Who Represents Who: The Data Behind the Story Legal Business Monarch Airlines entered administration at the start of October, with KPMG directing corporate affairs. As Legal Business reports on which…
Life during law: Patrick Sarch, White & Case Madeleine Farman I started at Paisner and then on qualification went off to Norton Rose. I joined Clifford Chance in 2000, which…
The LB100: Forex flatters market leaders but most struggle to find their form in another tough year Mark McAteer LB100 firms weather initial Brexit turbulence but good times remain a distant memory Flattered by turbulent forex markets, the UK’s…
‘A more modern way’: as litigation bankrollers move into portfolio investment, funding edges further into the disputes mainstream Tom Baker Tom Baker charts the evolution of dispute funding from case-by-base institutional backers Litigation funding has been a growing aspect of…
As the City elite gets coy on associate salaries, US rivals are winning the battle for young talent Madeleine Farman Madeleine Farman assesses the impact of another round of pay rises on the City market As US firms continue to…
Bargain hunters and mega deals to the rescue as Europe’s deal market rides out political shocks Marco Cillario Marco Cillario finds deal professionals heaving a sigh of relief after a nail-biting end to 2016 Economic and political shocks…
‘Collateral damage’: Profession gets a stark wake-up call on tech security in wake of crippling DLA cyber assault Kathryn McCann Kathryn McCann assesses the impact of the cyber attack on DLA and the wider legal market For years, the possibility…
Client Intelligence Report: Data view James Wood Q: For a routine instruction, how important are the following criteria when selecting a firm? (1 = not at all…
Ashurst pulls the plug on ill-fated 2009 move into US finance law with NY restructuring Madeleine Farman Five New York-based partners left Ashurst in July for US finance firm Chapman and Cutler, with a sixth partner departing…
Who Represents Who: The data behind the story David Burgess Behind the scenes of recent panel decisions Pinsent Masons, DLA Piper, Ashurst and Bird & Bird have all missed…
Expansive Pinsents ships in four Norton Rose Fulbright partners for third Oz office launch Marco Cillario Pinsent Masons is continuing its sustained international expansion drive with a new Australian arm in Perth and the hire of…
Eversheds opens fourth German office in Düsseldorf Kathryn McCann Eversheds Sutherland expanded in Germany in August, opening its fourth office in the country after acquiring Düsseldorf-based firm Grooterhorst &…
Squad of Global 100 firms lines up on £9bn Worldpay disposal Tom Baker ‘Compelling rationale’ sees UK and US legal teams advise as Vantiv moves in A host of US and UK-based international…
‘Unprecedented in scale’: City bluebloods advise as Tata separates UK pension scheme Tom Baker Travers Smith, Slaughter and May and Hogan Lovells all advised as Tata Steel last month signed a long-awaited agreement to…
Pinsents secures £1.3bn Carillion HS2 mandate Georgiana Tudor Pinsent Masons picked up the key advisory mandate as embattled British construction company Carillion was handed a lifeline this summer…
Life during law: Juan Picón, DLA Piper Kathryn McCann I come from a big family. The only male. I have four sisters and was exposed to the talent and…
City’s big four rides churning forex markets as A&O leads the Magic Circle on results Kathryn McCann Double-digit fee growth for A&O, Links and CC but Freshfields stalls Dramatic swings in foreign currencies against Brexit-battered sterling have…
Ince & Co brings in alternative career to partnership as it shakes up associate pay Madeleine Farman Ince & Co is offering its lawyers the option to choose a different career path from the traditional partner track,…
Mishcon boosts fledgling cyber security consultancy service Tom Baker Mishcon de Reya has brought in Mike Owen from PwC as the fourth member of its expanding cyber security consultancy…
Ashurst loses second Paris team this year as four partners quit for Gibson Dunn Madeleine Farman In a second blow to Ashurst’s Paris office this year, the firm last month lost a four-partner team to Gibson,…
