Hogan Lovells expands Latin America footprint with hire of CC partner in Brazil Legal Business Hogan Lovells has expanded its Latin America offering with the launch of its second office in Brazil, with the hire…
Hogan Lovells and Olswang strengthen TMT practices with hire of team heads in Hong Kong and Germany Legal Business As Hong Kong becomes gateway to the world’s biggest trader in goods after China overtook the US for the first time…
Guest post: See Talent. Feed It. Legal Business Turnabout. I recently wrote about how to demoralize, discourage, and disenchant top talent. This is about how to retain that talent.…
Dealwatch: HSF, Clifford Chance and Slaughters take the spotlight in Cineworld expansion Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has landed a role advising Barclays, JP Morgan and Investec on Cineworld Group‘s £107m rights issue…
Real estate round-up: Clifford Chance, Taylor Wessing and Burges Salmon start New Year on front foot Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC), Taylor Wessing and Burges Salmon have emerged as the pace setters for real estate work in the…
Herbert Smith Freehills announces hire of Maitland Chambers Tom Leech QC as Murray Rosen QC retires Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills has today (9 January) announced the hire of Tom Leech QC, who has left Maitland Chambers to…
Board level appointment for incoming Tui general counsel Legal Business Leading European travel group Tui AG has become the latest major corporate to announce a board level legal appointment as former…
Hires for Squire Sanders and Morgan Lewis as 2014 lateral window opens Legal Business After a flurry of lateral hire announcements before the City broke for Christmas in 2013, yesterday (6 January) saw two…
King & Wood Mallesons reshuffles management team again following partner exit Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has made another change to its practice management team just months after restructuring its leadership…
Barely into 2014 another PE house bets on law as Permira puts £122m into LegalZoom Legal Business It’s a deal that brings together one of the most touted ‘alternative’ legal service providers with one of Europe’s top…
CC formally launches ‘first-of-its-kind’ Saudi partnership but Riyadh remains a tough nut to crack Legal Business Clifford Chance today (6 January) formally announced the launch of its joint Saudi and foreign-owned law firm in Riyadh, boasting…
LLP filings 2012/13 – Nabarro’s highest earner sees pay increased by 31% Legal Business Following a seven-month period in which its year-end profitability rose significantly but its half-year revenue was flat, top 30 LB100…
In-house: high-profile Pfizer GC steps down while former Dewey chair appointed as a UAE legal adviser Legal Business She has built a reputation as one of the most powerful and influential lawyers in the world but Pfizer has…
Litigation watch – Claims against FTSE 100 companies up by 76% in 2013 Legal Business A second spike in claims against banks stemming from the financial crisis is being blamed for a rocketing number of High Court…
A dangerous game of bluff Legal Business When I was talking recently with the GC of a multinational operating globally, they outlined the purpose of their legal…
Harvard thinking and data protection Legal Business The first in GC and The Legal 500’s Corporate Counsel Summit series, which took place in september in new york, combined innovative…
Whistle-blowers and the in-house lawyer – a question of ethics and objectivity Legal Business The term whistleblower is said to have been coined in the 1970s by US activist Ralph Nader to avoid the…
Rules of engagement Legal Business The world is ‘living in an era of unprecedented level of crises and troubles,’ UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told delegates…
What’s your IP strategy? Legal Business Intellectual property is a critical issue for every company these days, whether they’re looking at traditional IP issues like patents…
The third way Legal Business Former Airwave GC and company secretary Rachael Davidson is one of a growing breed of UK lawyers who might have…
