Taking the lead – the GCs striving for life without a law firm Legal Business A growing band of in-house counsel are taking on major projects with little or no support from outside advisers. How…
Freshfields unveils new City competition head as Marchant takes over as London corporate chief Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Simon Marchant as its new City corporate head in the wake of Julian Long’s election to…
DLA’s partner promotions up by a third with latest round of 45 Legal Business DLA Piper has promoted 45 lawyers to its partnership, a 33% increase on last year. The lion’s share of promotions fell…
The Bar 1-0 MoJ: Crown court halts serious fraud trial over lack of representation Legal Business In an embarrassing setback for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in its long running dispute over legal aid with the…
Eversheds in talks to extend voting rights as 164 junior partners inject cash Legal Business Fixed-share partners to make capital contributions of 25% of profit share Eversheds started talks in April over the voting rights…
Hogan Lovells gives voice to partners under 45 with new board level role Legal Business Higson elected ahead of move to single global CEO Hogan Lovells has taken a step towards giving its younger partners…
GC appointments for EY, HarperCollins and BNY Mellon Legal Business Reshuffles see trio promoted to fill senior roles Three high-profile in-house counsel appointments in the UK and US last month…
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…
Smartphone wars: Slaughters, Cleary and Freshfields lead for Motorola and Apple in EU’s verdict to level playing field Legal Business The latest instalment of the smartphone wars has seen Slaughter and May and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton face Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as…
Eversheds UK associates largest beneficiary of partner promotions in 21-strong round Legal Business Eversheds’ UK associates are the beneficiary of over half of the top 15 firm’s latest partner promotions as 21 lawyers join…
Slaughters first to up pay for trainees and NQs Legal Business Slaughter and May has again become the first major City player to announce changes to its junior fee-earners’ pay levels, with…
Partner promotions: CMS promotes 30; Clyde & Co nine; Lawrence Graham five Legal Business The latest round of partner promotions among the top 20 UK firms has this week seen CMS Cameron McKenna announce the…
Lloyds inaugural customer-pay panel sees places for Hogan Lovells; CMS; Addleshaws and Osborne Clarke Legal Business Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has almost finalised its inaugural customer-pay panel with key spots allocated so far to firms including Hogan…
EY grows UK legal capability with hire of BLP’s former finance head Matthew Kellett Legal Business EY today (29 April) took further steps to build its UK legal capability with the hire of Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s)…
TLT reappoints David Pester as managing partner for fifth term Legal Business TLT’s managing partner David Pester has been reappointed for a fifth three-year term following an uncontested election process, the firm announced…
In-house: Nationwide replaces GC Kelly with HSBC’s European legal head Legal Business Nationwide Building Society has appointed HSBC’s European legal chief Keith Ford to replace group general counsel Liz Kelly, who announced…
Clifford Chance and Freshfields advise on Bridgepoint’s sale of German chemicals company to Permira Legal Business Magic Circle firms Clifford Chance (CC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken the lead on the latest big corporate transaction to come…
Guest post: Paralysed by uncertainty? Snap out of it Legal Business ‘Never before has our future seemed so shrouded in fog and noise,’ I’ve written, and discussed its paralytic effects on…
Sliding doors: Norton Rose Fulbright exits Prague; Kirkland launches in Houston Legal Business In the same week as Kirkland & Ellis announced it is opening in Houston, top 10 LB100 firm Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)…
Partner promotions: Clifford Chance promotes seven in City as part of 21-strong round Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) is the latest Magic Circle firm to unveil its partner promotion figures, making up seven associates in London…
