Disruptive Models: ABS tally for 2013 reaches 2012 level as Shakespeares becomes latest to convert Legal Business The number of firms granted alternative business structure (ABS) status in 2013 has now hit the same level as for…
Travers Smith in surprise discrimination defeat Legal Business Top 50 City firm Travers Smith has suffered the rare public humiliation of losing a high profile discrimination case after…
Corporate stirrings: Cinven gifts Freshfields with IPO while HSF defends Severn Trent Legal Business A handful of major corporate mandates were unveiled this week as private equity house Cinven kicked off its £1.4bn proposed…
Edwards Wildman joins the ranks of international firms in Istanbul Legal Business The increased importance of Turkey as strategic hub for international firms has been underlined with news that US firm Edwards…
UK Green Investment Bank welcomes Pinsents McVicar as MacRitchie moves on Legal Business The formal establishment of the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has had a domino effect on senior counsel moves as…
Comment: A star signing is one thing but who needs a lateral? Legal Business The worlds of business, politics and sport have since the 1970s fallen increasingly under the spell of the star individual…
All change at Shell – legal head pushes through shake-up and puts final touches to global panel review Legal Business While the trend of in-house departments bolstering their internal capability and cutting reliance on external counsel is well established, Royal…
DMH jumps aboard the Riverview Law bandwagon as ‘Tesco law’ challenger moves to widen service Legal Business Riverview Law will have addressed some of the criticisms of its fixed-fee legal services model with news today (13 May)…
Legacy Herbert Smith equity partners on hook for capital boost Legal Business Legacy Herbert Smith has become the latest UK firm to ask partners to bolster its capital levels, issuing a multi-million…
Wragges to cut up to 30 jobs in BPO venture Legal Business In a move that stands out against the recent backlash towards business process outsourcing, Wragge & Co is to cut…
ABS rising – Slater and Gordon and Plexus announce four law firm acquisitions in a day Legal Business Both sides of the volume insurance market saw significant Legal Services Act-themed developments today as two of the most touted…
Legal education – either free or very expensive as BPP to train job-hungry grads for nothing Legal Business Law schools have been dogged by controversy in recent years on both sides of the Atlantic but one of the…
Guest post: A Halsbury’s for the people and the battle against legal complexity Legal Business The Cabinet Office and the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel have published a very interesting report criticising the complexity and…
Asia round-up: DLA hits Jakarta while Stephenson Harwood expands in Singapore and Beijing Legal Business Despite concerns over a cooling eastern economy, UK advisers continue to invest in Asia with DLA Piper and Stephenson Harwood…
Shock and Flaw – is Leveson workable? Legal Business Born of an inquiry into a scandal-hit industry and mired in controversy – the cross-party deal on press regulation promises…
Altered Images – will the real Mayer Brown stand up? Legal Business Once one of the most lauded transatlantic players, Mayer Brown has struggled to find its form over the last five…
The Last Word Legal Business On 1 April the Financial Services Authority (FSA) was replaced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation…
The I in Team – what it takes to turn a lateral into a star player Legal Business Hiring star partners remains the main tactic for firms hoping to move up a division. Legal Business talks to four…
Freshfields Pick ‘outstanding’ energy hire Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has demonstrated that US firms in the City are not the only ones to be making high-profile…
Lateral push sees key UK players switch to US firms Legal Business US firms in the City continue to demonstrate their appetite for big name lateral hires from leading UK firms, with…
