O Canada! DLA Piper in talks with Heenan Blaikie partners to set up in Toronto and Calgary Legal Business Long having eyed a Canadian presence, DLA Piper confirmed today (7 February) that it is in talks with a group of…
Comment: Magna Carta, bribery and a bit of confusion – Global Law Summit starts the countdown Legal Business It turns out that hundreds of years of legal history waits not even for Bob Crow so Thursday evening (6…
Seoul searching: Stephenson Harwood hires DLA Piper’s South Korea head Michael Kim Legal Business With five of its nine overseas offices in South and East Asia, it is perhaps unsurprising that Stephenson Harwood has become…
In-house: BT selects Axiom to replace UnitedLex as new LPO provider Legal Business An innovator long at the vanguard of transforming the traditional in-house legal function, BT has just entered into a three-year…
USP: PwC to expand legal services with ‘under one roof’ pitch as LLP results show legal revenue up Legal Business PwC has plans to grow its legal services capability and promote to clients the obvious advantages of providing business and legal…
Guest post: The New World of Legal Work vs Global Behemoths Legal Business There’s an interesting tension between Sir Nigel Knowles prediction of legal behemoths straddling the globe with investment bankers outriders (or…
LLP latest: SJ Berwin, Squire Sanders and Irwin Mitchell file results Legal Business The last LLP filings of SJ Berwin in the financial year before its merger with King & Wood Mallesons reveal…
LLP latest: DLA Piper’s net debt down 32% as RPC posts 21% increase in fee income Legal Business DLA Piper International’s net debt decreased by 32% while cash in the bank dropped almost 15% according to its most recent…
Updated: Management shake up for DLA Piper as Knowles takes over as global co-chair and Levine put forward for co-CEO role Legal Business DLA Piper’s co-chief executive (CEO) Nigel Knowles is to replace Tony Angel as global co-chairman in a senior management shake-up which…
You’re hired: Irwin Mitchell’s head of regulatory investigations joins Morgan Lewis Legal Business Morgan Lewis has boosted its London white collar crime capability with the hire of Irwin Mitchell’s head of regulatory and…
Risk and regulatory: NRF launches a 600-lawyer global regulation and investigations practice Legal Business The increasingly wide-ranging and cross-departmental regulatory needs of clients sees Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) today (3 February) launch a 600-lawyer international…
Growth in Germany for HSF as it launches disputes practice in Frankfurt Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) today (3 February) took a further step towards building up its German capability following the collapse of…
Structural or cyclical change in the law? 2014 should answer the 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…
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…
The rising stars in-house – bluechip legal teams are bursting with talent Legal Business The first Legal Business edition of the year coincides with a major project for us: the second edition of our…
National Grid conducts wholesale review of internal and external legal function Legal Business Energy giant to analyse in-house team and links with UK and US counsel National Grid’s group general counsel (GC) Alison…
Latest LLP filings show increased borrowing Legal Business BLP bank debt up sharply as 2012/13 annual reports filter through Growing debt was a recurring theme in the limited…
More in-fighting as Law Society contests SRA attempts to gain greater fining powers Legal Business SRA aims to bring maximum fines for law firms closer to the much higher figures for ABSs Further tensions in…
RFU rejigs legal team as deputy head joins sports firm Legal Business Bujalski promoted to head of legal as Handford joins Couchmans The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has reconfigured its in-house legal…
DISSENT: Where do you want your firm to be in 2020? Legal Business Adam Smith, Esq’s Bruce MacEwen argues that short-termism and a lack of stewardship has come to define the modern law…
