Adviser cheer as City float boom builds momentum with a string of major IPOs Legal Business Retail IPO surge on back of increasing confidence Capital markets partners attest to an end to the jitters that have…
Irwin Mitchell replaced by Shakespeares on National Grid’s UK panel after review Legal Business Top 30 UK firm Irwin Mitchell last month lost its place on energy giant National Grid’s legal panel to Shakespeares,…
Virgin Media completes leadership reshuffle with new legal head as Weight Watchers unveils its new GC Legal Business Home entertainment company Virgin Media has completed an overhaul of its executive following its £15bn acquisition by Liberty Global in…
Life during law: Phil Sanderson Legal Business I used to pretend I decided to be a lawyer at 16. My sister made a visit to me in…
With an external legal spend in excess of $1bn since 2010, BP launches panel review Sarah Downey Energy giant BP, which has paid around $1bn in external legal fees in relation to the Gulf of Mexico oil…
Tax overhaul threatens US firms with four-year cash drain but could boost global mergers Legal Business US law firms are facing a fundamental overhaul over the way they calculate and distribute their profits that could result…
LB100 firms review partnership model as HMRC’s LLP changes loom Sarah Downey The impact of HM Revenue & Customs’ decision to overhaul the way salaried partners are taxed is being felt across…
CC’s Tinkler addresses recent private equity departures Legal Business In mid-February, Latham & Watkins confirmed its third London private equity partner hire from Clifford Chance (CC), with Kem Ihenacho…
Turning the corner, honest: can Shearman turn a proactive run into a sustained revival? David Stevenson David Stevenson assesses Shearman’s hopes of regaining its potency ‘The work that’s been done over the last few years is…
Return to form for Queen’s Counsel as 100 advocates take silk Legal Business Latest QC promotions round the largest in three years In stark contrast with the recent decline in the number of…
Arbitration heavyweights resign to form boutique Legal Business Partasides and Petrochilos to join former colleague Jan Paulsson Breakaway arbitration boutiques are increasingly common but they rarely have the…
Life During Law: James Palmer Legal Business I don’t believe people that do well have an unerring right to succeed and it’s entirely down to their own…
Early numbers in US results season confirms solid growth as Shearman and Dechert lead the pack Legal Business US leaders grind out growth in 2013 despite ‘anaemic economy’ Despite having to contend with what Latham & Watkins’ outgoing…
Slaughters adds US capability in Hong Kong as best friends become rivals Legal Business Moore becomes first lateral hire in firm’s 125-year history It had been well telegraphed but even so news that Slaughter…
Global office launches for Norton Rose, Quinn Emanuel, Bakers and Jones Day Legal Business Global 100 firms embraced foreign expansion again in February. Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) announced a significant addition to its Latin…
Deals: CC, Taylor Wessing and Ashurst act on infra and real estate deals Legal Business Advisers benefit as investors target industrial assets The shift towards global industrial real estate portfolios as an asset class last…
BT selects Axiom for global legal outsourcing and analytics contract Legal Business Jobling steps aside as head of volume business BT Law An innovator long at the vanguard of transforming the traditional…
MasterCard appoints Murphy as GC as Hanft steps down Legal Business UBS and HSBC see key in-house moves The start of 2014 has seen almost as much in the way of…
Mergerwatch: Speechly Bircham in talks with Charles Russell Sarah Downey Speechly Bircham is trying its hand once more at finding a merger partner as the firm last month announced it…
Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank blame litigation for drop in Q4 profits Sarah Downey Financial institutions report multibillion-dollar effects of post-crisis costs Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank have become the latest major financial institutions…
