Global firms strengthen white-collar practices Legal Business A number of global firms boosted their white-collar defence practices last month with a spate of hires from US and…
More partner exits from Dundas & Wilson Legal Business Beleaguered Dundas & Wilson is shortly to lose London private equity partners Simon Sale and Nadim Meer to Mishcon de…
Clyde & Co to open Madrid office with DAC Beachcroft insurance team Legal Business Clyde & Co is to open a Madrid office following the appointment of a four-partner insurance team from DAC Beachcroft’s…
The beta goes on – Legal Business gets a brand new site Legal Business Of the long list of changes I had in mind for Legal Business when I agreed to join the title…
TLT beats heavyweight players to win BBC property role Legal Business TLT has been named as the BBC’s sole provider advising on property legal services across its estate in England and…
Comment: Slaughters bumps up lawyer pay but associate lockstep’s days are numbered Legal Business Slaughter and May today (30 April) became the first major City law firm to announce a review of its associate…
Libel law to be overhauled as Defamation Bill gets royal assent Legal Business A three-year battle to bring libel law into the 21st century came to a close yesterday (25 April) as the…
Commerzbank loses bankers’ bonuses appeal Legal Business Commerzbank has today (26 April) lost its appeal in its high-profile four-year battle over unpaid bankers’ bonuses – one of…
Mishcon hires SJ Berwin finance partner Legal Business Mishcon de Reya has enhanced its real estate finance offering with the addition of former SJ Berwin partner Raji Bartlett.…
Ropes & Gray boosts London and Hong Kong with double Fried Frank hire Legal Business Ropes & Gray is to bolster its City and Hong Kong arms with a two-partner hire from US rival Fried…
Mills & Reeve confirms merger with Manchester firm George Davies Legal Business Mills & Reeve today (24 April) announced that it is to expand its presence in the North through a merger…
Olswang creates executive committee in management overhaul Legal Business Olswang has concluded an extensive governance review that has seen the creation of an executive committee responsible for the firm’s…
Dentons strengthens private equity offering with SJ Berwin hire Legal Business Dentons has hired SJ Berwin corporate finance partner Nicholas Plant to lead its private equity group in the UK, Middle…
Taylor Wessing snares Harbottles IP head Owen Legal Business Taylor Wessing (TW) has secured a prominent lateral hire to its intellectual property team, recruiting the head of Harbottle &…
Capital ideas – the law firm model is as stable as you make it Legal Business It’s a sobering sign of what we’ve been reduced to when we’re praising firms for doing the obvious. This time…
Consolidation update: Thomas Eggar secures takeover of City boutique Pritchard Englefield Legal Business South East stalwart Thomas Eggar is to absorb City boutique Pritchard Englefield as the run of consolidation within the UK…
Global London top 50 Legal Business The firms that appear in Global London are the 50 largest non-UK originated firms in London, ranked by headcount. Partner…
Positional play Legal Business Legal Business looks at five US firms that have recently made strategic moves in the City With the collapse of…
Nabarro promotes restructuring head Godfrey to international role Legal Business Nabarro has appointed restructuring and insolvency head Patricia Godfrey as its new head of international. As part of the new…
The Last Word Legal Business In this month’s Global London special we track the fortunes of the leading international advisers in the City. But are…
