‘Challenging to maintain’: German market has volatile November Legal Business Germany saw a flurry of activity last month, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and White & Case pulling out of several…
Dentons approves tie-up with Australian and Singaporean firms Legal Business Chair Joe Andrew boasts: ‘Dentons has accomplished more for clients in one year than any other firm’ Dentons further cemented…
Life During Law: Stephen Wilkinson, Herbert Smith Freehills Legal Business My summer holidays were spent licking envelopes at my parents printing factory in Hemel Hempstead. My parents were an odd…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in November 2015 Legal Business FRESHFIELDS AND LATHAM ADVISE ON BARCLAYS SPIN OFF Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Latham & Watkins have acted on the spin-off…
Life During Law – Edward Sparrow Jaishree Kalia The legal market has become more competitive. One way of measuring yourself is profit share. For some partners, the size…
Eversheds inches closer to US tie-up as Foley & Lardner emerges as front runner Kathryn McCann Eversheds is moving closer to its much sought-after US merger, with Foley & Lardner identified as the primary candidate for…
More than half of GCs expect AI to reshape their teams within five years Legal Business In-house lawyers have been notoriously slow to embrace the tech-backed delivery of legal services, but our survey of more than…
Sharing the pie: DLA Piper launches meritocratic remuneration review Legal Business Sector activity to become core part of pay assessment While other major firms break their locksteps to bring in high-profile…
BT kicks off strategy review to overhaul internal function Legal Business BT’s in-house legal team has begun a wide-reaching strategic review on how to change its internal structure to bring its…
‘Absolutely outrageous’ – Gove floats £60m-plus tax on City law firms to fund criminal courts Legal Business New justice secretary Michael Gove is set for a tussle with City lawyers after floating a plan to impose a…
Shearman abandons defined-benefit scheme to defuse pensions time bomb Legal Business While some US law firms have long ignored mounting pension liabilities, relying on annual profits to pay retirees, Shearman &…
DLA shows African ambition with dual office launch Legal Business Global 100 firm goes alone after warning alliance firms to integrate DLA Piper’s split from South African associate firm Cliffe…
La Dolce Vita: Dentons opens first Italian office with DLA hires Legal Business Dentons has opened its first office in Italy having hired 21 lawyers, including three partners from DLA Piper, as well…
‘Like Scotland leaving the UK’: Bank ring-fencing reforms herald big changes Kathryn McCann Further proposals for banking reform issued last month by the Bank of England are expected to cause significant internal restructuring…
Linklaters ranked best adviser for second year in annual survey Sarah Downey Sarah Downey reports on the clients’ verdict Linklaters has again been awarded top marks as an external adviser in Legal…
Worldpay IPO to spark London fintech boom after £2.2bn float Jaishree Kalia Dealmakers predict end-of-season deal flourish in Q4 London’s goal of becoming a hub for tech companies to list took a…
Moving on: homebuilder McCarthy & Stone turns to A&O for its November listing Victoria Young Regular counsel Freshfields advises lead arrangers on £1bn IPO Retirement home builder McCarthy & Stone has selected Allen & Overy…
DealWatch Corporate activity in October Legal Business MAGIC CIRCLE DUO SERVE UP QUORN DEAL Linklaters and Allen & Overy (A&O) took lead roles as the private…
City firms poised to ride fintech wave Legal Business Victoria Young reports on the diverse mix of law firms looking to take advantage as finance meets technology UK Economic…
News in brief – November 2015 Legal Business SLAUGHTER AND MAY WIPES £600M OFF BA SUIT Litigators at Slaughter and May have successfully struck out around £600m from…
