High energy – Bracewell & Giuliani continues City push with CC partner hire Legal Business With shale gas emerging as one of the most touted new markets for advisers, one of the leading US players…
Guest post: West Coast, left field and progressive – a conversation with Facebook’s law firm Legal Business One of the more unusual reactions I’ve gotten to my book Growth Is Dead came from Kate Fritz, managing partner of…
London Boroughs’ Legal Alliance halves panel as Pinsents, TLT and Ashford reappointed Francesca Fanshawe The London Boroughs’ Legal Alliance (LBLA) has joined the rising number of organisations to drastically slim down its roster of…
Clifford Chance handed a major role for the Co-operative Bank as A&O faces conflict David Stevenson Clifford Chance (CC) has been handed a role advising the ailing Co-operative Bank on its recapitalisation due to a conflict…
Game changers – the AA enters legal services market via Lyons Davidson tie-up Legal Business Touted as one of the potential game changers likely to enter the post Legal Services Act arena, the AA has…
Ashurst leadership elections draw to a close as board and ExCo unveiled Jaishree Kalia Ashurst’s lengthy governance elections have come to a close as the top 15 firm announces the results of its final…
Hogan Lovells’ ambitious capital expansion draws in second HSF partner Legal Business As Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) continues to lose London partners so Hogan Lovells is in the midst of aggressively bulking…
Closer scrutiny for the Bar as BSB introduces tougher supervision measures Legal Business Undeterred by the Bar’s reaction to its recent grading scheme for criminal advocates, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) today (5…
Administrators give behind-the-scenes insight into Manches takeover by Penningtons Legal Business Penningtons’ takeover of troubled Manches last month says almost as much about the state of the legal market as it…
High yield, high stakes – DLA Piper makes key investment in deal finance with hire of ex-CC partner Legal Business It’s historically proved one of the hardest practice areas for City firms to break, proving often impenetrable for even elite…
SJ Berwin star David Ryland moves to Paul Hastings as US firms reap benefit of UK vets Legal Business Only four days after its merger went live with King & Wood Mallesons and SJ Berwin has lost leading real…
Slaughters teams up with Carillion law venture to cut costs for bluechip clients Caroline Hill As general counsel (GCs) push their advisers to think more innovatively about costs savings, Slaughter and May has begun offering…
Comment: 2006 and all that – an oh-so-familiar mess at Linklaters Legal Business The most hackneyed cliché of the pundit is history repeating itself, a claim that rarely holds up upon closer examination.…
A&O brings salaries into line with big four rivals as starting lawyer pay hits £64k David Stevenson Allen & Overy (A&O) has announced a salary increase for its associates, bringing the firm in line with its key City…
It’s big, it’s here – King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin launches and unveils global management team Legal Business It’s big, spanning continents, oceans, hugely disparate cultures and a complex governance and profit-sharing model and it’s going live today…
More news from Asia – Clydes first to enter South West China under JV deal Legal Business Long a trailblazer in the insurance sector, Clyde & Co has now become the first international law firm to launch in…
Guest post: R (PressBoF) v Culture Secretary: the hearing Legal Business I was in court 68 at the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday morning (30 October) to hear the Press Standards…
Davis Polk and Cleary act on big four Booz takeover as PwC re-shuffles legal leadership Legal Business Major accountancy and advisory groups are always nice clients for law firms to have so Davis Polk & Wardwell, Cleary…
A ‘landmark’ baby step towards filming the courts welcomed by all David Stevenson The long campaign for domestic courts to be opened up to filming today (30 October) secured an (actually pretty minor)…
Tough on the high street – 153 law firms enter last chance saloon after failing to gain cover Francesca Fanshawe In further evidence of the intense pressure facing small practices, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) today (31 October) announced that…
