Brick Court hires Wilberforce Chambers rising star Newton Legal Business Leading commercial set Brick Court Chambers has made a key hire with Wilberforce Chambers’ rising star Laura Newton.
Linklaters the latest to match Cravath’s $180,000 associate pay in New York salary war Legal Business Linklaters has become the latest, and the last, of the Magic Circle firms in the US to match Cravath, Swaine…
Jumping on the bandwagon: Ashurst and Axiom unite for new tech service aimed at banks Madeleine Farman Axiom has partnered with Ashurst in a joint venture aimed at helping banks meet new regulations coming into force next…
‘A local foothold’: Mayer Brown opens doors in Dubai Madeleine Farman Mayer Brown has opened the doors to its Dubai Office, six months after appointing two Baker & McKenzie partners to…
Law firm leaders line up alongside City’s biggest executives in last ditch attempt to prevent Brexit Legal Business Ten prominent law firm leaders have signed a letter urging voters against voting for Brexit in the UK referendum on…
The growth continues: Stephenson Harwood posts 9% bump in another record turnover year Legal Business Stephenson Harwood has posted another record financial year, with revenue up 9% on last year from £145m to £158m.
Guest post: The tax position of out campaign funders Legal Business If you click here you can see a link to the Electoral Commission list of donations to referendum participants arranged…
Building momentum: Dentons boosts City corporate team again with Nabarro hire Matthew Field The ever-growing Dentons has made its fifth London corporate hire in less than 12 months, bringing in partner Jonathan Cantor…
Review recommended: Justice Committee latest to critique court fee hike Legal Business The House of Commons Justice Select Committee has come out against increases in court and tribunal fees in a report…
Italian Job: Fieldfisher merges with Milan headquartered firm SASPI Legal Business UK law firm Fieldfisher has entered Italy through a merger with 21 partner firm Studio Associato Servizi Professionali Integrati (SASPI),…
Pinsents, Gowling WLG and KWM appointed to reduced Royal London Asset Management panel Kathryn McCann Pinsent Masons, Gowling WLG, King & Wood Mallesons and specialist commercial firm Cannings Connolly have been appointed to Royal London…
Freshfields loses executive from leadership quartet as Michael Lacovara joins Latham Tom Moore Michael Lacovara, executive partner at Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has quit to join Latham & Watkins.
Record length SDT hearing expected for Leigh Day solicitors under fire for British Army claims Legal Business Partners from Leigh Day are set to face a seven week Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hearing over claims that the British…
Building momentum: Dentons boosts City corporate team again with Nabarro hire Matthew Field The ever-growing Dentons has made its fifth London corporate hire in less than 12 months, bringing in partner Jonathan Cantor…
Rolling on: Pinsents sole supplier deal with E.ON to run full term Kathryn McCann Energy giant E.ON has confirmed its five–year single-supplier mandate with Pinsent Masons will run its full course, with the energy…
Freshfields’ top deal lawyer Mark Rawlinson quits for senior banking role at Morgan Stanley Madeleine Farman Mark Rawlinson, one of the top City lawyers of his generation, is to quit Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to join Morgan…
Shutting down Sweden: Ashurst’s Stockholm outpost defects to local firm Kathryn McCann Ashurst has closed its Swedish offering Ashurst Stockholm, with the entire team of 30 staff moving to fellow Stockholm-based firm…
Reed Smith lands CMS Cameron McKenna’s capital markets head as it hunts financial services growth Legal Business Intent on building up its financial industry group in the City, Reed Smith has hired CMS Cameron McKenna‘s head of…
Brexit fears: Record number of UK solicitors seek admission in Ireland Kathryn McCann New figures from the Law Society of Ireland have revealed that in the first six months of 2016, a record-breaking…
FCA fines to companies drop by a third as banking scandals pass, while individual penalties rocket Legal Business New figures show while the total value of fines handed down by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has dropped by…
