Betting on Brussels: Sheppard Mullin takes Hogan Lovells partner in competition law play Legal Business US firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has taken competition lawyer Jacques Derenne from Hogan Lovells’ Brussels office to launch an…
Entering Africa: DLA Piper launches in Morocco and South Africa Legal Business Just two months after severing its ties with South African affiliate, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, DLA Piper is launching two new…
Freedom to operate: Bar Standards Board wants to relax barrister rules for corporate vehicles and agencies Legal Business The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is proposing to make it easier for barristers to work through agencies and corporate vehicles,…
Comment: Bespoke, mobile and plugged in: CMS’s Duncan Weston on the tech tools clients will demand Legal Business Against a backdrop of a fast-changing technology environment; value-conscious clients, rising rents, and the need to provide meaningful alternative fee…
DLA Piper boosts Italian offer with nine hires from Ashurst Victoria Young DLA Piper has hired a team of three partners and six other lawyers from Ashurst for its restructuring and litigation group…
Holman Fenwick Willan takes London banking partner from Ince & Co Legal Business During a tough year for insurance specialists, Holman Fenwick Willan has hired a partner from rival Ince & Co, appointing…
Law Society wants pilot scheme ahead of proposed court closures Legal Business The Law Society said it wants the government to test the use of public buildings for court hearings before it…
Comment: K&L Gates’ Tony Griffiths on profit, delusion and how Big Law became obsessed with the wrong things Legal Business Many centuries ago while studying law as an undergraduate, a particularly inspiring corporate law lecturer suggested that I might want…
King & Spalding steps up aggressive City push with A&O partner hire Legal Business King & Spalding has recruited Allen & Overy’s former European head of US law, Thomas Jones, as its raid on…
The Legal 500 view: more choice and competition defines market Kathryn McCann The UK legal market now offers more choice than ever, and this is reflected in the 2015 edition of The…
Comment: Fragmented and naïve – the profession’s failure to penetrate Whitehall Legal Business Two pieces in this month’s Legal Business touch on a common theme: the profession’s failure to influence government.
Not over yet – New York jury clears former Dewey leaders on multiple counts in partial verdict Legal Business A Manhattan jury has found former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives Steven Davis, Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders not guilty on…
Dechert results: revenue slides by £2m in London as highest earner takes home £2.7m Legal Business The highest take-home pay at Dechert’s London office rose by 16% last year to £2.69m, despite income at the City office…
Comment: The fundamental things – SJ Berwin and the problem with legal conglomerates Legal Business At the time that SJ Berwin combined with King & Wood Mallesons there were plenty of reasons to be optimistic.…
Quinn fastens up for multibillion-euro shareholder claim against Volkswagen in Germany Legal Business US litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been instructed in a shareholder lawsuit against car maker Volkswagen (VW) after the…
King & Wood Mallesons departures continue as Ashurst hires Hong Kong corporate heavyweight Joshua Cole Legal Business King Wood & Mallesons (KWM) is to lose senior corporate partner Joshua Cole from its Hong Kong office to Ashurst.
Name partner departs arbitration boutique Volterra Fietta Tom Moore Four years after leaving Latham & Watkins to launch arbitration and international law boutique Volterra Fietta, Stephen Fietta has resigned to set up…
Guest post: Asking the big question – what do clients want? Legal Business Engineers and theologians know how to find out. I listened with great interest last week to a presentation about a soon-to-be…
Austrian law student’s case against Facebook results in landmark ECJ decision to scrap safe harbour regime Legal Business An Austrian law student has won a legal challenge over the US safe harbour scheme, in a decision which will…
Legal Services Board green lights removal of annual solicitor endorsements for sole practitioners Legal Business The Legal Services Board (LSB) has agreed to the removal of annual solicitor endorsements for sole practitioners, in a move…
