The business of saving lives Nathalie Tidman ‘Every week two women are killed by their partners and three commit suicide due to domestic abuse.’ With such a…
‘A big deal’: Harrison sets out strategy for building a thoroughly modern law firm Nathalie Tidman Undaunted by a hectic few days in which details of Natasha Harrison’s new firm Pallas Partners hit the headlines, the…
Harrison leads Boies Schiller team exodus to set up rival firm Nathalie Tidman Natasha Harrison has left Boies Schiller to set up a rival firm in the City, with five other partners also…
Global 100: Goodwin – No guts, no glory Nathalie Tidman The Zoom call with Gemma Roberts, private equity partner and recently-appointed co-chair of Goodwin’s London office, has not got off…
Life During Law: Tihir Sarkar Nathalie Tidman I grew up in the Midlands in the ̒80s. It was hard hit by the recession. My dad lost his…
Welcome to the Renaissance Nathalie Tidman A senior legal headhunter friend, who could easily be described as a Renaissance Man, recently confided that one of the…
Kirkland shortens equity track as it wages intensified war for talent Nathalie Tidman Kirkland & Ellis has shortened its path to equity partnership by a year in another audacious move that will doubtless…
LB100 Overview: Marathon, not a sprint Nathalie Tidman The phrase has long been a cliché among industry circles, but no-one is better at being cautiously optimistic than a…
LB100 proves pacier than hoped but there’s plenty of ground still to cover Nathalie Tidman While commentary from LB100 leaders in recent years may have occasionally sounded like a broken record, with gingerly repeated soundbites…
‘Similar but different’: Osborne Clarke’s veteran senior partner Saul hands the baton to Clough Nathalie Tidman Having overseen a time of significant growth for Osborne Clarke, Andrew Saul (pictured) is making way for Peter Clough to…
Dealwatch: Golden ticket for Skadden and Taylor Wessing as they lead on Netflix’s Roald Dahl acquisition Nathalie Tidman Pundits on the apparently unceasingly bullish deal markets have become well-versed in pointing to sectors that have particularly been stoked by…
Kirkland breaks own record again to make up 151 new partners and 19 in London Nathalie Tidman With the boldness the market has come to expect from the world’s highest-grossing law firm, Kirkland & Ellis has again…
Rare blow for Cravath as Freshfields hires Zoubek to co-head Wall Street M&A team Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Cravath M&A partner Damien Zoubek to co-head its New York corporate practice alongside Ethan Klinsberg,…
Slaughters galvanises succession to name Finkler and Turnill its next generation leaders Nathalie Tidman In an unusual display of forward planning for a City leader, Slaughter and May has already earmarked Roland Turnill (pictured)…
Dealwatch: Latham and Linklaters bet on £2.2bn William Hill disposal as £1.2bn easyJet rights issue flies Nathalie Tidman While it could hardly be said to have slowed down over summer, the deal market has nevertheless ramped up since the…
Life During Law: Adam Plainer Nathalie Tidman I didn’t want to be a lawyer. My father wouldn’t let me go to RADA. Acting is what I wanted…
Time to stop sneering at the leaders recognising the value of humanity Nathalie Tidman It is hard to introduce a column on female leaders without sounding trite or – as a woman – vaguely…
Women leaders: Women of the revolution Nathalie Tidman ‘There’s finally a new wave of senior leadership and it’s in the form of smart women. Whatever the reason, I…
Financial results 2020/21: Travers overcomes Covid blip as revenue spikes 15% and PEP surges 22% Nathalie Tidman The financial performance of Travers Smith has seen a dramatic double-digit bounce-back as turnover increased 15% to £185.7m and profit…
Financials 2020/21: ‘Tremendous resilience’ from Freshfields yields 5% turnover and profit growth Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has weathered the coronavirus crisis to report a 5% addition to its top line and profit per…
