Let’s be friends – Hogan Lovells hooks up with NewLaw darling Elevate for flexi-lawyer service Marco Cillario Hogan Lovells is the latest firm to venture into flexible lawyering after agreeing a partnership with New Law pioneer Elevate. The…
Life during law: Tom Cassels, Linklaters Marco Cillario My family moved from London to Essex in the seventies, we bought a big house with a big garden and…
After an expansive 2017, Norton Rose Fulbright starts year with Asia pullback Marco Cillario Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) made headlines in 2017 by pulling off mergers in the US and Australia, but 2018 has…
An ‘amicable’ discussion sees Weil Gotshal exit Hungary as 20-strong team joins Bird & Bird Marco Cillario Bird & Bird has bolstered its Budapest operations by adding a 20-strong Weil, Gotshal & Manges team, bringing the US…
Carillion collapse: Global 100 firms take centre stage as construction giant enters liquidation Marco Cillario Freshfields is acting for the official receiver One of the largest UK insolvencies for years, the collapse of construction giant…
Letter from… Milan: Living in style yet still playing the generation game Marco Cillario ‘All the top people in this country have grey hair,’ notes one Milan playmaker. It is a truth Italians know…
Cadwalader takes multiple hits in London as Milbank and Brown Rudnick swoop in Marco Cillario It has been an expansive start of the year in terms of partner hires for a group of finance-focused US…
Deal Watch: European acquisitions generate big-ticket roles for Latham, Bakers and Bonelli Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins, Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have lined up alongside a group of…
Revolving doors: Clyde & Co launches in Hamburg with four-partner Ince team Marco Cillario Germany has today (12 February) taken centre stage in the European lateral recruitment market with Clyde & Co announcing the…
For what they’re worth – Links, 2Birds and Pinsents among law firms disclosing chunky gender pay gaps Marco Cillario The UK’s top law firms have begun disclosing figures on gender pay gaps, with an initial round of numbers showing…
Both sides now: Milbank sees UK revenue jump 9% as Jones Day loses another two City partners Marco Cillario Contrasting fortunes summarises the position of two key US players in the London market these days, with an expansive Milbank,…
Revolving doors: Fieldfisher secures Dentons IP veteran as A&O loses New York finance star to Mayer Brown Marco Cillario Last week saw a busy lateral recruitment market pick up again, with Fieldfisher and Mayer Brown making headline deals at…
LLP latest: profits fall at Norton Rose Fulbright as Dentons’ top earner sees pay cut Marco Cillario Operating profits at Norton Rose Fulbright’s (NRF) Eurasian business fell 7.5% to £115.8m in the year to 30 April 2017,…
#MeToo: Baker McKenzie partner sanctioned after accusations of sexual assault Marco Cillario A Baker McKenzie partner has been accused of sexually assaulting an associate, it has emerged in the latest of a…
‘Potential is still enormous’: Dentons European arm grows revenue 21% in 2017 Marco Cillario Revenue from Dentons’ continental European practice grew 21% to €288m in 2017, as the firm recorded growth in all but…
LLP latest: Olswang profit fell 76% before 2017 CMS merger as legacy firms’ final accounts revealed Marco Cillario Profits at all three CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang legacy firms fell in the last financial year before their three-way…
#MeToo: Dentons launches investigation and puts partner on leave amid reports of sexual misconduct Marco Cillario With the recent #MeToo campaign shining a light on sexual harassment and misogyny across every industry, a Dentons partner has been…
‘A no-brainer’: Milbank hires four-partner Cadwalader team to upgrade City restructuring business Marco Cillario It has long been a prestigious New York shop without ever quite gaining critical mass in London, but Milbank Tweed…
Magic Circle scrambles as UK construction giant Carillion falls into liquidation Marco Cillario A heavyweight line-up of Slaughter and May, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Dentons, Clifford Chance (CC) and Linklaters have mobilised as construction…
Bumpy start to 2018 for Norton Rose Fulbright as Japan corporate head departs and two offices close Marco Cillario While 2017 saw Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) further expand its global footprint through two mergers in the US and Australia,…
