Collaboration all the rage as Slaughters reveals first incubator cohort and Deloitte and Burges Salmon forge tech partnerships Thomas Alan Slaughter and May has today (29 April) announced its debut cohort of fledgling technology start-ups to enter its legal tech…
Simmons looks to the City in increased partner round as Gowling doubles promotions to ten Thomas Alan Top-25 UK firms Simmons & Simmons and Gowling WLG have followed suit on a series of strong partnership promotion rounds, making up…
In-house: Facebook appoints US State Department adviser as new GC Thomas Alan Social media giant Facebook has recruited Jennifer Newstead (pictured), a legal adviser to the US State Department, as its new…
The head, the tail, the whole damn thing: UK firms suffer again as Global London sharks circle Thomas Alan With recent financial results displaying the added bite of US firms in the City, it appears their approach to the…
Moment of truth: New Law champion Axiom unveils float plans but break up of its business raises doubts Thomas Alan Axiom making good on long-trailed plans to float will be a milestone for New Law. Thomas Alan assesses if the…
Apathy and a multimillion-pound shortfall define beleaguered KWM Europe insolvency Thomas Alan Thomas Alan finds reality setting in for creditors and former partners more than two years on ‘My immediate thought was:…
Apollo hamstrung as Freshfields helps Berry complete eleventh-hour bid for UK plastics group Thomas Alan Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer successfully advised US manufacturing company Berry Global as it completed a late bid for UK-headquartered RPC Group,…
EY makes further inroads into the legal sector after acquiring Thomson Reuters’ LPO arm Thomas Alan Less than a year after it acquired Riverview Law, EY has maintained its acquisitive form by agreeing to buy the…
Freshfields mints eight partners in the City in renewed 22-strong global promotion round Thomas Alan Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 22 lawyers to partner, including eight in London, amid a stronger promotion round for the…
Revolving Doors: Akin Gump does the double, Kirkland boosts funds and Sidley recruits crime veteran as US firms power lateral market Thomas Alan Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld led the way in the City lateral market last week after hiring two funds…
Pinsents, Bird & Bird, BCLP and Network Rail the big winners at the 2019 Legal Business Awards Thomas Alan Pinsent Masons, Bird & Bird, Network Rail and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) were among the major winners at the…
No Kira in latest Fuse cohort as A&O announces new start-ups set to join incubator Thomas Alan Leading AI platform Kira Systems will not feature in the latest cohort of tech companies in Allen & Overy (A&O)’s …
Slaughters becomes latest to reveal underwhelming gender and ethnicity pay gap Thomas Alan Slaughter and May has published its first partner-level pay gap report, revealing that male partners earn on average 8.9% more than…
Slaughter and May chooses Hong Kong once more for rare partner hire Thomas Alan Traditionally phobic to partner hires, Slaughter and May has recruited in Hong Kong again almost a year after its previous…
Mayer Brown’s global revenue nears $1.4bn as PEP spikes 8.2% amid expansive year Thomas Alan Chicago-bred Mayer Brown saw its global revenue rise 5.8% to $1.38bn as profit per equity partner (PEP) hiked 8.2% to…
KWM administration report shows £18.3m hole for creditors as former staff set for payouts Thomas Alan Two years after the collapse of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) the saga rumbles on, with administrators primed to pay…
‘Great synergies’: Mayer Brown adds long-awaited restructuring hires with DLA duo Thomas Alan Chicago-bred Mayer Brown has bolstered its restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency (RBI) practice with a double hire from DLA Piper in London. DLA…
Revolving Doors: Crowell & Moring taps Squire Patton Boggs for UK partners as DLA leads hefty international recruitment round Thomas Alan City recruitment was steady last week with Crowell & Moring being the main mover after luring yet more talent from…
‘Better than many’: Paul Hastings sees London revenue grow 14% as Milbank breaks $1bn barrier globally Thomas Alan Paul Hastings saw its strong revenue growth in London tempered slightly to 14% in 2018 in what remained a strong year…
