A retrograde step as Bar Council ends nursery scheme after four years Tom Baker Despite launching in 2013 after a six-year campaign effort to support working parents, the Bar Council has this week discontinued…
Looking east: Linklaters cements Saudi partnership as Hogan Lovells shuts Mongolia base Marco Cillario Two Global 100 firms have made opposing international moves this week, with Linklaters signing a partnership with a local firm…
Martyr closes in on 20 years at helm as Norton Rose Fulbright chief gets a sixth term Marco Cillario Having already been one of the longest-serving leaders at a major City law firm, Peter Martyr looks to be taking…
Fieldfisher extends global reach as it launches alternative service Condor in South Africa Tom Baker Fieldfisher’s unrelenting international growth this year shows no sign of slowing, as the firm takes its alternative legal services platform…
Revolving Doors: Hogan Lovells and OC bolster City ranks while Kennedys ramps up US practice with three-partner hire Marco Cillario It has been another busy seven days for senior recruitment, with a host of top 50 UK law firms making…
Gowling WLG and Fieldfisher to train solicitor apprentices as ULaw forges new paths to profession Kathryn McCann Gowling WLG and Fieldfisher are to begin training solicitor apprentices with the University of Law (ULaw) as part of a…
Squaring the Circle: A&O and CC confirm more details as associate pay is stoked higher Tom Baker A little more light has emerged on the going rate for junior lawyers at the Magic Circle, with Allen &…
In-house wrap: National Grid renews roster as Barclays responds to ring-fencing demands with new appointment Kathryn McCann This week in buy-side news saw in-house teams respond to some of the biggest issues facing clients: bank ring-fencing and…
Simmons & Simmons becomes third international firm to launch in Ireland since Brexit vote with key local hire Marco Cillario While there hasn’t been the anticipated rush of City firms into alternative European financial centres since the UK voted for…
‘The idea is working’: Dentons Europe recorded double-digit revenue growth, LLPs show Marco Cillario Revenue at Dentons’ continental European arm grew 11% to €275.8m in the year to 31 December 2016, according to LLP…
Comment: What ails Freshfields? Time is running out for ‘The Last Champions’ Madeleine Farman The headline of the last lengthy piece Legal Business carried on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer said it all: The Last Champions.…
In the money: Gateley veterans reap six figures in £10m share sale Kathryn McCann For listed law firms, recent months have been a period of brutally mixed fortunes. While Slater and Gordon has suffered…
DWF adds to senior ranks once more as Addleshaws heavyweight Carpenter jumps ship Kathryn McCann A month after recruiting former DLA Piper leader Sir Nigel Knowles, DWF has brought in a senior hand again with…
Australia latest stop on DWF’s belated world tour as it announces local tie-up Kathryn McCann In contrast to the majority of the top 25 of the Legal Business 100, DWF has been a latecomer to…
Freshfields and Kirkland land roles in biggest ever UK airline collapse Marco Cillario Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kirkland & Ellis have won advisory roles as Monarch Airlines filed for administration in the early…
Lucky 13 in London as Kirkland unveils mammoth partner round and taps City rival for restructuring hire Tom Baker Underlining the meteoric rise of a group of elite US law firms, Kirkland & Ellis has unveiled one of the…
Revolving doors: Dechert makes London play with Kirkland duo as firms strengthen abroad Tom Baker The pace of lateral hiring has picked up during the past week with a number of appointments in the UK…
International moves: Kennedys in double office launch as Bird & Bird plans San Francisco base Tom Baker Top-50 insurance specialist Kennedys has made an ambitious bid to further increase its global footprint, today (2 October) announcing the…
BLM takes 30-lawyer team from Slater and Gordon to launch commercial practice Tom Baker In another blow to the flagging UK arm of Slater and Gordon (S&G), 33 of the firm’s lawyers have departed…
Latham hires New York playmaker to bolster M&A team in significant loss for A&O Tom Baker Latham & Watkins has secured a senior hire from a Magic Circle competitor in New York, recruiting Allen & Overy (A&O)…
