Top-tier sports law team spins off from Charles Russell Speechlys as Wiggin acquires IP boutique Redd Tom Baker A four-partner, top-ranked sports law team from Charles Russell Speechlys has spun off to create specialist boutique firm Northridge, while…
HSF launches in Milan with hire of Simmons Italian disputes head Tom Baker Strengthening its considerable European disputes offering, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) will open in Milan with the hire of Simmons &…
Ince & Co creates London head role as senior partner Heuvels makes Hong Kong move Tom Baker Following the recent decision to relocate Ince & Co senior partner Jan Heuvels to Hong Kong, the firm has appointed…
Revolving doors: firms make key in-house hires as partners move in opposite direction Tom Baker In a brisk week for lateral hires, Global 100 firms have looked in-house to boost their senior ranks while private…
Back in the USA: BLP looks stateside again as merger talks with Bryan Cave confirmed Tom Baker Nineteen months to the day since its last attempt to forge a transatlantic union with Greenberg Traurig was abandoned, Berwin…
Quest to guard privilege begins as ENRC wins right to appeal SFO order Tom Baker Throwing a lifeline to the increasingly eroded principle of legal professional privilege (LPP), Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) has this…
A retrograde step as Bar Council ends nursery scheme after four years Tom Baker Despite launching in 2013 after a six-year campaign effort to support working parents, the Bar Council has this week discontinued…
Fieldfisher extends global reach as it launches alternative service Condor in South Africa Tom Baker Fieldfisher’s unrelenting international growth this year shows no sign of slowing, as the firm takes its alternative legal services platform…
Squaring the Circle: A&O and CC confirm more details as associate pay is stoked higher Tom Baker A little more light has emerged on the going rate for junior lawyers at the Magic Circle, with Allen &…
Lucky 13 in London as Kirkland unveils mammoth partner round and taps City rival for restructuring hire Tom Baker Underlining the meteoric rise of a group of elite US law firms, Kirkland & Ellis has unveiled one of the…
Revolving doors: Dechert makes London play with Kirkland duo as firms strengthen abroad Tom Baker The pace of lateral hiring has picked up during the past week with a number of appointments in the UK…
International moves: Kennedys in double office launch as Bird & Bird plans San Francisco base Tom Baker Top-50 insurance specialist Kennedys has made an ambitious bid to further increase its global footprint, today (2 October) announcing the…
BLM takes 30-lawyer team from Slater and Gordon to launch commercial practice Tom Baker In another blow to the flagging UK arm of Slater and Gordon (S&G), 33 of the firm’s lawyers have departed…
Latham hires New York playmaker to bolster M&A team in significant loss for A&O Tom Baker Latham & Watkins has secured a senior hire from a Magic Circle competitor in New York, recruiting Allen & Overy (A&O)…
‘Big shoes to fill’: Bristows appoints Cohen as new joint managing partner Tom Baker Bristows has become the latest Legal Business 100 firm to elect a female leader, today (20 September) appointing life sciences…
Law Society settles ‘mortifying’ market abuse case with training provider Tom Baker In a move that should draw a line under a controversial competition dispute, the Law Society has settled with online…
The cutting edge Tom Baker During Apple’s earnings conference call in May, chief executive Tim Cook discussed the company’s long-running and bitter dispute with Qualcomm,…
Legal Business 100: The second 50 – Eyes on the prize Tom Baker As the debate over the future of London as a legal hub in a post-Brexit world rages on, London boutique…
Client profile: Angus McBride, News UK Tom Baker The veteran criminal defence lawyer turned legal head on bridging the gap between journalism and law While a student at…
‘A more modern way’: as litigation bankrollers move into portfolio investment, funding edges further into the disputes mainstream Tom Baker Tom Baker charts the evolution of dispute funding from case-by-base institutional backers Litigation funding has been a growing aspect of…
