Life During Law: David Collins Marco Cillario I’m London born and bred, never lived anywhere else apart from three years in Manchester at university. Went to City…
New brooms – Asian coup for Bakers as Clydes, HSF and TLT announce leadership changes Anna Cole-Bailey Anna Cole-Bailey rounds up the latest management reshuffles at home and abroad The autumn saw significant c-suite changes announced at…
‘There will be pushback’: Dawn of pay-to-play tenders will stoke law firm tensions with GCs Hamish McNicol Hamish McNicol assesses the adviser mood as clients flex buying power ‘Would I say it’s the norm? No. But would…
Growth and investment define New Law as frontrunners make big gains Thomas Alan Industry pioneers are attracting public and private interest in alternative models While many lofty predictions of New Law’s rise remain…
Top ranked stories in September and October Legal Business Linklaters mourns death of M&A partner Iain Wagstaff (6 September) Linklaters partner Iain Wagstaff died at the age of 44…
Double blow for Magic Circle as US leaders Weil and Skadden secure M&A veterans Muna Abdi Leading US firms continue to dominate the London recruitment market with significant appointments from the Magic Circle, as Weil, Gotshal…
Significant hires Legal Business Allen & Overy (A&O) suffered another significant loss with the departure of litigation partner Marc Florent to Baker McKenzie. Florent…
Beckwith ruling a wake-up call for profession as regulators close in on #MeToo complaints Nathalie Tidman Ruling sends strong message but Nathalie Tidman finds unease over watchdog’s shifting remit October’s prosecution of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 UK 2020 : Who tops the new rankings? Pinsent Masons is once again the firm with the most…
Dentons rejigs US structure in bid to create first ‘truly national’ American dream team Marco Cillario He may have overseen more than 50 law firm combinations over the last decade – 12 since July alone –…
DWF brings post-float sales pitch to Germany as it seals Düsseldorf deal Marco Cillario DWF Europe chair Ulrich Jüngst aims to triple German lawyer headcount and launch in Frankfurt after opening the firm’s second…
Life during law: Ian Bagshaw Nathalie Tidman I’m less Marmite than I was. Never been deferential. Having a Mancunian directness, I was brought up by people who…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 2019 : how do the LB100 firms rank? This year’s Legal Business 100 (LB100) presents a clear picture…
LB100 drives income up 9% to £26.35bn but fears mount of a chaotic no-deal as Brexit fallout spreads Alex Novarese With daily headlines reminding the City of the Brexit-induced crisis engulfing the UK, the Legal Business 100 (LB100) has shrugged…
Mud sticks to Burford amid intense row but dispute funders’ rise looks assured Thomas Alan ‘Throw enough mud at a wall, and some of it will stick,’ the proverb says. But since US investor Muddy…
Dealing with no deal – Can top law firms cope with a chaotic Brexit? Marco Cillario Simon Davis has had quite a start to his one-year term as the 175th president of the Law Society of…
Enhance your contract negotiation process with a data and process-driven approach Guest Blog At most organisations, the contract negotiation process is highly manual, inconsistent and reliant on the institutional knowledge of the attorneys…
Life during law: Andy Ryde Thomas Alan It never occurred to me to be a lawyer until sixth form. I went to a regular comprehensive school and…
Prestige, cash and a bit of spin: how to get ahead in trainee recruitment Thomas Alan As the associate pay war rages, Thomas Alan finds major firms are falling back on cultural tropes in the expensive…
Linklaters leads Magic Circle pack amid solid 2018/19 trading but uncertainty looms over the City elite Nathalie Tidman Lawyers are a pessimistic bunch by nature and, with the big four Magic Circle firms posting another year of solid…
