Law Tech special – Spring 2019
Disputes Yearbook 2019: Menu
The Last Word – Best foot forward
As bellwether Forsters opens the 2018/19 financial reporting season in the UK announcing steady revenue growth, we ask law firm leaders for a progress report A decent year ‘We don’t have an enormous exposure to M&A. It makes up about 10% of our business, but the sense is people are getting used to the new …
Significant hires
In April, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan reinforced its City competition practice with the hire of Elaine Whiteford from Covington & Burling, who brings with her a focus on follow-on damages litigation – a particular area of interest for the disputes specialist. Ropes & Gray, meanwhile, made a financial regulation play with the hire of …
Topping the food chain – Global London 2019
Dealwatch: Global 100 firms share spoils on flurry of private equity and public M&A mandates
Slaughter and May is acting on the £1.3bn unsolicited bid for doorstep lender Provident Financial. Corporate head Andy Ryde (pictured) is joined by Paul Mudie in advising the bid from Non-Standard Finance. Provident, meanwhile, has enlisted Clifford Chance corporate partners Lee Coney and Mark Poulton. Eversheds Sutherland fielded a team led by partner Aleen Gulvanessian on Dairy Crest’s £975m …
The Last Word – Global London perspectives from inside the shark tank
To mark the launch of our 2019 Global London report, we ask senior management at the leading US firms in London for a progress update Brexitproof ‘Milbank does not just have stellar transactional practices: a very significant component of the London office are countercyclical businesses such as restructuring and litigation. They are among the strongest …
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Global London Main Table 2019
GC Powerlist UK 2019
Methodology and criteria
The research process for the GC Powerlist has grown substantially since the first report was published in 2013, and now encompasses online nominations as well as substantial interviews with senior general counsel (GCs) and private practitioners. The first stage for the 2019 report began in early December with the launch of an online survey to …