‘We would expect to bring in a few more lateral hires’ -Slaughter and May loses London tax partner to Greenberg Traurig Maher Legal Business Having broken with tradition in making its first-ever lateral hire this year, Slaughter and May has seen a rare departure…
Clifford Chance drops University of Law for arch-rival BPP Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has turned to BPP Law School as its new training provider in a blow to the University…
Squire Patton Boggs takes Sidley Austin’s last German partner as Taylor Wessing builds private client practice Legal Business Eight years after founding Sidley Austin’s office in Frankfurt, Jens Rinze, the firm’s last remaining partner in the country after…
Women in law – rising up the agenda but female lawyer numbers continue to slide at elite UK law firms Legal Business Even for the most jaded denizen of the City legal community it’s been hard to avoid noticing the greater emphasis…
Olswang appoints first board non-executives as it continues management overhaul Legal Business David Chance and Andreas Raffel have joined Olswang today (1 September) as the firm’s first non-executive directors to monitor and…
Asia: Simmons & Simmons launches Beijing IP agency as Bakers hires from Magic Circle firms in HK push Legal Business Simmons & Simmons has created a specialist trade mark practice in China, hiring George Chan as a partner from Asia…
A&O closer to launching new South Africa office with Bowman team Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) is getting closer to becoming the first Magic Circle firm to launch a South Africa base…
Ropes & Gray loses high yield partner Bloom as Jones Day builds capital markets practice Legal Business High-yield expert Jonathan Bloom has quit Ropes & Gray after five years to join rival US firm Jones Day’s London…
Reviving deal market lifts LB100 as top UK firms edge up profits and fees Legal Business While the headline Legal Business 100 (LB100) results are once again inflated by significant merger activity at every level, there…
Trainee retention round up: Slaughters leads Magic Circle as A&O keeps on 82% of trainees Jaishree Kalia All of the Magic Circle firms have unveiled their trainee retention rates for the September 2014 intake with Allen &…
Mishcon seeks greater collaboration with law firms in Russia, the US and the Middle East Tom Moore Mishcon de Reya has appointed commercial partner Adam Rose as head of international development following Rita Jardim’s exit in July…
Winckworth Sherwood and Richard Buxton advise as Queen’s former doctor takes action against City of London and St Barts Jaishree Kalia Winckworth Sherwood and Richard Buxton have won roles advising on the judicial review of planned development works to Barts hospital’s…
Shearman & Sterling and Slaughters lead on Bridgepoint’s £212m purchase of Moneycorp Legal Business Shearman & Sterling has advised European private equity group Bridgepoint on its £212m acquisition of Moneycorp, a foreign exchange provider,…
Guest Blog: Are you behaviourally challenged? How you frame advice could influence client decisions Legal Business I finally got round to reading this report from John Maule on the Legal Services Board research pages. It sells…
Government body’s report criticises ‘slow’ move from elitism in legal sector Legal Business The top jobs in the legal sector are still dominated by private schools, with ‘patchy evidence of Law, Medicine and…
Law Society foresees return to pre-recession growth for industry by 2015 Legal Business The Law Society has forecasted the UK legal industry will return to pre-Lehman levels of growth by next year, according…
Withers wins roles representing property investors suing banks over swaps Legal Business Property tycoons are preparing to hit UK’s courts over allegations that some of the UK’s leading lenders mis-sold hedging products…
‘A true asset’: Travers Smith private equity star Phil Sanderson set to join Ropes & Gray Legal Business City firm Travers Smith has lost heavyweight private equity partner Phil Sanderson who is set to join US firm Ropes…
Baker & McKenzie to open legal services outpost in Belfast Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has become the latest law firm to open a legal services office in Belfast as greater differentiation…
Revolving doors: US sees spate of lateral hires Jaishree Kalia Lateral hires last week have seen Mayer Brown, DLA Piper and Reed Smith make key hires in their US practices,…
