Risk management and professional indemnity survey 2013: Getting it Right Mark McAteer Following successive years of regulatory change, including the introduction of outcomes-focused regulation, COLPs and COFAs, risk teams are now in…
Risk management and professional indemnity survey 2013: Same Old Fears Jaishree Kalia Despite renewed focus on outcomes-focused regulation, IT security and conflicts remain the key threats keeping risk teams awake at night.…
Risk management and professional indemnity survey 2013: Finding the Balance Miriam Fahey New reporting requirements under the SRA’s outcomes-focused regulations have put additional pressure on risk teams’ resources but finding the right…
Risk management and professional indemnity survey 2013: Counting the Cost Miriam Fahey While the end of the assigned risks pool may encourage more insurers into the market, professional indemnity insurance for law…
Europe in Union David Stevenson The ravages of the global recession and the European sovereign debt crisis have threatened to turn the long boom law…
Stepping Up – Clifford Chance’s corporate revolution Legal Business Clifford Chance’s corporate practice had a stonking year in 2012, rocketing up the league tables and scoring roles on four…
Committed to Crime – boutique firms and White-collar Crime Legal Business White-collar crime work was once the comfy preserve of niche London law firms that knew their way around the inside…
Geek Chic – Bristows Legal Business Home to more well-mannered boffins in its all-equity partnership than you can shake a stick at and with no international…
Funding the fights Legal Business With litigation funders having established their own industry regulator and starting to move into arbitration cases, there are more reasons…
Mike’s Mechanics Mark McAteer White & Case sent Mike Goetz to London in 2000 to take its City finance practice to a new level.…
Is it a Law Firm? Miriam Fahey Times they are a-changing. Meet the international law firms with hardly any offices, no trainees, and the bare minimum of…
On the Mend David Stevenson When the credit crisis hit, leveraged finance lawyers were among the first to fall. They are still in the doldrums,…
Know your numbers David Stevenson When former Dewey & LeBoeuf partners blamed Citibank for not telling them about the dire state of the firm’s finances,…
Clarke Willmott: running to stand still Mark McAteer Stephen Rosser became Clarke Willmott’s chief executive two years ago as the firm really started to suffer a post-boom hangover.…
Picking up Field Fisher Mark McAteer After years in the mid-market wilderness, Field Fisher Waterhouse is finally ready for a revolution. It wants to grow internationally…
Hedge funds: Get debt go David Stevenson In the global financial crisis, the hedge fund industry lost about a fifth of its value. Now distressed debt in…
Paul Hastings: Paul Who? Legal Business Ronan O’Sullivan joined the small London operation of Paul Hastings as a senior associate seven years ago; now he’s running…
Energy boost Legal Business Other practice areas may be having a tough ride but energy lawyers are flying. LB maps the trends driving the…
LB100 2012 – Future Proof Legal Business From merger mania to profit manipulation – the LB100 in 2012 draws on familiar themes from 20 years of law…
LB 100 Retrospective – All Grown Up Legal Business The LB100 survey is now in its 20th year – what does the data reveal about how the market has…