Blogs

Marco Cillario

Linklaters is seeking to recruit a chief information security officer (CISO) to establish, shape and deliver its global IT security strategy…

Georgiana Tudor

Lawyers On Demand (LOD), Berwin Leighton Paisner’s(BLP) freelance lawyers spin-off, is due to launch in the Middle East with a new…

Marco Cillario

Law firms are strengthening their European practices, with Bird & Bird, PwC and Farrer & Co all hiring in London,…

Georgiana Tudor

Morgan Lewis & Bockius’ London office revenue grew 17% in the year ended September 2016, increasing its London revenue last year to £33.9m,…

Georgiana Tudor

Insurance law and risk specialist firm BLM announced today (17 July) it has appointed its claims solutions head Vivienne Williams (pictured) as…

Marco Cillario

Linklaters is to renew its focus on the US and Asia following its appointment of a new global head of US…

Tom Baker

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer competition litigation head Jon Lawrence is to leave the firm to pursue a career as a barrister at…

Kathryn McCann

London head-quartered firm Bristows is mourning the death of joint managing partner Theo Savvides, who tragically passed away on 10 July following…

Tom Baker

Turnover at boutique pensions firm Sacker & Partners has slowed after last year’s strong growth, with average profit per equity partner (PEP)…

Madeleine Farman

White & Case has again advised Polish telecoms group Play Communications and its shareholders, Novator and Olympia, this time on Play’s…

Kathryn McCann

DWF has fulfilled its ambition to enter the South American legal market with new associations in Argentina, Panama and Colombia, following…

Tom Baker

Fieldfisher is retaining all of its London-based trainees for a second consecutive year, with a 13-strong cohort qualifying into a range…

Legal Business

Former Linklaters’ global chief operating officer Simon Thompson (pictured) has joined Baker McKenzie’s London office as its new chief operating…

Kathryn McCann

A host of UK firms including Bond Dickinson, TLT and DAC Beachcroft have been appointed to West Yorkshire authorities’ legal framework (WYLAW) for three years.…

Alex Novarese

Casting an eye over the results for the world’s 100 largest law firms, 2016/17 has been the definition of grinding out…

Kathryn McCann

DAC Beachcroft‘s profit per equity partner has increased 20% from £358,000 to £432,000, despite subdued revenue growth which the firm…

Tom Baker

Trowers & Hamlins will retain 70% of its second-year trainees in newly-qualified (NQ) roles this autumn, while Withers has decided to keep 73%…

Kathryn McCann

Following Work Group’s conditional £18.8m reverse takeover bid for West-End firm Gordon Dadds, Work Group confirmed it has successfully raised £20m, as the…

Legal Business

King & Spalding litigation partner Christopher Wray, nominated as FBI director, earned $9.2m for his partnership share over the last…

Georgiana Tudor

Slaughter and May has announced today (12 July) that it will retain 91% of its second-year trainees for newly qualified…