Hires in London for MoFo and O’Melveny as Paul Hastings brings in Pfizer’s assistant GC Legal Business US firms have announced a number of senior hires in the last few days as Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) and…
Axiom hires new UK MD from LexisNexis in senior leadership reshuffle and BT fills competition GC role Legal Business In the wake of its latest high profile outsourcing deal with BT, Axiom, arguably the most touted alternative legal services…
WhatsApp? Weil secures lead role on Facebook’s $16bn acquisition led by 2012 Dewey hire Legal Business The first global law firm to open an office in US technology heartland Silicon Valley, Weil Gotshal & Manges has secured…
Soft H2 debt restructuring market blamed for 12.6% drop in 2013 US revenue for Bingham McCutchen Legal Business When many firms were busy cutting costs and dicing teams in 2008, Bingham McCutchen weathered the economic downturn pretty well…
Return to form for Queen’s Counsel as 100 barristers take silk Legal Business In stark contrast with the recent decline in the number of Queen’s Counsel (QC) appointments, the latest round announced today (19…
Guest Post: Third party funders, out of the shadows Legal Business Third-party funding (TPF) has suddenly become the black sheep of the litigation finance industry. In the wake of the spectacularly…
Comment: paradigm shift or just the mother of recessions? 2014 should answer the profession’s big question Legal Business It’s been obvious that something fundamental happened to the world economy during 2008, ushering in the worst relative trading conditions…
FTSE 100 leadership: BG Group’s Vinter takes over as head of GC100 as Centrica’s Dawson steps down Legal Business Recognised as a heavyweight among in-house advisory and lobbying groups, BG Group’s general counsel (GC) Graham Vinter has taken over…
New frontiers for Quinn Emanuel as US litigation leader sets up in Brussels Legal Business Following a year of rapid international expansion that saw highly profitable litigation outfit Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan dominate the global…
Guest post – Client retention: give credit where credit’s due Legal Business Winning a new client for the firm—there’s little that can match that for excitement, sense of accomplishment and visible contribution…
Arbitration heavyweights – Freshfields group head Partasides and Paris partner Petrochilos resign to form boutique Legal Business Breakaway arbitration boutiques are increasingly common but they rarely have the gravitas of the latest entrant, as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s London…
City hire: Reed Smith takes on Travers Smith leverage finance partner Ben Davis Legal Business With Reed Smith’s London office results touted to break the $200m mark next week, the top 30 global law firm has hired Travers…
Partner exits: NRF corporate partner Cathy Pitt and head of climate change Hobley move on Legal Business Top 10 LB100 firm Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has said goodbye to two further senior partner departures as longstanding London-based…
Comment: So what’s wrong with BigLaw anyway? Legal Business The term BigLaw has been around in the US for a while but in recent years this catch-all tag for…
Litigation funders seek greater credibility with introduction of new complaints procedure Legal Business The UK’s leading litigation funders have taken further steps to improve their PR and attack head on suggestions that they…
In-house: MasterCard appoints new GC; UBS regulatory chief exits for Gibson Dunn; and HSBC hires Cleary partner Legal Business The start of the year has seen much lateral movement both in-house and out, with MasterCard naming Tim Murphy as…
Asia round-up: DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells and Stephenson Harwood move to bolster regional networks Legal Business Despite the bearish mood that last year gripped many international law firms regarding Asia, and sustained tremors this year running…
The end of the pipeline: Herbert Smith Freehills and Simmons advise AO on float to attain $1bn market cap Legal Business A healthy pipeline of London Stock Exchange listings has seen Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) advise online appliances website AO on…
In-house: face of BT Law to change after Miles Jobling steps aside Legal Business The face of BT Law, having last year secured a licence from the Solicitors Regulation Authority to hive off BT’s…
NRF unveils rise in bank loans to £55m but drop in net debt as South African partner appointed as global chair Legal Business Norton Rose’s last pre-Fulbright & Jaworski merger limited liability partnership accounts reveal that the top 10 LB100 firm’s bank loans rose…
