Strategy review sets expansive course as Mayer Brown aims to galvanise its business Legal Business Eight months in the making, Mayer Brown’s revamped international strategy will now see the US law firm re-group around its…
Homeward bound: Burke hands Freshfields’ reins to Aitman as he leaves for Boston-based ArcLight Capital Legal Business ‘I’ve held a number of management roles in the firm, which, together with having recently chaired our supervisory body, should…
IT departments a wasted resource in City firms, senior figures say Legal Business City law firms are being challenged to revise the way they view their information technology (IT) teams and elevate them…
Gordons and A&O on Morrisons panel as L&G cuts roster Legal Business One of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, Morrisons, last month finalised its first-ever legal panel, with Allen & Overy (A&O),…
Corporate caution as private equity acquisitions and IPOs trickle in Legal Business A wary optimism was the prevailing mood of private equity partners in October, as deals such as the $2.2bn acquisition…
Burns to maintain Clydes’ expansive form as he takes charge of insurance giant Legal Business Jaishree Kalia talks to Clyde & Co’s new senior partner as veteran head Payton hands over the baton after 29…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in October Legal Business Arrow Global IPO Debevoise & Plimpton and Slaughter and May landed roles on Arrow Global’s initial public offering (IPO). Slaughters…
Life During Law: Maurice Allen Legal Business In 1980 I went from doing conveyancing in Manchester to international finance at Coward Chance (CC). The banking practice at…
High yield, high stakes – DLA Piper makes key investment in deal finance with hire of ex-CC partner Legal Business It’s historically proved one of the hardest practice areas for City firms to break, proving often impenetrable for even elite…
SJ Berwin star David Ryland moves to Paul Hastings as US firms reap benefit of UK vets Legal Business Only four days after its merger went live with King & Wood Mallesons and SJ Berwin has lost leading real…
Comment: 2006 and all that – an oh-so-familiar mess at Linklaters Legal Business The most hackneyed cliché of the pundit is history repeating itself, a claim that rarely holds up upon closer examination.…
It’s big, it’s here – King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin launches and unveils global management team Legal Business It’s big, spanning continents, oceans, hugely disparate cultures and a complex governance and profit-sharing model and it’s going live today…
More news from Asia – Clydes first to enter South West China under JV deal Legal Business Long a trailblazer in the insurance sector, Clyde & Co has now become the first international law firm to launch in…
Getting proprietorial – the client view as the battle to secure IP rages on Legal Business From smartphone patent wars to online piracy, companies have never been more focused on protecting their intellectual property. In this…
Guest post: R (PressBoF) v Culture Secretary: the hearing Legal Business I was in court 68 at the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday morning (30 October) to hear the Press Standards…
Davis Polk and Cleary act on big four Booz takeover as PwC re-shuffles legal leadership Legal Business Major accountancy and advisory groups are always nice clients for law firms to have so Davis Polk & Wardwell, Cleary…
Old and new faces: Squire Sanders re-elects UK and US heads while Dentons appoints new chief executive Legal Business Squire Sanders has re-appointed Peter Crossley and Stephen Mahon to their respective European and firm-wide managing partner roles in a week…
Forget Dewey – in Wall Street star power is greater than ever Legal Business I flew into Manhattan to The New Yorker chronicling the death of Big Law with a pacey dissection of the…
Deal Watch: Hogan Lovells and CC lead on AMC Networks’ $1bn buyout Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) and Hogan Lovells have plugged into the renaissance in US television production after advising on a $1bn…
Guest post: Prerogatives, power and press regulation Legal Business I make no apology for returning to the question of the Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press. This was…
