Consolidation update – Dentons and McKenna chiefs back tie-up with November partner vote to follow Legal Business Dentons looks set to secure another substantive merger after management of the firm and US suitor McKenna Long & Aldridge…
Guest post: Chasing PLCs in corporate crackdown – it’s still all about the money Legal Business In response to criticism that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) does not go after a sufficient number of corporates, SFO…
Deal Watch: CC and DLA Piper step up on £300m Dr Martens buyout Legal Business It has become a cliché among deal professionals to say that – even in these risk-averse times – there is…
As Brazil cools Latam heat – Garrigues moves into Colombia; SJB primes Saudi move Legal Business With Brazil’s economy continuing to disappoint during 2013, there is increasing focus on other economies across Latin America. Moving to…
Deutsche Bank profits dive amid €1.2bn legal provision as pressure builds on finance leaders Legal Business If anyone still doubts the mounting legal burdens now falling on the world’s largest finance houses Deutsche Bank has this…
Almost meeting minds – a select band of CIOs and MPs plot a big, big breakthrough Legal Business During the original dot-com boom, there was a brief period – oh so brief – when legal technologists and managing…
As foreign advisers size up Africa, CC linked to alliance bid in South Africa Legal Business South Africa has faced more than its fair share of economic and social challenges in recent years, but with foreign…
Profile: Rosemary Martin, Vodafone Legal Business Continuous money saving has been the order of the day for Vodafone’s general counsel (GC) and company secretary Rosemary Martin,…
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.…
Sticking to the rules – the rise of the in-house litigator Legal Business As the UK’s financial institutions and leaders in commerce and industry embrace a tougher regulatory landscape, Legal Business looks at…
The Last Word: India Legal Business With a slowing economy and the political landscape unsettled, we ask leading international partners with noted Indian practices for their…
International in-house moves – Total SA, Global Eagle and Environ bring in new GCs Legal Business A clutch of international general counsel moves this week has seen Total bring in oilfield services heavyweight Maarten Scholten as its…
Major milestone for CC global MP elections as Layton, Wehrli and Carnegie go forward Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has reached the first major milestone in its global managing partner elections, with the nominations stage now closed…
Shifting sands – Largest US firms losing market share, report claims Legal Business The United States’ largest firms are losing market share to the band of firms below, according to a study by LexisNexis released…
More Paris moves as Linklaters announces triple partner hire Legal Business Further movement in the Paris market has seen Linklaters announce a trio of high level hires as Matthieu de Boisséson, Pierre…
Guest blog – Securities lawyers and sticky contracts: innovation and elite law Legal Business I am sure you, like me, have been on the lookout for an elegant, readable, sophisticated and fairly short book…
CC on Singapore’s naughty step as Asia markets keep playing the tactical liberalisation game Legal Business Back in the boom years, international law firms talked confidently regarding how liberalisation would soon be coming to major legal…
Going nuclear – Herbert Smith advises EDF on £16bn power plant deal Legal Business The UK government’s game-changing decision to build the first nuclear power plant for a generation has seen Herbert Smith Freehills…
Comment: More for more – growing pains and questions as in-house comes of age Legal Business Confident. That’s the mood as Legal Business conducts its second annual poll of in-house counsel. For all the talk of…
In-house: A&O, Ashurst and Eversheds on Morrisons first-ever legal panel Legal Business One of the UK’s largest supermarket chains, Morrisons, has revealed its first-ever legal panel, with Allen & Overy (A&O), Ashurst,…
