‘Investments have come home’: City branches stand out in big year for US players Marco Cillario Marco Cillario finds City offices outpacing worldwide growth at many Global London firms 2017 was a boom year for many…
Real estate, real estate, real estate: Bryan Cave? Questions surround BLP’s transatlantic union Hamish McNicol Hamish McNicol and Thomas Alan canvass the market on the latest UK/US tie-up ‘Next year all our troubles will be…
Gordon Dadds acquisition sweep continues but breakthrough deal remains illusive Hamish McNicol Hamish McNicol speaks to chief executive Adrian Biles about tubthumping, going public and frustration Gordon Dadds managing partner and group…
‘It’s a promotion problem’: what the gender pay gap figures tell us so far Marco Cillario Marco Cillario rounds up the latest stats as the April deadline looms And so it begins. The first gender pay…
Collective shame as City law falls firmly under #MeToo spotlight Thomas Alan Thomas Alan finds profession facing tough questions over record on sexual harassment From the Presidents Club charity dinner to the…
High street collapse sees Global 100 players line up on Toys R Us and Maplin failures Thomas Alan In a worrying trend for high-street retailers, Toys R Us and Maplin have announced their UK domestic businesses are going…
Dealwatch: International elite face off in European and transatlantic mega transactions Legal Business Latham & Watkins advised Global Infrastructure Partners on the €1.94bn buyout of Italian railway operator Italo-Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori. London partner…
Freshfields and Davis Polk win key roles as Comcast looks to thwart Murdoch’s Sky bid Thomas Alan Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Davis Polk & Wardwell have landed pivotal roles as Comcast seeks to disrupt an existing bid…
Appeal hope remains for property investor despite losing £20m Libor claim against RBS Tom Baker Bird & Bird client Property Alliance Group (PAG) has lost in the Court of Appeal over a circa £20m Libor…
The generation game – Linklaters makes Italian corporate play with veteran rainmaker Casati Marco Cillario It is well known that Italian law firms owe much of their fortunes to a small group of veteran rainmakers…
Come together – Bakers unites UK and EMEA under single profit pool but Germany and France stay out Marco Cillario Integration has long been one of the key issues for Baker McKenzie, a firm with heritage as a franchise and…
Client Intelligence Report: Data view – What are clients looking for in law firm pitches? David Burgess Criteria 1 = not at all important 5 = expected 10 = essential CLIENT RELATIONSHIP SKILLS: For a routine instruction, how…
The Legal 500 UK Awards 2018 David Burgess The Legal 500 UK Awards 2018 recognises and rewards the very best of the best across the legal industry. We…
Life during law: Tom Cassels, Linklaters Marco Cillario My family moved from London to Essex in the seventies, we bought a big house with a big garden and…
‘Incredibly strong’ – debt counsel gear up for another boom year in leveraged finance Nathalie Tidman Nathalie Tidman finds lawyers bemused by crazy pricing and a wall of debt ‘Short of Trump nuking North Korea, I…
DLA whittles senior partner race to three-way contest as elections grip the City Hamish McNicol Hamish McNicol looks at the frontrunners amid a bumper season of senior leadership changes DLA Piper is making up for…
Latham and SH cheer as latest silk round bountiful for Red Lion and Garden Court Tom Baker Arbitrators dominate solicitor appointments amid creation of 119 new silks as Latham does double Red Lion Chambers and Garden Court…
After an expansive 2017, Norton Rose Fulbright starts year with Asia pullback Marco Cillario Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) made headlines in 2017 by pulling off mergers in the US and Australia, but 2018 has…
An ‘amicable’ discussion sees Weil Gotshal exit Hungary as 20-strong team joins Bird & Bird Marco Cillario Bird & Bird has bolstered its Budapest operations by adding a 20-strong Weil, Gotshal & Manges team, bringing the US…
On a roll: Eversheds Sutherland sees December deal flurry carry over Hamish McNicol Eversheds Sutherland corporate head Richard Moulton cannot remember a busier December than in 2017 and believes the January deal market…
