‘Super valuable’: Freshfields hires SFO’s joint-head of bribery in corporate crime boost Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) joint-head of bribery and corruption Ben Morgan to its corporate…
Pinsents opens third international office in 12 months with Madrid launch Legal Business Pinsent Masons is launching its third international office in less than a year with the opening of a Madrid office…
Inadequate systems: SDT lays out Clydes failings in money laundering case Legal Business Details behind one of the largest penalties awarded against a law firm by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) have been…
‘Giving the partnership back’: Linklaters to ditch individual partner metrics to target team performance Legal Business In a highly symbolic break from its 2000s incarnation, Linklaters is to phase out individual partner metrics and annual assessments…
Clydes trims partner round to nine as Asia sees bulk of promotions Legal Business Clyde & Co has trimmed back on its partner promotions, making up just nine compared to 16 last year and…
Six partners to exit Freshfields this month as finance restructure takes effect Legal Business Six finance partners will leave Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer at the end of this month, with two more to leave the…
Revenues soar at Kirkland as London restructuring partner exits for KKR spin-off Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has recorded a significant upsurge in its revenue and profit per equity partner (PEP) in 2016, as…
Partner promotions: Mishcon cuts appointments in half as Fieldfisher makes up nine Legal Business Fieldfisher and Mishcon de Reya have announced their partner promotions for 2017, with the latter seeing three associates being made…
Moving online: Selfridges rising in-house star takes lead role at fashion retailer YNAP Legal Business Emma Anthony, senior legal counsel of high-end retailer Selfridges, has taken a role at online retailer Yoox Net-A-Porter Group (YNAP)…
Comment: Clients and rookie lawyers – some awkward truths and a fatuous debate on training Legal Business Ah, despite the changing fashions, technology and economic realities of the day, in law you can always rely on that…
Moving into Miami: Reed Smith enters the market with seven lawyer disputes team Legal Business Reed Smith is opening a new office in Miami after hiring a seven lawyer arbitration and litigation team from local…
Comment: Prepare for a bumpy Brexit ride and to be ignored Legal Business For months I’ve refrained from adding to the reams of pointless Brexit commentary given that until developments develop, not much…
Shearman, HSF and Milbank join Deutsche Bank panel as junior lawyer rules prove controversial Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills, Shearman & Sterling, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Reed Smith have also taken places on Deutsche…
LLP latest: Travers’ top paid takes home £1.5m as Mishcon ‘shares the love’ Legal Business LLP accounts show City elite firms Travers Smith and Mishcon de Reya both saw double digit turnover growth in 2016.…
Global London results: Sidley Austin City turnover hits £75m as Reed Smith sees a dip Legal Business Sidley Austin has seen its London turnover boosted by 17% in 2016, hitting £75.2m for the firm’s last financial year,…
Paul Weiss makes rare London hire in blow to Simpson Thacher’s corporate department Legal Business In a rare lateral move for the US firm, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is to appoint Simpson Thacher…
Adviser review: Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells and Ashurst lose out on FCA panel Legal Business RPC, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) and Squire Patton Boggs have won panel spots at the expense of rival City outfits…
Hogan Lovells launches global mentoring scheme in latest drive to hook fintech clients Legal Business In the latest in the trend of firms offering free advice to budding fintech start-ups, Hogan Lovells has launched a global…
Freshfields gives power to associates to pitch for fintech clients Legal Business While other Legal Business 100 firms such as Slaughter and May and Simmons & Simmons are giving free legal advice…
‘Needed a degree of reinvigoration’ – Linklaters reviews banking equity points Legal Business Linklaters has undertaken a review of equity points in its finance practice, as banking groups continue to move toward sponsors…
