Life during law: Shane Gleghorn Marco Cillario My mother is Irish and my father English. They were first-generation immigrants. I was born a year after my mother’s…
The Legal Business Awards – Night to shine Mark McAteer The 22nd annual Legal Business Awards featured more than 1,000 guests in a gala ceremony on 28 March, hosted by…
Ince Gordon Dadds sees share price fall following critical administrator report Tom Baker Merger vital to saving ‘unmanageable’ Ince business, says Quantuma Newly-merged listed firm Ince Gordon Dadds saw its share price dip…
The head, the tail, the whole damn thing: UK firms suffer again as Global London sharks circle Thomas Alan With recent financial results displaying the added bite of US firms in the City, it appears their approach to the…
Moment of truth: New Law champion Axiom unveils float plans but break up of its business raises doubts Thomas Alan Axiom making good on long-trailed plans to float will be a milestone for New Law. Thomas Alan assesses if the…
Apathy and a multimillion-pound shortfall define beleaguered KWM Europe insolvency Thomas Alan Thomas Alan finds reality setting in for creditors and former partners more than two years on ‘My immediate thought was:…
‘A third way’: Taylor Wessing enters alliance with West Coast leader Wilson Sonsini Marco Cillario Marco Cillario assesses Taylor Wessing’s alliance with Silicon Valley royalty Wilson Sonsini as RPC forges US insurance partnership While the…
International Arbitration Centre launches: the City finally gets the world-class disputes space it has been waiting for Alex Novarese For years, seasoned practitioners have bemoaned the lack of top-notch arbitration facilities in London, casting an envious eye at the…
Apollo hamstrung as Freshfields helps Berry complete eleventh-hour bid for UK plastics group Thomas Alan Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer successfully advised US manufacturing company Berry Global as it completed a late bid for UK-headquartered RPC Group,…
Dealwatch: Global 100 firms share spoils on flurry of private equity and public M&A mandates Legal Business Slaughter and May is acting on the £1.3bn unsolicited bid for doorstep lender Provident Financial. Corporate head Andy Ryde (pictured)…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess Baker McKenzie tops this year’s Global London rankings by headcount. Here we look at the firm’s London rankings in The…
Life during law: Claire Wills Nathalie Tidman I’ve been 27 years at Freshfields. I’m not sure where the time has gone. It’s International Women’s Day on Friday…
Sponsored briefing: Tracing assets – what you need to know Guest Blog K2 Intelligence’s Darren Matthews on what successful asset search and recovery looks like Understanding the form, value and recoverability of…
From pavements to sidewalks: PE star Mahon’s move to Simpson Thacher melts CC hearts to stone Nathalie Tidman The success of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett where others have failed in luring Clifford Chance (CC)’s Amy Mahon to the…
Significant hires Legal Business In its most significant hire since David Higgins’ move to Kirkland & Ellis in 2017, the US leader tapped Freshfields…
White & Case duo among four solicitors made up in reduced silk round Tom Baker Four sets boast the highest number of successful QC applications White & Case arbitration partners Dipen Sabharwal and Aloke Ray…
New Law meets Big Four – Has Deloitte got the conviction to match its free-thinking legal pitch? Thomas Alan Thomas Alan asks if Deloitte can find a new angle on legal services The often cited but seldom-seen legal arrival…
M&A focus: A sign of things to come? Europe’s deal market ends 2018 with a whimper after a forceful start Thomas Alan The ghost of political turmoil did little to hinder deal-doing in Europe in the first half of 2018 but its…
Third German office and trio of Dublin hires the latest moves in Pinsents’ international odyssey Marco Cillario Pinsent Masons has kicked off 2019 in expansionist mode, opening a new office in Frankfurt, right after finishing 2018 with…
Dentons risks Venezuelan instability to secure Norton Rose Caracas business Thomas Alan Dentons has acquired Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)’s 26-lawyer Caracas office, coinciding with Venezuela’s acute economic and political crisis. As part…
