the fabric of the organisation by involving them in a…
The last word – the state of law firm leadership Legal Business With a spate of executive elections taking place recently, we ask the c-suite at leading City firms how management has…
Not reached the bottom yet – sanctions on Russia begin to bite for law firms Legal Business Jaishree Kalia reports on the anticipated fall-off in deal work in the wake of Ukraine crisis Russia’s volatile political environment…
King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin hires A&O competition partner as globally KWM unveils promotions Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWMSJB) yesterday (30 April) announced the hire of former Allen & Overy antitrust and competition…
Unleashing talent – highlights from The Legal 500’s Corporate Counsel 100: Latin America Legal Business As Latin America increasingly becomes a global economic force, the role of the in-house lawyer in the region has evolved…
Linklaters appoints first female corporate City head Legal Business Linklaters has named Sarah Wiggins as its first female corporate head in London, with the home-grown lawyer placing diversity on the…
