Freshfields mints eight partners in the City in renewed 22-strong global promotion round Thomas Alan Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 22 lawyers to partner, including eight in London, amid a stronger promotion round for the…
SRA attempts to prosecute A&O lawyer over controversial Weinstein gagging deal Tom Baker An Allen & Overy (A&O) solicitor has been recommended for prosecution by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) over a controversial…
Revolving Doors: Akin Gump does the double, Kirkland boosts funds and Sidley recruits crime veteran as US firms power lateral market Thomas Alan Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld led the way in the City lateral market last week after hiring two funds…
‘Immensely rewarding’: Moore gets second term as Linklaters managing partner Marco Cillario Linklaters managing partner Gideon Moore will stay in his role until April 2022 after the partnership re-elected him for a…
Pinsents, Bird & Bird, BCLP and Network Rail the big winners at the 2019 Legal Business Awards Thomas Alan Pinsent Masons, Bird & Bird, Network Rail and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) were among the major winners at the…
No Kira in latest Fuse cohort as A&O announces new start-ups set to join incubator Thomas Alan Leading AI platform Kira Systems will not feature in the latest cohort of tech companies in Allen & Overy (A&O)’s …
Slaughters becomes latest to reveal underwhelming gender and ethnicity pay gap Thomas Alan Slaughter and May has published its first partner-level pay gap report, revealing that male partners earn on average 8.9% more than…
‘Executing our strategy’: MoFo London revenue surges 25% but global turnover drops Marco Cillario Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has added its name to the growing list of US firms with London offices outperforming the…
In-house leaders sign letter urging law firms to ramp up diversity efforts Tom Baker A group of 65 general counsel (GCs) spanning major companies from the UK and Europe has collectively signed a letter…
Kirkland breaks $5m PEP and outguns Latham again to stay world’s highest-grossing firm Nathalie Tidman Kirkland & Ellis has hiked revenues by more than $500m to remain the world’s highest-earning law firm, as global turnover surged…
Slaughter and May chooses Hong Kong once more for rare partner hire Thomas Alan Traditionally phobic to partner hires, Slaughter and May has recruited in Hong Kong again almost a year after its previous…
US firms deployed on $43bn Worldpay takeover as Freshfields scores lead on major bank merger Tom Baker Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is advising payment processor Worldpay on a proposed $43bn takeover offer by financial technology company…
Dechert rebuilds City leadership with dealmaker Field as Black takes helm Nathalie Tidman Dechert has taken strides to fortify its depleted London management team, adding private equity partner Chris Field and naming Gus Black…
Kerr to hit 26 years at 2Birds’ helm as Addleshaws re-appoints Penney as senior partner Marco Cillario Bird & Bird’s long-standing chief executive David Kerr (pictured) is set to lead the firm until 2022 after standing unopposed…
Ince & Co administrator reveals partners had ‘no appetite’ to rescue failing firm with £8.5m cash injection Tom Baker Ince & Co partners ruled out a £8.5m capital injection that may have saved the firm from financial failure, according to…
US firms strike in the City again as Latham hits Links and Paul Hastings taps Hogan Lovells Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins has once again hit the Magic Circle to expand beyond its traditional transactional heartlands in the City, recruiting…
DWF becomes UK’s largest listed law firm as it completes £95m IPO Tom Baker After announcing its record £95m IPO on Monday (11 March), DWF has today (15 March) issued 300,000,000 shares and been…
Dealwatch: Freshfields joins Slaughters in fight for UK plastics plc as Apax returns to Links Paris team Marco Cillario It has been a busy few days for the Magic Circle, as US company Berry Global trumped an offer by…
Mayer Brown’s global revenue nears $1.4bn as PEP spikes 8.2% amid expansive year Thomas Alan Chicago-bred Mayer Brown saw its global revenue rise 5.8% to $1.38bn as profit per equity partner (PEP) hiked 8.2% to…
Enterprise GC view: Retail in a cold climate – learning from the high street Guest Blog One set of February figures just published showing the worst retail footfall on record – as revealed by one GC…
