Comment: The Big Four – they’d have done it by now if they cared Legal Business At the debate I recently attended on future of law-type stuff everything was proceeding to plan. Once the panel finished…
CAT orders Law Society to pay up to £230,000 costs in abuse of dominance case while first opt-out consumer damages class action fails Legal Business The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has hit the Law Society with a costs order of up to £230,000 to pay…
Channel 4 appoints Wiggin media litigator de Silva legal chief following GC Naik’s exit Legal Business Channel 4 has appointed Wiggin media litigator Amali de Silva as its new legal and compliance head, following the departure…
The last word: Elite theory Legal Business ‘I’m very optimistic about our model.’ Jason Mogg, Kinstellar As part of our annual Euro Elite report, management at independent…
The Euro Elite 2017 Legal Business Menu Stronger together The Euro Elite Top 25 Focus: Garrigues Focus: Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners Focus: Gide Loyrette…
Focus: Gide Loyrette Nouel Legal Business Lawyer headcount 503 Partners 104 Revenue €190m (-1%) Offices Paris, Brussels, London, Warsaw, Moscow, Istanbul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Ho…
Focus: Hengeler Mueller Legal Business Lawyer headcount 264 Partners 90 Revenue €257m (+6%) Offices Berlin, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Shanghai Key clients General Electric,…
Focus: Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners Legal Business Lawyer headcount 425 Partners 87 Revenue €124m (+5%) Offices Rome, Milan, Bologna, Padua, Turin, Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Hong Kong, London…
Focus: Wolf Theiss Legal Business Lawyer headcount 307 Partners 64 Revenue €70m (-10%) Offices Belgrade, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Kiev, Ljubljana, Prague, Sarajevo, Sofia, Tirana, Vienna,…
Focus: Garrigues Legal Business Lawyer headcount 1,408 Partners 297 Revenue €349.4m (+3%) Offices Spain: A Coruña, Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Las Palmas, Madrid, Málaga, Murcia,…
The Euro Elite Methodology Legal Business Legal Business‘ Euro Elite comprises independent law firms based in more than 40 European jurisdictions, rather than the local offices…
Market report: Ireland – Quiet tiger Legal Business A slowdown in domestic transactional activity has hit the leading Irish independents, but they remain bullish about the landscape post-Brexit…
Market report: Baltics – Still waters Legal Business Following a raft of consolidation, the biggest players in the Baltics are experiencing a much more settled market Baltic firms…
Market report: Nordics – Over a barrel Legal Business Following a turbulent period of falling oil prices, independent firms in the Nordics are finding profitable new markets Crude oil…
News in brief – June 2017 Legal Business WHITE & CASE’S YOULE EXITS FOR SKADDEN In a major blow for White & Case’s City private equity practice, EMEA…
Emerging empires – Bakers, CMS and DLA Piper rise up the ranks as global giants march on Legal Business Ella Marshall and Jonathan Armstrong assess the latest EMEA rankings from The Legal 500 The market continues to evolve in…
Dealwatch Legal Business SKADDEN PULLS MOODY’S IN €3BN DEAL Allen & Overy (A&O) and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom led as Moody’s…
RBS shareholders agree settlement ahead of court date signalling end of epic dispute Legal Business Some 9,000 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) shareholders have accepted a last-minute 82p per share out-of-court deal from the bank…