News in brief – September 2014 Legal Business Squire Patton Boggs loses 23-strong team in Middle East Squire Patton Boggs saw the departure of five partners and 18…
Barclays cuts legal roster by 30% in global panel review Caroline Hill US firms find success as preferred advisers Barclays has turned to a raft of US firms, including Skadden, Arps, Slate,…
Mishcon de Reya sees PEP soar by 16% while Pinsent Masons posts 4.6% revenue increase Legal Business Mishcon de Reya has hit its target of £100m in revenues by 2016, with 2013/14 turnover up 18% to £104.6m and…
Clifford Chance eclipses UK elite as Global 100 unveiled Legal Business Magic Circle firm posts 16% PEP hike against 7% revenue increase Clifford Chance has emerged as the strongest-performing Magic Circle…
Lawyers On Demand looks beyond City with regional launch Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)’s spin-off lawyer contracting service Lawyers on Demand (LoD) is set to launch its first hub outside…
Law Society pays £1m recruitment bill as Norton Rose receives £435k Legal Business The Law Society paid out approaching £1m in recruitment fees over ten months in 2013, as Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)…
RPC in talks with breakaway Edwards Wildman partners alongside Cooley and Foley & Lardner Legal Business RPC is in talks with a potential breakaway group of Edwards Wildman Palmer City partners – made up of corporate…
Silver linings playbook: can Norton Rose Fulbright bring its disputes team into the global elite? Legal Business Sarah Downey assesses the post-merger state of NRF’s dispute resolution practice With Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)’s eye-catching union now over…
Bird & Bird secures dual Indonesia tie-up in continued Asia push Legal Business Bird & Bird has signed strategic co-operation agreements with two Indonesian law firms, intellectual property specialists K&K Advocates and business…
Life during law: Charles Martin Legal Business In the end Macfarlanes’ response to the recession was very strong. We learned not to be frightened of change and…
City firms support diversity targets by committing to female partnership ratio Legal Business With private practice diversity statistics still often trailing their clients, last month saw rhetoric translated into targets at Ashurst and…
Q&A with Blake Morgan’s Walter Cha Tom Moore The merger between Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole went live on 1 July to create Blake Morgan. The firm’s managing…
Ceasefire or guerrilla skirmishes – Ashurst struggles to reconcile its post-merger factions Jaishree Kalia Jaishree Kalia reports on the uneasy peace still hanging over the post-merger Ashurst It’s been over eight months since Charlie…
Hostile takeovers globally at highest value since May 2007 Legal Business Increase in bids raises hopes of a rise in UK M&A work M&A partners are predicting that the UK could…
Marking your own homework: Dentons and a defence of PEP Legal Business Alex Novarese takes a jaded view of the latest attempt to avoid transparency It would almost be too easy to…
Taylor Wessing launches US rep offices in Palo Alto and New York Legal Business Taylor Wessing on 23 June announced the opening of two representative offices in the US to facilitate access to its…
Eversheds real estate head and tax partner to form high-end boutique Legal Business William Naunton and Clive Jones to depart after year-long notice period. The head of Eversheds’ international real estate group, William…
Camerons launches cost-saving venture through Dundas offices as the firm prepares for move to Cannon Place Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna plans to utilise the Scottish offices and personnel of new merger partner Dundas & Wilson as a…
Q&A with Hogan Lovells new chief executive Steve Immelt Legal Business As Washington DC-based Steve Immelt next month takes over the reins from Hogan Lovells co-chief executives David Harris and Warren…
BP brings in reverse auction as it pushes ahead with panel review Legal Business Energy giant seeks increased transparency in bidding process with new online element BP has introduced a reverse auction into its…
