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In the first major development since PricewaterhouseCoopers last month received authorisation from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to become an alternative…

After South Africa, Hogan Lovells launches nearshoring venture in Birmingham

Following Hogan Lovells announcement at the start of February that it is setting up a business process outsourcing centre in South…

Comment: Paradigm shift vs recession – responding to a sceptical reader

We recently posted a comment piece addressing the issue of whether the forces impacting on the legal market represent a permanent…

US financial results 2013: DLA achieves record revenue of $2.48bn as growth slows

The highest-ever gross turnover but reduced growth figures was the message that came out of DLA Piper’s financials today (28 February),…

RBS share sell-off in Direct Line gifts Allen & Overy with £1bn deal

Just under a year earlier than expected by some in the City, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) this week (26…

Good things come in threes…or fours: DLA Piper secures triple lateral hire from BLP

Following the announcement last September that Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) corporate partner Patrick Somers had joined DLA Piper, the top five Global 100…

Sochi over, the World Anti-Doping Agency brings in new GC as it looks to tougher 2015 code

As the excitement surrounding the successful albeit controversial Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi fades, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will…

Family marketing teams on DEFCON 1 as Law Commission calls for gold-plated prenups in UK law

Caroline Hill

For marketing teams at the family bar it’s been a tough wait but at last the Law Commission has issued its…

US merger talks: Patton Boggs and Squire Sanders confirm ‘early’ discussions

Washington-based Patton Boggs and transatlantic top 40 Global 100 firm Squire Sanders are in preliminary merger talks, the firms confirmed to Legal…

US results season 2013: Hogan Lovells unveils highest post-merger results with 5.2% increase in turnover

Transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells has today (27 February) unveiled its highest post-merger global financial results, posting a fee-income increase of 5.2%…

‘Worst fears confirmed’ as Grayling announces final legal aid reform package

There was never likely to be much compromise and so it proved. The Government today (27 February) confirmed its final…

Reforming the reforms: One-year-on Jackson soundings likely to lead to further calls for overhaul of DBAs

The first year bedding down Lord Justice Jackson’s extensive civil litigation reforms was always going to be challenging, but as…

Hogan Lovells eyes growth in South Africa with hire of Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs partner as banking head

Transatlantic giant Hogan Lovells has made its first lateral hire in South Africa since merging last December with Routledge Modise, taking…

RBS litigation: Bird & Bird’s head of dispute resolution criticised for £500m fluctuation in value of claim

The highly complex Royal Bank of Scotland 2008 rights issue litigation has seen Bird & Bird’s dispute resolution head Steven Baker…

Systems overhaul required as Treasury Solicitor’s Department falls foul of Data Protection Act

Jaishree Kalia

Whitehall’s largest legal department, the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) is to improve its data protection practices after an independent investigation…

US financial results 2013: Paul Weiss builds on 2012 success with revenue increase of 7%

New York elite firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has built on its double-digit growth of 2012 by turning out…

Making a splash – partners from Shearman, Covington and Jones Day join breakaway Freshfields arbitration boutique

As brand new start-ups go, the Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer-breakaway arbitration boutique set up by heavyweight arbitrators Constantine Partasides, Paris-based Georgias Petrochilos…

Energy run: Clifford Chance advises Shell on series of major M&A deals

Clifford Chance (CC) has secured a run of major mandates for Royal Dutch Shell including last week’s A$2.9bn ($2.6bn) agreement to sell…

US results season 2013: McDermott and King & Spalding post 4% increase in revenue