Guest post – Opinion: SFO confirms 8 Bribery Act ‘Projects’ – enforcement rhetoric will convert into action Legal Business ‘We have some 68 cases on our books at present, including matters under development in our intelligence section; these include…
Ever reducing panels: AIG reveals new look firm line-up Legal Business The in-house trend towards panel downsizing is again in evidence as AIG today (26 September) revealed a 25-strong list of…
Tension and infighting as barristers resign from BSB panel over quality assurance scheme Legal Business Tensions surrounding the regulation of the various limbs of the legal profession are at an all-time high as this week…
Trial begins in the SFO’s first prosecution under the UK Bribery Act Legal Business The Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO’s) long-awaited first prosecution under the UK Bribery Act began yesterday (23 September), as four men from…
Texan draw: Dentons opens in Houston as shale gas draws players in Legal Business Partly thanks to the shale gas energy phenomenon Texas has become one of the most attractive markets in the US…
Moving in-house: Broker AKJ brings in former LSE-lawyer as first general counsel Legal Business The trend of companies increasingly enhancing their teams to include sophisticated and growing in-house legal departments shows little sign of…
Close to the wire: Freshfields and Herbert Smith settle £142m London Underground negligence claim Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith Freehills have reached an eleventh hour settlement of the £142m professional negligence claim brought…
Asia-Pacific: DLA moves to strengthen Australia offering with double corporate partner hire Legal Business DLA Piper has considerably strengthened its corporate practice in Australia with the appointment of two partners from leading local firms,…
Barclays £5.8bn rights issue sees Clifford Chance, Sullivan & Cromwell and Freshfields in the lead Legal Business Barclays has begun the biggest capital raising by a UK bank since 2009 under which Clifford Chance (CC), Sullivan & Cromwell and Freshfields…
European tax boost for Shearman as it becomes BFs with Tremonti Legal Business Shearman & Sterling has boosted it European tax offering by entering into a ‘best friends’ cooperation agreement with tier one Italian…
First limb of Lloyds privatisation sees Slaughters and Freshfields win lead roles Legal Business Five years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won the leading roles on…
Kirkland opens up in Beijing to expand 65-lawyer Chinese operation Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has expanded its sizeable Chinese footprint by opening an office in Beijing, the top 10 global firm…
Comment: Why the in-house triumph over law firms may prove short-lived Legal Business In the decade prior to the collapse of Lehman Brothers, an excess of work masked the corrosive effect to law…
In-house: Lloyds Banking Group sees knock-on effect at senior level as it fills GC for group legal role Legal Business In-house promotions and moves often have a domino effect across the entire legal function and Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) is…
Swings and roundabouts: DLA Piper announces replacement Birmingham head and double hire as Patrick Somers joins from BLP Legal Business After losing Birmingham managing partner Mark Beardmore to Eversheds last week DLA Piper has announced his replacement plus a double hire to boot,…
Hogan Lovells bolsters mental health and workplace stress measures in the wake of tragic IP partner suicide Legal Business Hogan Lovells has bolstered its policies and procedures around workplace stress and mental health in the wake of the tragic suicide…
Line up, line up: Twitter, Royal Mail and Foxtons go to market Legal Business After a flurry of initial public offerings (IPOs) earlier in the year, with Esure, Countrywide and Partnership Assurance among the…
Asia Round-up: Linklaters and Sidley Austin hire in Hong Kong and Singapore while DLA suffers another Singapore exit Legal Business Magic circle lateral hires still happen comparatively infrequently but if they do happen, these days it’s quite often in Asia.…
Further DLA regional fall out as Eversheds hires Birmingham managing partner and head of technology Legal Business DLA Piper has suffered further regional losses as Birmingham managing partner Mark Beardmore and head of technology and sourcing Simon…
Trainee retention: Eversheds, Clyde & Co, CMS Cameron McKenna and Simmons reveal rates Legal Business The number of training contracts being offered by City firms may have dropped by over 20% but the recently revealed…
