With the territory Legal Business With Barclays’ GC Mark Harding recently announcing his retirement, the search is on to replace one of the biggest jobs…
CoA makes up three women in recent justice appointments Legal Business Three female judges have been appointed to the Court of Appeal (CoA) in the latest round of promotions, which has…
End games Legal Business The 11th annual Legal Business Global London survey shows that US firms in the City are playing to win. UK…
Wiggin opens Brussels office in push for alternative income Legal Business Media boutique Wiggin has officially opened its doors in Brussels, as the firm’s pursuit of sustainable alternative revenue streams sets…
Details emerge of terms of Cobbetts’ fire sale Legal Business DWF acquired Cobbetts’ work in progress (WIP) from KPMG in February for £3.8m as details emerge of the Manchester firm’s…
DWF makes 38 redundancies post Cobbetts pre-pack Legal Business Following its acquisition of Cobbetts, DWF has laid off 38 staff from its central services support team following a consultation…
Top HSF litigator Greeno defects to Quinn Emanuel’s City arm Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) partners received more bad news this morning as it emerged that top litigator Ted Greeno has…
Litigation group Proven appoints David Gold to board Legal Business Litigation support business, Proven, had hired former Herbert Smith senior partner Lord David Gold as its chairman. Gold, who currently…
Osborne Clarke retracts bulk of outsourced staff four years after deal Legal Business Osborne Clarke (OC) is set to withdraw the majority of its outsourced staff from provider Integreon and bring them back…
Freshfields latest to promote new partners with 14 making the grade Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed 14 new partners, with just under half of the promotions made in London. The Magic…
Withers and Speechly Bircham set to merge Legal Business Private client leaders Speechly Bircham and Withers are set to merge, potentially creating a 600-lawyer, £170m practice that will fit…
CMS to reduce scope of Integreon outsourcing agreement Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna is to scale back its staff outsourcing agreement with Integreon just three years into its ten-year contract.…
Setting the heather on fire Legal Business Our Management Partner of the Year, Bill Drummond, begins his fifteenth year running Brodies in May. We track his firm’s…
Generation game Legal Business International wealth preservation and succession planning is now a core component of most successful private client practices. Legal Business assesses…
Israel – New Heights Legal Business In a Tel Aviv conference in June this year, DLA Piper, White & Case, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Weil, Gotshal…
Switzerland – Being Prepared Legal Business In most markets, it wouldn’t qualify as news but in the conservative Swiss legal community, the creation last April of…
DWF looks to acquire a stricken Cobbetts in pre-pack deal Legal Business DWF is set to acquire Cobbetts in a pre-pack deal, after the struggling Manchester-based firm called in administrators KPMG last…
FFW and Travers Smith shake up senior roles Legal Business City firms Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) and Travers Smith have overhauled senior management, with each seeing new appointments to the…
Dundas departures reflect pressure on Scots firms Legal Business Dundas & Wilson has confirmed the departure of three more partners from the firm’s London arm. Corporate partners Julian Mathews…
The Last Word Legal Business With Cobbetts entering into administration, are we likely to see more law firms in trouble this year? Why?/Why not?
