‘I was impressed by the firm’: Farrer & Co turns to CMS Cameron McKenna financial control chief to boost growth Legal Business Private client-focused firm Farrer & Co has made concerted efforts to polish its growth strategy, and has recruited CMS Cameron…
Mergerwatch – discussions crank up a gear as Morgan Lewis and Bingham look set to combine Mark McAteer After months of wrangling, the heavily trailed union between Global 100 firms Bingham McCutchen and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius looks…
Akin Gump finishes the job and takes four more partners from Bingham Tom Moore Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has continued its takeover of Bingham McCutchen’s $50m revenue London office with the hire of four…
High Court rules Lord Chancellor acted ‘unlawfully’ in legal aid reform consultation Sarah Downey In a stinging blow to the government’s controversial and widely condemned plans to overhaul criminal legal aid, the High Court…
Dealwatch: Linklaters acts on Microsoft’s $2.5bn deal for Minecraft as the firm sees deal flurry Legal Business Linklaters’ Stockholm outpost closed two major deals last week being selected by Microsoft to handle its $2.5bn acquisition of Mojang,…
Income up for the top 100 law firms but top 10 see slide as Deloitte records differing fortunes in the first quarter Legal Business Accountancy giant Deloitte has recorded reduced fee income for the top 10 UK law firms in the first quarter of…
‘We have dodged huge expense and uncertainty for businesses’: early partner reaction as Scotland says ‘no’ Michael West Scotland voted no to independence yesterday by a wider margin than many had expected, providing certainty to a legal market…
The Friday Edit: Bingham sees $50m team quit, Scots lawyers relieved and GC ethics get a prod Legal Business This is the third edition of our new review of the week, which I am now bitterly regretting as we…
Rising Middle East activity attracts WFW to launch its first office in the region with lawyer trio setting up in Dubai Legal Business LB 100 firm Watson Farley & Williams has launched its first office in the Middle East with asset finance partner…
‘It is to improve efficiency’: Ashurst cuts back overnight production team as it looks to offshore Tom Moore Top 20 firm Ashurst has made 15 redundancies to its overnight production staff in London nearly halving the City firm’s…
‘It will create confusion for clients’: SRA board votes to further open market to MDPs Sarah Downey In a decision that is sure to generate mixed reaction within the market, the Solicitors Regulation Authority approved measures yesterday [17…
Guest post: So you think you want to be a lawyer…? The pro and cons of entering the legal profession Legal Business There are many careers that are worthwhile. All jobs should be important to the people who do them. And all…
Dealwatch: Phones 4u, with £105m profit and ‘cash in the bank’, enters administration with CC, A&O and CMS acting Sarah Downey Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance and CMS Cameron McKenna have all landed key roles advising on the administration of…
Comment: Converging on boom-time profits without a boom – the big four now and then Legal Business They say averages lie, though in my experience not as much as people, but producing an annual report with 2,000…
Secured: Akin pulls off one of the largest ever City acquisitions with 22-partner Bingham team Tom Moore Bingham McCutchen’s London office, which turned over $52.3m last year, will merge with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in…
‘A key strategic objective’: Shearman continues to build its global M&A/private equity practice with London hire from Addleshaws Tom Moore Addleshaw Goddard partner Ben Rodham, who joined the firm only 18 months ago, has joined Shearman & Sterling’s fast growing…
Guest post: Scotland, the day of the referendum – a look at the consequences of a Yes or No vote Legal Business 18th September 2014 – Referendum Day in Scotland on the question of independence from the remainder of what is now…
BLP brings in Magic Circle veteran Bob Charlton to lead on its Asian expansion plans Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner has parachuted in Bob Charlton to head its Asia group, a role he held at DLA Piper…
Stephenson Harwood scales back on Asia offering with Guangzhou office closure as Hogan Lovells makes another hire Legal Business UK firm Stephenson Harwood has closed its office in Guangzhou as the firm reviews its strategy in China, while Hogan…
Cadwalader grows London team as Ashurst capital markets partner returns to the firm Sarah Downey US firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has made a key hire to its global capital markets practice with Ashurst partner…
