Legal 500 Data: Behind the story Legal Business The Legal 500 2019 UK rankings DAC Beachcroft’s leaders are interviewed here. We look at the firms’ UK tier 1-3…
Associate pay war, anyone? Freshfields sets new Magic Circle standard by raising NQ pay to £100k Marco Cillario Marco Cillario assesses the City-wide implications of Freshfields’ decision to dramatically hike associate salaries A decade after leading the way…
‘Necessary bandwidth’: Addleshaws lures deal finance veteran from McDermott Anna Cole-Bailey Amid a quiet month for the lateral recruitment market in London, Addleshaw Goddard made the most significant play, bolstering its…
Significant hires Legal Business US giant Kirkland & Ellis has lost private equity duo David Arnold and Gavin Gordon (pictured) to Willkie Farr & Gallagher.…
Despite the doubts listed law pioneers continue to report robust growth Hamish McNicol Hamish McNicol tracks the progress of public life for four UK-listed law firms Acquisitions, increased publicity and hires have led…
Ashurst, Slaughters and White & Case re-elect leaders as rivals ring in the change Anna Cole-Bailey The recent spate of leadership elections has seen Ashurst, Slaughter and May and White & Case all sticking with tradition…
‘Independent thinker’ Greenberg Traurig picks Milan as latest step of unusual European footprint Marco Cillario Greenberg Traurig’s executive chair Richard Rosenbaum has pointed to his firm’s track record for independent thinking as it enters Italy…
Addleshaws enters continental Europe through BCLP Hamburg hires Marco Cillario Despite having launched five international offices in Asia and the Middle East since 2012, top-20 UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard…
Global Elite line up on Nestlé’s $10bn skincare business sale to EQT Thomas Alan Latham & Watkins is acting alongside US counterpart Kirkland & Ellis in advising EQT as the private equity house looks…
Dealwatch: Insolvencies provide work for CC and Gateley Legal Business Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised food chain Pret A Manger as it agreed to acquire all of Eat’s…
Sponsored briefing: With great funding comes great responsibility! Guest Blog Jacqueline Young from Augusta Ventures discusses the challenge litigation funders face to balance support for access to justice with more…
City elite sees sharp increase in partner promotions and improved female promotion prospects Nathalie Tidman Magic Circle takes a leaf from US playbook after a parsimonious 2018 This time last year, Legal Business was still…
A special situation – Macfarlanes overcomes lateral reluctance with rare spate of hires Thomas Alan Corporate partner Peter Baldwin joins the City outfit from Ropes & Gray Traditionally reticent to engage in the lateral recruitment…
Significant hires Legal Business In April, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan reinforced its City competition practice with the hire of Elaine Whiteford from Covington…
Prestige meets hustle – Slaughters sends jolt through start-up community with launch of tech incubator Thomas Alan For years Slaughters epitomised City conservativism but, reports Thomas Alan, marquee clients and a clear structure mean its new law…
Global expansion: Fieldfisher picks Dublin for seventh office launch in a year Marco Cillario Fieldfisher continues to build on what managing partner Michael Chissick describes as a strategy to be ‘in every commercial capital…
Australia pull continues as Dentons, DWF and LOD announce expansion Marco Cillario Described in some quarters as an overlawyered market for a country with a population of 25 million, Australia continues to…
In-house round-up: New GCs for Royal Mail, Sky and Deliveroo Tom Baker Royal Mail has filled the void left following former general counsel (GC) Maaike de Bie’s departure to easyJet, hiring in-house…
Mind the gap(s) – more of the same old inequality and fudged statistics prevalent in Big Law Thomas Alan The second season of gender pay gap reporting has again laid bare the stark disparities between men and women throughout…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 2019 London rankings Ashurst and Hogan Lovells are the subject of this month’s cover feature – both…
