Risk management and professional indemnity survey 2013: Getting it Right Mark McAteer Following successive years of regulatory change, including the introduction of outcomes-focused regulation, COLPs and COFAs, risk teams are now in…
Cleary and 2012 GC take top prizes in 2013 Legal Business Awards Mark McAteer Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Linklaters and London 2012’s Terry Miller were among the key prize-winners at last night’s Legal…
All hail the comeback kings Mark McAteer Two features this month focus on firms that have dusted themselves down and have come back fighting. For markedly different…
Magrath launches in Singapore Mark McAteer November saw London-based Magrath become the first corporate immigration specialist to open a standalone presence in Singapore; Ben Sheldrick and…
Cohesion critical in proving three into one does go Mark McAteer By the time you read this Dentons (as anyone sane will call it), a three-way merger between SNR Denton, Salans…
Mike’s Mechanics Mark McAteer White & Case sent Mike Goetz to London in 2000 to take its City finance practice to a new level.…
Clarke Willmott: running to stand still Mark McAteer Stephen Rosser became Clarke Willmott’s chief executive two years ago as the firm really started to suffer a post-boom hangover.…
Picking up Field Fisher Mark McAteer After years in the mid-market wilderness, Field Fisher Waterhouse is finally ready for a revolution. It wants to grow internationally…
Consolidation changes the face of Scottish elite again Mark McAteer At the end of a dramatic year for the Scottish legal market, the recently announced union between Glasgow and Edinburgh…
Lateral thinking required with international expansion Mark McAteer Last month, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton did something that it has only done once before – open two non-US…
In-house survey: power shift Mark McAteer Extracting greater value from dwindling resources is top of the agenda as general counsel look to flex their muscles. Welcome…
Getting more with less Mark McAteer There’s good news and bad news for law firms in our first-ever survey of in-house counsel this month. The good…
Katten Muchin Rosenman continues hiring spree Mark McAteer US firm Katten Muchin Rosenman remains on the charge in London following the hire of tax partner Sanjay Mehta from…
Wealth management – Filling big shoes Mark McAteer The global diversification of wealth continues to drive the efforts of law firms’ private client teams as the world’s population…
The changing face of the profession Mark McAteer Long live the Verein. The overwhelming majority of firms in this year’s Global 100 report are still single-partnerships, but with…
Mixed fortunes for mid-market in tough Scots climate Mark McAteer TLT’s recent takeover of niche Scottish firm Anderson Fyfe is the latest chapter in a flurry of movement among mid-market…
IP review: No quarter given Mark McAteer In-house teams are generally cutting back on legal spend with law firms but IP is a trend buster. As budgets…
Middle East: New order Mark McAteer There is something momentous unfolding in the Gulf. The wave of protests and general revolutionary feeling that has swept through…
Bevan Brittan – Don’t Look Back Mark McAteer Bevan Brittan’s new managing partner began work on 1 May, taking over a firm in a much stronger position than…
Michael Napier CBE QC – Man for all seasons Mark McAteer Michael Napier CBE QC steps down as chairman of Irwin Mitchell this month after 40 years at the firm. It’s…
