Guest post: The hollow middle since 2008 Legal Business I call it the hollow middle, but Knowledge@Wharton prefers ‘disappearing middle.’ Here’s what, writing in their pages, the CEO of…
Deutsche Bank appoints new global head of regulatory affairs Legal Business Following the departure of Deutsche Bank’s compliance and regulatory affairs chief Andrew Procter to Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) in March,…
Wonga to pay £2.6m for ‘unfair and misleading’ debt collection practices Legal Business Wonga, the UK’s biggest payday lender, has entered an agreement with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which will see it…
Lawyers on Demand launches in Manchester Legal Business Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s) spin-off lawyer contracting service Lawyers on Demand (LoD) is set to launch its first hub outside…
Comment: A self-deceiving return to business as usual Legal Business In 2010, Georgetown University, under the direction of Professor Milton Regan, held a conference of academics, practitioners and leading thinkers…
Law Society proposes significant cuts to practising certificate fee and compensation fund Legal Business The Law Society Group has put plans in place to slash lawyers’ practising certificate fees by almost 17% from the…
SRA announces replacement for outgoing chair Charles Plant Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has today (24 June) announced that one of its board members, Enid Rowlands, will succeed outgoing…
Guest post: Snake Hall – the games tax lawyers have played Richard Moorhead I recently finished Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, a truly brilliant novel about the ascent of Thomas Cromwell to political…
Taylor Wessing launches US rep offices in Palo Alto and New York Legal Business Taylor Wessing has today (23 June) announced the opening of two representative offices in the US to facilitate access to its…
Mishcon turns to former DPP Keir Starmer to bolster business crime unit Legal Business Mishcon de Reya has recruited heavyweight former director of public prosecutions (DPP) Sir Keir Starmer QC as a part-time consultant in…
Growth for Stephenson Harwood with revenue up 8% and 19% hike in PEP Legal Business Revenue at UK top 40 firm Stephenson Harwood rose by 8% to £121m in the 12 months to 30 April 2014,…
Clifford Chance’s Australia office leads on Shell’s $5.7bn Woodside disposal Legal Business Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) Sydney office has been given a vote of confidence in taking the lead on Royal Dutch Shell’s $5.7bn…
Law Society back in black as intervention costs double and Hudson receives 19% pay rise Legal Business The Law Society’s latest financial accounts show that the cost of dealing with an increasing number of firms in financial…
Guest post: Good news for the SFO in Innospec – jury convicts former CEO and sales director Legal Business Dennis Kerrison and Miltiades Papachristos were found guilty [on Wednesday 18 June] at Southwark Crown Court of conspiracy to commit…
First Edwards Wildman City fallout since ‘revolt’ as Cooley one of three US firms circling Legal Business In many ways the only real surprise about the departure of Edwards Wildman senior London venture capital partner Shawn Atkinson…
Ashurst remuneration review sees partner profit points allocated up front Jaishree Kalia Ashurst is to adopt merger partner Blake Dawson’s system of allocating partner profit points at the start of the financial year,…
Leadership overhaul for Clifford Chance as partners prepare to vote on Manco cut Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) is expected to vote next month on cutting down its 16-strong management committee as part of newly-appointed global…
Guest post: Is sustainability improving corporate and professional ethics? Legal Business The ethical dimensions of in-house practice are a significant source of academic and practical interest, as the recent investigation of…
Comment: Partner recruitment – better but still a case of buyer beware Legal Business If the oxymoronic notion of partner recruitment didn’t exist who would invent it? On one level, of course, its emergence…
CMS’ Aberdeen capability sees it awarded £572m BG Group disposal Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna’s capability in Aberdeen has seen it selected ahead of fellow BG Group panel law firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer…
