Legal Aid Agency faces 100-firm challenge over criminal contract cuts amid whistleblower’s call for an external investigation Legal Business It was a decision never likely to sit well with the public defence profession and so it proved. The ongoing…
Blue chip clients: cutting-edge tech will reshape law in five years as more jobs taken by intelligent machines Legal Business In-house lawyers have been notoriously slow to embrace the tech-backed delivery of legal services, but Legal Business research drawing on…
Bursting at the seams: Milbank makes room for 50 extra lawyers in the City Legal Business Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy is gearing up for further growth in London by leasing extra office space, an extra…
Easy access: EY lowers threshold for first UK trainee programme Legal Business Big Four accountancy firm EY will recruit eight trainee solicitors in the UK over the next two years, launching its…
Ince & Co Singapore exits continue as energy head departs for Bakers Legal Business Ince & Co’s departures continue in Singapore with energy head Martin David being the latest to leave the firm, joining…
Freshfields and HFW criticised by Takeover Panel for breaching rules in Bumi transaction Legal Business In a rare step, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) have been publicly criticised by the UK Takeover…
Goodwin Procter opens Frankfurt base with the hire of four Ashurst partners Legal Business US firm Goodwin Procter is setting up shop in Frankfurt, establishing a real estate capital markets platform with four of…
Shearman abandons defined-benefit scheme to defuse pensions time bomb Legal Business While some US law firms have long ignored mounting pension liabilities, relying on annual profits to pay retirees, Shearman &…
Magic Circle firms join Chinese Ministry of Commerce’s bulked up legal panel Legal Business Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among a handful of UK firms to win spots on The Chinese…
Freshfields mourns death of veteran US litigator Tim Coleman Legal Business Tim Coleman, a Washington DC-based disputes partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, died suddenly yesterday (3 November), after almost six years…
Maly departs Latham to join former colleague Sloan at MoFo Legal Business US firm Morrison & Foerster has hired from Latham & Watkins‘ London corporate team again, this time appointing partner Vladimir…
US laterals arrive like buses for Linklaters as New York hires second partner in a week Legal Business Linklaters’ New York office is on a lateral hiring spree by its own standards, with the Magic Circle firm following…
Sharing the pie: DLA Piper launches meritocratic remuneration review Legal Business While other major firms break their locksteps to bring in high-profile recruits, DLA Piper is going the opposite way, launching…
BT kicks off strategy review to overhaul internal function Legal Business BT’s in-house legal team has begun a wide-reaching strategic review on how to change its internal structure to bring its…
Global 100 quartet line up as Shire continues acquisition spree Legal Business Ropes & Gray, Slaughter and May, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Sullivan & Cromwell have all picked up advisory roles…
Dentons to vote on new union with Australian and Singaporean firms Sarah Downey Dentons announced last night (2 October) it intends to create a tripartite union with Australian firm Gadens and Singaporean firm Rodyk…
Brodies hires Freshfields partner Fountain amid double corporate hire Legal Business Scottish firm Brodies is taking its private equity offering up a gear by hiring Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Karen Fountain…
Moore chosen as Linklaters’ next managing partner Legal Business Global head of banking Gideon Moore has been selected as the next managing partner of Linklaters, pipping dispute resolution head…
Ropes & Gray promotes two new London partners in global round of 17 Legal Business Having been increasingly focused on growing its City offering through lateral hires and expanding into new practice areas, Boston-based Ropes…
KWM’s Hong Kong office doubles up on prime capital markets deals Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons has advised on Hong Kong’s largest rights issue to date this year, with investment house Fosun…
