‘An important victory’: Travers Smith gets another Tchenguiz claim dismissed Legal Business Travers Smith has secured a win against British entrepreneur Vincent Tchenguiz, as a Commercial Court judge dismissed a £2.2bn claim…
Comment: GCs have scraped a seat at the table but too many are wasting the opportunity Legal Business Barclays, Volkswagen and Tesco are three massive businesses in three significant, sophisticated and important business sectors. Each one of these…
‘A global perspective’: Australia partner Jenkins next to head Ashurst Jaishree Kalia After four months of searching for the firm’s next global managing partner, Ashurst has turned to its Australian side and…
Clyde & Co makes up 16 partners in half-female promotion round Legal Business Clyde & Co has announced a record number of promotions, adding 16 new partners, half of whom are women.
Guest post: How to write like a lawyer Legal Business Writing properly florid legal text takes years of practice. No-one enjoys reading it: not even the curmudgeon who has taken…
Shell slashes global panel from 11 to six post-BG merger Madeleine Farman Shell has slashed its global panel from 11 firms to just six, with Eversheds and Reed Smith newcomers to the…
Comment: Why one-stop shopping isn’t doing what it was supposed to Legal Business Sometimes in business what you correctly forecast can prove as problematic as what you get wrong. Because even when you…
Clifford Chance rebuilds competition team with plum hire from the CMA Legal Business Just one week after losing star competition partner Alastair Mordaunt to Magic Circle rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance has…
KWM real estate duo land at Ashurst following restructure Tom Moore With 24 partners on the market following King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) decision to axe 15% of its European and…
New Treasury report claims lawyers will be worse off as result of Brexit Kathryn McCann A new report issued by the Treasury has claimed lawyers and other professional services will be worse off if Britain…
Weightmans and DAC Beachcroft reappointed as North West local authorities finalise £10m panel Legal Business DAC Beachcroft, Hill Dickinson, Weightmans, and Geldards have been appointed as partners on the North West Legal Consortium’s £10m legal…
‘The ideal platform’: Stevens & Bolton shows award-winning credentials with senior CC partner hire Legal Business Legal Business‘ National/Regional Firm of the Year, Stevens & Bolton, has underlined its ability to offer City levels of expertise…
DAC takes advantage of market liberalisation to enter JV in Malaysia Kathryn McCann DAC Beachcroft is the latest firm to take advantage of market liberalisation in Asia, applying for a joint venture (JV)…
Linklaters ramps up City promotions as 24 make partner Legal Business Magic Circle firm Linklaters has made up 10 partners from its Silk Street headquarters amid a 24-strong round.
Revolving doors: Pinsent Masons makes board appointments as BLP and Mayer Brown make City hires Legal Business In a busy week for City hires, Pinsent Masons, BLP and Mayer Brown have made key appointments, as DWF, Irwin…
Trainee retention: Pinsent Masons posts ‘disappointing’ 50% rate as Norton Rose, Ashurst release figures Legal Business In the latest run of trainee retention rate releases, Pinsent Masons has recorded a ‘disappointing’ rate of 50% of its…
Guest post: A new report into HMRC’s investigation of tax fraud by the wealthy Legal Business Overnight the Public Accounts Committee published a timely report on ‘Tackling Tax Fraud’. It’s fairly short and you can read…
Q&A: RBS general counsel Collins on external advisers, technology and the stress of investigations Legal Business Set to take on the top legal role at Santander UK later this year, The Royal Bank of Scotland’s outgoing…
Moving in-house: Pinsents Issacs seconded to Barclays litigation and investigations team Kathryn McCann Pinsent Masons head of banking and finance litigation Michael Issacs, has been seconded to Barclays’ litigation and investigations team, led…
Comment: Picking up the New Law gauntlet – CC’s City head calls for a new approach to training the lawyers of the future Legal Business New entrants to the legal profession will be competing head on against Kim, the virtual assistant from Riverview Law, and…
