Legal tech sponsored briefing: Turning words into action Guest Blog Andrew Whiteley explains how Lexacom’s latest innovations in speech recognition can provide solutions to law firms Lexacom is an advanced…
‘Our values are imperatives’: Pinsents chief on diversity, success and being bolder Hamish McNicol Legal Business (LB): How do you create a clearer picture of what Pinsents is doing on diversity? Richard Foley (RF):…
An ill wind… The LB100 leadership debate Alex Novarese Alex Novarese, Legal Business: How is the market generally? Lee Ranson, Eversheds Sutherland: Most of the managing partners around this…
The Brexit countdown – The Irish question Dominic Carman ‘A dense population in extreme distress inhabits an island’ – that is how Disraeli began to define the Irish Question…
Unstoppable: The Risk Report Mark McAteer Our debut risk management and professional indemnity report with broker Marsh in February 2008 featured a timid segue into an…
Reborn supremacy – inside the unlikely White & Case revolution Nathalie Tidman ‘Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!’ exclaims Oliver Brettle, White & Case’s London executive partner, before getting up…
A Tale of Two Citys – a growing divide emerges as the US elite storms ahead in London Marco Cillario A surging private equity market, the City’s first $10m lateral and two law firms passing the $3bn mark. At first…
Global London Focus: Cooley Marco Cillario London headcount: 80 lawyers, 27 partners London head: Justin Stock (pictured) Office speciality: Technology, life sciences, litigation Representative work: Advised…
Global London Focus: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Marco Cillario London headcount: 116 lawyers, 22 partners Fee-earner headcount change since 2012: +81% London heads: Suhrud Mehta and Julian Stait Office…
Off the leash – as regulators target City leaders, is more to come? Tom Baker It was a prized scalp. In December, Clifford Chance (CC) became the first Magic Circle player to fall foul of…
Being great at one thing is not enough – remaking a City leader for the times Alex Novarese LB: What have been the big wins for Herbert Smith Freehills [HSF] over the last two years? Mark Rigotti (MR):…
The Icarus syndrome – the highs and lows of Slater and Gordon Tom Baker Pride before a fall. Everything was going well when the world’s first listed law firm, Slater and Gordon, announced another…
Higher learning Catherine Wycherley 1998 seems like a lifetime ago, where e-commerce was a fantasy for ordinary people just discovering the internet. Yet 1998…
Alphas – the hunt for female deal stars (and why it’s hard to be a City woman) Nathalie Tidman ‘You will have to go out and find the women – they won’t come to you,’ warns Travers Smith partner…
M&A/Corporate Nathalie Tidman Aedamar Comiskey and Jessamy Gallagher, Linklaters Linklaters’ head of corporate Aedamar Comiskey (pictured above) stands as one of the few…
Private equity Nathalie Tidman Claire McDaid, Willkie Farr & Gallagher While it is always difficult to untangle the platform from the individual, Willkie Farr…
