Merger frenzy hikes Legal Business 100 income but growth masks another tough year Mark McAteer The latest Legal Business 100 results show the total revenue of the UK’s top 100 law firms has topped £19bn…
The guessing game is over as Vodafone’s $130bn Verizon sell off sees Slaughters acting opposite Macfarlanes and Wachtell Sarah Downey Intense speculation over Vodafone’s $130bn disposal of its US group, whose principal asset is its 45% interest in Verizon Wireless,…
Revolving doors: Macfarlanes continues lateral hiring spree as DWF and Walkers make key appointments Jaishree Kalia As Macfarlanes’ tightly focused business model goes from strength to strength amid testing market conditions, its rate of lateral hires…
Barclays goes external to replace group GC Mark Harding Legal Business In a surprise announcement, Barclays has today (30 August) revealed that Bob Hoyt has taken over from Mark Harding as…
Panel review – Aviva reveals new look line up Caroline Hill Global law has largely won the day for Aviva as it today (30 August) announced that Latham & Watkins, Ashurst, DLA Piper,…
Keeping up with Kinsella: Slater & Gordon’s slowly but very surely approach to mergers set to continue Sarah Downey If you had reached the impression that Slater & Gordon’s acquisitive streak had come to a natural pause, if only for…
Guest post – Syria: the UK can legally use force Legal Business In some ways this week, with the recall of Parliament and the UK tabling a UN resolution, seems like a…
Financial results 2013: Bakers reveals double-digit profit growth against global turnover increase of 5% Caroline Hill Baker & McKenzie has revealed above average financial performance for 2012/13, with a global revenue increase of 5% to $2.419bn…
Regulatory work: Cadwalader and Cleary face off over Ryanair/Aer Lingus, while Links and HSF advise on PPI compensation pot Jaishree Kalia In a move being watched with interest by M&A lawyers and competition experts throughout Europe, the Competition Commission (CC) has…
Ireland’s lucky number seven: Irish Treasury appoints septuplet of firms to its legal panel Sarah Downey Thanks to the economic turbulence that has plagued the Irish nation since 2008, Dublin’s largest firms continue to collect hefty…
Compliance drive – BLP’s financial services partner joins Barclays investment arm as EMEA head David Stevenson As leading retail and investment banks bolster their internal compliance functions it has emerged that Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) financial services…
RSM Tenon in administration as three UK firms carve out Challinors Sarah Downey The break-up of debt-laden Midlands firm Challinors took a ‘hunter turned hunted’ twist yesterday afternoon (22 August) after administrator RSM…
Trainee retention: Macfarlanes & Latham reveal numbers Legal Business Macfarlanes has become the latest City firm to decide on its trainee retention rates, with 18 out of 24 trainees –…
Takeover potential – Linklaters & Simmons lead on Amec’s £700m bid for Kentz David Stevenson Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons‘ longstanding corporate relationships with Amec and Kentz have gifted them with a potentially lucrative takeover bid…
Revolving Doors: Ashurst makes key energy hire in New York as Gibson Dunn and Squire Sanders expand in London Jaishree Kalia Ashurst this week announced the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) energy partner Charles Williams in a bid to boost…
UK PI bandwagon – Slater & Gordon buys Fentons and reveals 2012/13 results Legal Business Slater & Gordon today (21 August) made further inroads into the UK personal injury (PI) market as it formally announced…
Guest post: Could David Miranda be a “terrorist”? Legal Business There’s understandably been a great deal of reaction to the nine-hour detention at Heathrow airport of David Miranda, who was…
BLP loses head of private equity Raymond McKeeve to Jones Day David Stevenson With all eyes on Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) the news that corporate finance partner and global head of private equity…
BAE international: defence giant rolls out UK cab rank model to Asia and ME Caroline Hill With the UK’s investment in defence broadly flat British defence giant BAE Systems is looking increasingly to the international markets…
Challinors administration: SGI Legal acquires personal injury work of ailing Midlands firm Sarah Downey The keenly-watched administration of Midlands firm Challinors this evening (20 August) led to a first sale of its personal injury caseload…
