New Law enters the big league: Lawyers On Demand seals £25m merger with Australian firm Legal Business In the largest New Law merger to date, the UK’s biggest freelance lawyer service Lawyers On Demand (LOD) has sealed…
Merger take-three: Freshfields and Linklaters advise as LSE and Deutsche Börse re-visit talks Legal Business Nearly 16 years since talks first began, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and German rival Deutsche Börse are engaged in…
Latham targets Asian private equity market with hires from Clifford Chance and Freshfields Tom Moore After making significant investment into its European private equity practice to transform it into one of the region’s biggest private…
Guest post: Brexit analysis – Why the real danger to Parliamentary sovereignty isn’t Europe Legal Business As we await David Cameron’s sovereignty plan this week, it might help to explain what we mean by ‘Parliamentary sovereignty’.
KPMG defeats judicial review challenge in Barclays swap case Legal Business Accountancy giant KPMG has triumphed at London’s High Court today (24 February) after an unprecedented judicial review taken by Holmcroft…
Guest post: How law firms benefit when laterals don’t fit in Legal Business Much has been written recently about the need for law firms to integrate laterals more effectively. One need only search…
Latham prepares sixth Asia office as it signs property lease for Seoul Legal Business Within a year of reviewing its Asia strategy, Latham & Watkins is set to join the mass of law firms…
Revenues up 6% at Debevoise as London breaks $100m barrier Legal Business Debevoise & Plimpton ended a period of slow growth by posting a 6% rise in revenue to $756.9m as profits…
Germany and east Asia next targets as Gowling WLG merger made official Legal Business As the combination between Wragge Lawrence Graham and Gowling Lafleur Henderson to create a £400m practice has gone live today…
Revolving doors: Multiple hires for Mayer Brown, as Pinsents, Cooley and Jones Day make appointments Legal Business US firm Mayer Brown has made a number of lateral hires this week as Pinsent Masons, Cooley and Jones Day…
Magic Circle play: Dentons hires Clifford Chance veteran Voisey Legal Business Dentons continues to build its City offering through lateral recruitment, confirming the hire of Clifford Chance (CC) senior capital markets…
Baker & McKenzie acts for Bain and Brakes Group again as food distributor sells to US firm in $3.1bn deal Madeleine Farman Baker & McKenzie and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have picked up roles as US company Sysco Corp moves to buy London food distributor…
Uneasy alliance formed as Gove and Grayling have meeting of minds over Brexit Legal Business After months of speculation regarding which senior Conservative figures will campaign for the UK to leave the EU, the current…
Better connected: EE legal head reveals plans in wake of telco merger Legal Business Following BT’s high-profile £12.5bn takeover of UK mobile business EE, it has emerged the companies’ plan to consolidate external legal…
KWM global revenue drops 1% as firm unveils 2020 strategy and restructures London practice Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) global revenue dropped 1% to $1.02bn in 2015 as the Hong Kong-headquartered firm unveiled a…
BLP targets full financial integration with Greenberg Traurig as merger edges closer Tom Moore As City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) closes in on its landmark transatlantic merger with Miami giant Greenberg Traurig, the…
City showdown: US firms take roles as Russia and Ukraine’s $3bn debt dispute heads to London court Legal Business City lawyers at US firms Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan are to face off…
Land Securities to launch panel review following de Souza departure Legal Business FTSE 100 company Land Securities has kicked off a panel review of its external legal roster now that the current…
A win for Wim: Allen & Overy chooses Dejonghe as next senior partner to soothe generational leadership change Tom Moore Allen & Overy (A&O) has opted for continuity in its generational leadership change by electing Wim Dejonghe (pictured), who is…
DLA Piper’s Knowles to retire after 38 years at the firm Legal Business Sir Nigel Knowles (pictured) will retire from DLA Piper at the end of June after nearly four decades at the…
