Real estate round up: Hogan Lovells, BLP and Nabarro show credentials while Mishcons makes key hire Legal Business Unsurprisingly, what little major real estate work that is around has found its way to the usual trio of law…
Asia round-up: Bakers ushers in new Singapore head as MoFo and Taylor Wessing plot regional growth David Stevenson Aside from the big Asia Pacific news this week of SJ Berwin’s tie-up with King & Wood Mallesons, other major…
Vision of the future? Former eBay dispute resolution team heads to Europe Legal Business An online dispute resolution (ODR) technology business spun out of eBay is setting up in the UK after receiving a…
Deal watch: Student Loans Company invites law firm tenders for £40bn debt portfolio sale Sarah Downey The Government’s plan to take the Student Loans Company debt off its balance sheet has moved up a gear as…
Bar round-up: Essex Court and Outer Temple Chambers boost their ranks Sarah Downey It’s been a good summer so far for Essex Court Chambers and Outer Temple Chambers, with Daniel Oudkerk QC recently…
Retention round up: UK firms score top marks on trainee job offers Sarah Downey Despite the wave of redundancies and poor financials of late, firms are still posting high retention rates of junior lawyers…
Good girl gets mad: Rihanna wins t-shirt tiff against Topshop Sarah Downey In a case where the profile of the parties far outshone the legal substance and had many media outlets overexcited,…
What’s in a name? SJ Berwin and King & Wood Mallesons seal union David Stevenson Forming a ground-breaking union between a leading City firm and an Asia powerhouse, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partners confirmed…
Deal watch: Latham and Wachtell lead on largest public deal of the year David Stevenson In what remains a gloomy cross-border deal market, US leaders Latham & Watkins and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have…
Redundancy watch: DWF, Hill Dickinson and Taylor Wessing all confirm job cuts Sarah Downey The stream of UK law firm job cuts continues apace as DWF, Hill Dickinson and Taylor Wessing have today (30…
Do you need to think about tougher tax rules for your partnership? Er, probably David Stevenson Does abuse of tax rules for partnership require a major clampdown by the taxman? That’s the £300m question and the…
Amid a punishing regional market, Challinors becomes latest to call in the administrators Sarah Downey It’s not as if anyone needs reminding that the legal market remains challenging, and doubly so for regional advisers. But…
Barristers free to conduct litigation as Bar watchdog ushers in new ‘risk-based’ conduct regime Sarah Downey While the post-Legal Services Act (LSA) shake-up moves far more slowly for barristers than their solicitor cousins, the Bar continues…
Financial results 2013: steady as she goes for Burges Salmon Francesca Fanshawe It’s been another year of solid organic growth for stalwart Burges Salmon, with revenue, profit and profit per lawyer (PPL)…
After mounting controversy Bar watchdogs face court challenge to procedures in high-stakes move Legal Business Regulators are never popular but the Bar’s watchdogs have seen sustained controversy finally escalate into a court challenge to their…
Financial results 2013: LG’s revenue falls for a third year while Irwin Mitchell posts turnover and profit growth Jaishree Kalia Top 25-firm Irwin Mitchell has today (26 July) posted strong revenue and profit growth for the last financial year, while…
Guest post: In the ABS landscape, it’s all about the brand – oh yes Legal Business ‘Tesco Law’ is a phrase that, thankfully, is finally dying out as the reality of alternative business structures (ABSs) takes…
Financial results 2013: the good, the bad and the ugly as Howard Kennedy FSI, Clarke Willmott and Manches reveal results Legal Business The latest results for firms in the second half of LB100 are a mixed bag, as Howard Kennedy reports inflated…
Ropes & Gray lands marquee role in GSK Chinese bribery investigation David Stevenson Even in an age in which corporate investigations have become some of the most sought after work for legal advisers,…
Asia Round-up: Singapore in focus for Minter Ellison, Sidley Austin and Taylor Wessing Legal Business The decline in Singapore M&A has seemingly done little to dampen the enthusiasm of international firms to launch or build their…
