‘I am trying to start a conversation’ – Pearson law chief’s new book creates playbook for the modern GC Tom Baker While there is a body of writing on how to run an in-house legal team, much of it is dominated…
Thames Water invites tenders for £48m provision with new regulatory and disputes panel Tom Baker Thames Water has opened to tender its legal services provision worth £48m in total, inviting pitches from up to 10 firms for…
Fieldfisher grows finance practice with hire of K&L Gates’ Moller Tom Baker Fieldfisher has appointed Stephen Moller as a partner from K&L Gates, further bolstering the firm’s finance team after its April…
‘Fundamentally different’: MasterCard and Visa to face new £300m UK retailers’ interchange fee claims Tom Baker Humphries Kerstetter has launched a series of new £300m competition damages claims against MasterCard and Visa, on behalf of a…
CAT rules Law Society abused its dominant position in conveyancing training market Tom Baker The Law Society of England and Wales abused its dominant position in the market for the provision of quality certifications…
‘Hugely complicated’: Watson Farley, White & Case, A&O line up on $14bn shipping deal Tom Baker Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised a group of 29 international and local banks who were acting as financiers…
Capsticks wins out as SRA ditches panels for sole adviser mandate Tom Baker The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has named Capsticks as its sole provider for disciplinary and litigation work, opting to abandon…
US employment firm Littler goes big with London takeover Tom Baker US employment powerhouse Littler Mendelson has announced it is launching in the UK, through a merger with London-based boutique GQ…
Major LIA mandate for Enyo ends as SocGen settlement reached Tom Baker The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) represented by Enyo Law, has settled its longstanding dispute against Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) client…
Knights posts 64% revenue growth to move into the LB100 Tom Baker Alternative Business Structure (ABS) Knights has recorded 64% growth in turnover in the last year to achieve £33.5m in revenue.
CMS network promotes 48 to partner, with Nabarro and Olswang making up two each Tom Baker Ahead of the triple merger on 1 May, the CMS global network including Nabarro and Olswang have announced their partner…
Q&A: Signature Litigation’s Graham Huntley on potential mergers and the need for litigators to behave Tom Baker In the middle of a monumental class action against RBS representing around 25,000 claimants, Signature Litigation founding partner Graham Huntley…
Law Society lines up Clifford Chance’s Davis to take over as president Tom Baker Clifford Chance commercial litigation partner Simon Davis has been elected as the Law Society’s deputy vice president.
National firms lead pack as Capita completes legal panel review Tom Baker Professional services company Capita has finalised its commercial legal panel, with a raft of firms making it onto a 21-strong…
Partner promotions: Drastically reduced round for Addleshaws as Burges Salmon makes up trio Tom Baker Addleshaw Goddard and Burges Salmon have announced their latest partner promotions, with Addleshaws seeing a sharp drop in the number…
‘Implications across the board’: Supreme Court clarifies professional negligence rules in landmark BPE Solicitors case Tom Baker City partners have reacted positively to a Supreme Court ruling which found a firm was not responsible for the entire…
‘It could still fall apart’: Freshfields client Tesco takes DPA after two year SFO investigation Tom Baker Tesco has agreed to pay the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) £129m in fines relating to a 2014 profit misstatement, avoiding…
‘What we really needed’: Enyo Law launches tax and insolvency practices with Deloitte and Olswang hires Tom Baker Litigation specialist Enyo Law has announced the creation of tax and insolvency practices, following the hires of Fiona Walkinshaw and…
Called off: Stewarts Law deal to acquire Enyo scrapped Tom Baker A deal for Stewarts Law to merge with boutique Enyo Law to create an £80m disputes specialist has been called…
Hunting El Dorado – Iberian firms keep their eyes on prizes at home and abroad Tom Baker A year ago, Spanish leader Garrigues unveiled its fifth office in Latin America, adding Chilean firm Avendaño Merino to its…
