Further Edwards Wildman City fallout as CMS set to take on corporate partner Legal Business The fallout from the embattled City office of US firm Edwards Wildman continues as it emerges that corporate partners Eero Rautalahti…
Guest post: public access to the Bar – more sideshow than shifting paradigms Legal Business Recent headlines seem to suggest that the Bar is gearing up to ‘bypass’ solicitors and embark upon an all-out war with…
Financial results 2013/14: Herbert Smith Freehills’ first full financial results post merger show revenue of £800m and £741k PEP Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF’s) first full financial results post merger has seen it unveil revenues of £800m and profit per…
In-house: Groupon’s latest offer is a new GC Legal Business Chicago-headquartered online deals company Groupon has appointed Dane Drobny as its new general counsel (GC).
Double exit for Osborne Clarke as telecoms chief leaves for Reed Smith and technology head to Fieldfisher Legal Business Top 40 firm Osborne Clarke has suffered the double exit of telecoms head Angus Finnegan to Reed Smith and technology…
Financial results 2013/14: Clifford Chance unveils highest-ever results as turnover up to £1.36bn and PEP £1.14m Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has drawn a line under last year’s disappointing financials, unveiling its highest-ever financial results, with revenue up 7%…
Brown Rudnick hires Speechly’s European IP head into equivalent City role Legal Business Brown Rudnick has hired technology and intellectual property (IP) head Alex Carter-Silk from Speechly Bircham to lead its European IP practice…
Guest post: Law schools kickstart the greed process – the damage of using money to motivate lawyers Legal Business One of the interesting sub-plots of the Big Law vs New Law debate is the way in which workers (partners…
Herbert Smith Freehills boosts US investigations with hire of former assistant attorney and SEC chief John O’Donnell Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF’s) Manhattan office has capitalised on the US revolving door with the hire of John O’Donnell, a former…
Management overhaul at Travers Smith with appointment of four new department heads Legal Business Travers Smith has overhauled the management of its private equity, financial services & markets, real estate, and banking and corporate recovery…
Barclays cuts legal roster by 30% in global panel review as American firms find success Caroline Hill Barclays has turned to a raft of US firms, including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Latham & Watkins, for…
Financial results 2013/14: Nabarro posts static revenues while PEP jumps 10.5% Sarah Downey Top-30 LB100 firm Nabarro is the latest to unveil its 2013/14 financials, with annual turnover broadly flat at £116.7m, a…
Olswang’s head of real estate finance quits for Dechert Legal Business Olswang’s head of real estate finance Eleni Skordaki has quit the firm after nearly ten years to join Dechert’s City finance…
Financial results 2013/14: A&O’s PEP up by 7% to £1.12m as turnover rises 2% to £1.23bn Jaishree Kalia The second of the Magic Circle firms to disclose its 2013/14 financial results, Allen & Overy (A&O) has reported an increase…
Norton Rose Fulbright hires CMS Cameron McKenna DCM partner Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has hired CMS Cameron McKenna banking and finance partner Nigel Dickinson to its debt capital markets team.
Law Society asks Met Police to investigate Wonga for fake solicitor letters Legal Business The Law Society has asked the Metropolitan Police to investigate Wonga after it emerged that the UK’s biggest payday lender…
Squire Patton Boggs brings in former Dundas partner to head UK real estate litigation team Legal Business Squire Patton Boggs has made its first UK partner hire since the May announcement that Squire Sanders would unite with…
RPC in talks with breakaway Edwards Wildman partners alongside Cooley and Foley & Lardner Legal Business RPC is in talks with a potential breakaway group of Edwards Wildman City partners – made up of corporate partners Niall…
Partner promotions: Baker & McKenzie makes up 65, Withers 7 Sarah Downey In the annual eye-watering reminder of just how large Baker & McKenzie really is, the top ten LB100 firm this week…
Bird & Bird secures dual Indonesia tie-up in continued Asia push Legal Business Bird & Bird has signed strategic cooperation agreements with two Indonesian law firms, intellectual property specialists K&K Advocates and business law…
