Trowers & Hamlins unites with Devon firm as part of regional push Victoria Young Trowers & Hamlins has combined with Devon based Stones Solicitors to create a firm with turnover of about £85m, in a…
Guest Post: It’s all in the Game: Immigration Lawyers vs the High Court? Richard Moorhead I have on a few occasions blogged on the High Court’s (and indeed the now Lord Chief Justice’s) exasperation, justified…
Winston & Strawn elects corporate partner Ashcroft as London board member as Madden steps down from global executive Legal Business US firm Winston & Strawn has shaken up its global executive committee, and replaced London board member and disputes partner…
Scottish play: Clyde & Co seals Simpson & Marwick deal Legal Business After months of negotiations, Clyde & Co has successfully secured a merger with Scottish firm Simpson & Marwick, following other…
Guest post: WTF is a trusted adviser and how did GCs come to strive for it? Legal Business ‘What’s your ambition son?’ ‘Well dad, I’d like to be a plausible adviser’ ‘Good boy. And then one day you might…
‘Differing practice interests’: strategic tensions emerge as 11 Stone Buildings votes to dissolve Sarah Downey London commercial and chancery chambers 11 Stone Buildings (11SB) is set to dissolve on 30 October 2015.
Gibson Dunn strikes again to land HSF’s global head of capital markets Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills’ global capital markets chief, Steve Thierbach, is set to leave the firm for Gibson Dunn & Crutcher…
Freshfields head of Islamic finance to leave for Morgan Lewis Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer global head of Islamic finance Tarek El-Assra has quit the firm to join Morgan, Lewis & Bockius…
Comment: The NYLon law firm – outmoding a Global Elite and Magic Circle firm near you Alex Novarese If there is one big trend in the analysis of Legal Business in recent years it is the encroaching existential…
Microsoft general counsel promoted to president and chief legal officer Legal Business Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, has been appointed as the company’s president and chief legal officer in a rare move…
US law firms take advantage of early retirement myths at City leaders, argues report Legal Business New research suggests US firms are picking up top talent by taking advantage of the misconception that UK firms exit…
Revolving doors: TLT and SPB expand in the regions while Ashurst bolsters its finance practice Michael West The UK’s regional hubs saw a spree of hiring as TLT strengthened its corporate practice in Manchester after a law…
Legal watchdog overhauls handbook to green light apprenticeships as it ushers in ‘inconceivable’ changes Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has inched closer to controversial apprenticeship qualifications while green lighting a raft of changes to…
In-house: Network Rail corporate legal chief stands down after almost a decade Legal Business After nearly ten years of service at Network Rail including helping to restructure the body’s legal team and transfer to…
Comment: The Dirty Conversation – hard choices for leading US firms as the Boomers clock out Legal Business With the first wave of the Baby Boom about to turn 70, firms are asking the hard question, earlier and…
Guest post: Luxury lawyering and the Bergdorf effect – getting your price right Legal Business A week or two ago, we were having drinks here in New York with two senior corporate partners at an…
‘A hole in the market’: Scott + Scott opens in the City with plans to exploit conflicts and cash in on competition class actions Jaishree Kalia In anticipation of a boom in competition-based disputes as the Consumer Rights Act comes into force, US firm Scott+Scott is…
In-house: Lloyds Bank hires JP Morgan EMEA litigation head as new disputes chief Legal Business JP Morgan’s Europe, Middle East and Africa head of litigation Wilson Thorburn has been appointed by Lloyds Bank as its…
Life after Kaplan: Ince & Co picks BPP while Mills & Reeve lets its trainees decide Victoria Young BPP has picked up Ince & Co as a client while Mills & Reeve is allowing trainees to pick for…
‘The final piece of the jigsaw’: DAC Beachcroft launches Miami office targeting Latin America Victoria Young DAC Beachcroft has opened an office in Miami, led by a former AIG lawyer, as it looks to strengthen its…
