After two year investigation, the trial of Dewey’s senior management kicks off with contest over the cause of the firm’s collapse Legal Business The long-awaited trial against three former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives, which will in part probe the causes behind the largest…
Dealwatch: US firms line up on the $55bn takeover of Time Warner Cable Legal Business In one of the largest M&A deals so far this year, US law firms continued to show their dominance of…
Rise of the funds: Former Barclays EMEA GC Handling takes role at BlackRock Kathryn McCann Erica Handling, the former EMEA investment bank general counsel (GC) for Barclays, has swapped the bank for a similar role…
Shearman maintains NQ salary gap with Magic Circle as pay rises 6% to £88,000 while trainees get 15% boost Legal Business The first US firm to release its London salaries for the new financial year, Shearman & Sterling has maintained the…
Guest post: Warning signs – Who’s to blame when commoditised legal services go wrong? Legal Business The recent Court of Appeal decision in Proctor v Raleys [2015] EWCA Civ 400 raises the interesting question as to…
Déjà vu: Fried Frank hires Kirkland’s Mifsud alongside partner duo to build funds practice Legal Business After having led a trio of partners to Kirkland & Ellis from SJ Berwin in 2007 and helping build its…
The Queen’s Speech: What it holds for lawyers – devolution, referendum and the Snoopers’ Charter Legal Business While the replacement of the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights was delayed, the Queen’s Speech today…
Asia: KWM relocates partner trio to launch in Singapore as Quinn opens in Shanghai Legal Business Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has hired Kirkland & Ellis partner Samuel Williamson as it looks to launch an office in…
Weightmans’ growth slows but still manages 2.5% revenue increase to £89.2m Legal Business National firm Weightmans today (26 May) announced a modest revenue increase of 2.5% for the 2014/15 financial year to £89.2m…
Revolving doors: Simmons welcomes back a partner from Cadwalader as Nabarro hires from McGuire Woods Michael West Last week saw a range of firms bolstering key practices areas with a capital markets partner returning to Simmons &…
Linklaters reveals NQ salaries of £68,500 – under Slaughters but tops it with 3 year PQE band Tom Moore Linklaters has revealed its salary bands for junior lawyers in London with newly-qualifieds (NQs) receiving a £3,500 pay bump to…
Shakespeares and SGH Martineau confirm merger for 15 June – set to create new £75m national player Legal Business Creating Shakespeare Martineau, Midland firms Shakespeares and SGH Martineau have confirmed they will merge on 15 June with Andy Raynor…
EY’s legal march continues with former Addleshaws managing partner Devitt and corporate specialist Thomas Kathryn McCann Just over a year after Paul Devitt stood down early as managing partner of Addleshaw Goddard, he is due to…
A $5.7bn settlement: Bank quintet admit market manipulation guilt Legal Business The US Department of Justice (DoJ) yesterday afternoon announced that five major banks have made a collective settlement of $5.7bn…
Guest post: HMRC – Taking stock and keeping public confidence Legal Business Back in February Labour announced that it would, if it took power, begin an ‘immediate and independent review into the…
Launching in Luxembourg: Bird & Bird targets Unified Patent Court work with new office Legal Business Bird & Bird has made an application to open in Luxembourg as it targets work heading to the new European…
‘A city of significant interest’: Reed Smith launches in Frankfurt with raid on US rivals Legal Business Nearly a year in planning, Reed Smith has opened its second German office with seven partners arriving from Mayer Brown;…
Moving to Manchester: Freshfields signs lease on Arndale House and appoints centre director Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Anup Kollanethu as centre director for its combined legal and business services centre in Manchester…
Strike action: Network Rail turns to Eversheds for legal challenge over rail workers’ looming walkout Legal Business Eversheds has been instructed by Network Rail on its legal challenge to the TSSA union in an attempt to limit…
CMA seeks permission to appeal after RPC-client’s victory in Eurotunnel case Legal Business The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said it will seek permission to appeal a decision by the Court of…
