Barclays among unsecured creditors set to lose £33.5m in KWM Europe administration Legal Business An initial report into King & Wood Mallesons‘ now defunct European arm states unsecured creditors are expected to lose £33.5m…
SRA gets secretive, blocking public and press access to board meetings Matthew Field In an unusual break from its mantra of transparency, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has decided it will no longer…
Q&A: Cooley’s Justin Stock talks launching in London and his ambition to match US success Legal Business Two years after Cooley‘s launch in the City with a dramatic flurry of hires, the office has hit turnover of…
Freshfields and A&O latest in the Magic Circle to post spring trainee retention rates, keeping on 84% and 82% respectively Madeleine Farman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O) have both kept on 31 members of their spring trainee intake, with…
HSF public international law head to boost Boies Schiller City practice following Miles exit Legal Business US litigation specialist Boies, Schiller & Flexner has hired Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) head of public international law Dominic Roughton.
Legacy Eversheds partner Keri Rees takes top corporate role at newly-merged firm Kathryn McCann Eversheds Sutherland has appointed corporate partner Keri Rees to head up the firm’s global company commercial practice group following Keith…
Refreshing the ranks: Magic Circle firms freshen up practice area leadership Legal Business Slaughter and May is changing heads in three practice areas: dispute resolution, outsourcing, technology, intellectual property (IP) and sport, and…
Comment: Myths and monsters – how KWM got swallowed by its own culture Legal Business Hearing that Legal Business was gearing up for an in-depth look at the collapse of the European arm of King…
‘Another major milestone’: Latham returns to the Magic Circle again in City regulatory push Legal Business Latham & Watkins announced today (9 March) that it has continued bolstering its financial services offering in the City with…
‘Mixed emotions’: Facebook appoints Olswang partner Caddick as new regulatory and litigation head in Europe Legal Business Ahead of the tripartite merger between CMS, Nabarro and Olswang, Facebook has announced that it has taken on commercial disputes…
‘The right move’: Four-partner private client team leaves Gowling WLG for Forsters Kathryn McCann Gowling WLG has lost its legacy Lawrence Graham private client team, including four partners, to Mayfair firm Forsters. Private client…
Project Connect: New DLA finance head to push collaboration pay incentives Kathryn McCann DLA Piper‘s finance partners are being encouraged to participate in cross-office and cross-practice collaboration within a new framework called Project…
Deus ex machina: Linklaters signs up Lloyds and RBS to ring-fencing software Matthew Field Linklaters has launched a pair of artificial intelligence (AI) products in the latest innovation push for the Magic Circle firm,…
Lawyers in Burness Paull conflict trial face professional complaints as case moves to full hearing Kathryn McCann A $210m claim against Burness Paull will go to a full Scottish civil trial after Edinburgh’s Court of Session found…
To the bank: Linklaters’ Elliott takes chair role at Permanent TSB Legal Business After 27 years at the Magic Circle firm, former senior partner Robert Elliott has been appointed chairman at Irish bank…
Spring budget 2017: Chancellor offers business rates relief as MoJ cuts continue Legal Business With business rates relief and tax rises for the self-employed stealing the limelight in today’s budget, government documents also reveal…
In-house: Barclays litigator Pagni takes UK GC spot as Chapman steps down Legal Business Barclays global litigation head Stephanie Pagni has been appointed general counsel (GC) for Barclays UK, replacing Mark Chapman.
RPC loses Julia Chain and consulting team as former T-Mobile GC joins eDiscovery firm Legal Business In what could be the end of its 18 month old general counsel consultancy group, RPC has seen the exit…
Wells Fargo picks Cravath senior partner Parker as new general counsel Matthew Field Wells Fargo has ended its search for a new legal chief with the appointment of Cravath, Swaine & Moore veteran…
‘Natural evolution’: DLA Piper swoops into Lisbon with new tie-up Legal Business DLA Piper has announced it is integrating Portuguese firm ABBC into its global network, a move effective from today (7…
