Competition and Markets Authority wins over doubters as City nerves subside Sarah Downey After longstanding debate followed by a consultation launched by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) in March 2011,…
Deal watch: Hogan Lovells, RPC in key work for Kodak and AstraZeneca as DLA Piper reveals major High Court win Sarah Downey This week has seen two of the larger global challenger firms reveal significant wins on behalf of major international clients.…
Lateral movement: Martin explains Macfarlanes’ current hiring spree Sarah Downey One of the biggest surprises to come out of Macfarlanes lately is not that it was one of the strongest…
Return of the accountants: KPMG and EY consider ABS Sarah Downey Global accountants including KPMG and EY have the UK’s legal sector firmly in their sights as they consider their options…
Clydes and Charles Russell establish new footprints while Kinstellar snares 10-lawyer team from Dentons’ expanding Kazakhstan operation Sarah Downey The start of September has seen international firms reinvigorate their expansion plans, with Clyde & Co revealing an Indonesian alliance…
Clifford Chance snares BLP’s contentious tax head Sarah Downey Senior exits from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) continue apace as Clifford Chance has confirmed the hire of Liesl Fichardt, the…
European expansion: Speechlys opens second Swiss base as Pinsents and OC bolster Euro offices through lateral hires Sarah Downey It’s been a year of highs and lows for private client firm Speechly Bircham which, after enduring flat revenues for…
Back of the net: BLP and Fladgate advise on Gareth Bale’s £85m transfer to Real Madrid Sarah Downey It was a busy football transfer window for some of the UK’s leading law firms, with Berwin Leighton Paisner’s Graham Shear…
The guessing game is over as Vodafone’s $130bn Verizon sell off sees Slaughters acting opposite Macfarlanes and Wachtell Sarah Downey Intense speculation over Vodafone’s $130bn disposal of its US group, whose principal asset is its 45% interest in Verizon Wireless,…
LB 100 – The second quartile: Wind swept Sarah Downey Mid-pack advisers faced contrasting fortunes over the year, with many generalists seeing margins under continued pressure, while a sizeable band…
Return of the accountants: KPMG and EY consider ABS Sarah Downey Global accountants including KPMG and EY have the UK’s legal sector firmly in their sights as they consider their options…
Outrageous fortune – how Ireland’s legal elite has stood up to five punishing years of austerity Sarah Downey Bought by the Central Bank in 2012 from lender and toxic loans body the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) for…
International rescue – the advisers winning the key work for multi-national clients in Ireland Sarah Downey Rescuing Ireland’s banks was a portentous decision in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. It has resulted in crippling…
Keeping up with Kinsella: Slater & Gordon’s slowly but very surely approach to mergers set to continue Sarah Downey If you had reached the impression that Slater & Gordon’s acquisitive streak had come to a natural pause, if only for…
Ireland’s lucky number seven: Irish Treasury appoints septuplet of firms to its legal panel Sarah Downey Thanks to the economic turbulence that has plagued the Irish nation since 2008, Dublin’s largest firms continue to collect hefty…
RSM Tenon in administration as three UK firms carve out Challinors Sarah Downey The break-up of debt-laden Midlands firm Challinors took a ‘hunter turned hunted’ twist yesterday afternoon (22 August) after administrator RSM…
Challinors administration: SGI Legal acquires personal injury work of ailing Midlands firm Sarah Downey The keenly-watched administration of Midlands firm Challinors this evening (20 August) led to a first sale of its personal injury caseload…
Against the grain: Kent CC’s legal arm introduces trainee programme as it unveils 20% rise in profits Sarah Downey As private practice firms including Allen & Overy downsize their trainee intakes the successful legal arm of Kent County Council has…
Training contracts: A&O cuts 2015 intake by 15% and reveals retention rates alongside HFW and Olswang Sarah Downey Allen & Overy’s (A&O) decision today (15 August) to reduce its trainee intake by 15% in 2015 will be closely…
Revolving Doors: Macfarlanes, LG and Howes Percival boost commercial real estate as CMS takes on RPC reinsurance head Sarah Downey A resurgence in commercial real estate work has seen heightened lateral activity in the sector with hires by Macfarlanes, Lawrence…
