National Grid conducts wholesale review of internal and external legal function Legal Business Energy giant to analyse in-house team and links with UK and US counsel National Grid’s group general counsel (GC) Alison…
Clyde & Co loses 15-strong US litigation team to LeClairRyan Jaishree Kalia Latest exits add to departures of two partners from City headquarters The expiry of Clyde & Co’s three-year post-merger partner lock-in…
DLA Piper expands Africa group across the continent Francesca Fanshawe DLA Piper’s Africa group last month announced it had expanded in north, southern and eastern Africa with the addition of…
Latest LLP filings show increased borrowing Legal Business BLP bank debt up sharply as 2012/13 annual reports filter through Growing debt was a recurring theme in the limited…
Hogan Lovells expands Latin America footprint with hire of Clifford Chance partner for São Paulo launch Francesca Fanshawe Hogan Lovells has expanded its Latin America offering by launching a second office in Brazil, hiring former Clifford Chance (CC)…
More in-fighting as Law Society contests SRA attempts to gain greater fining powers Legal Business SRA aims to bring maximum fines for law firms closer to the much higher figures for ABSs Further tensions in…
UK elite firms defy the transactional gloom of 2013 David Stevenson New Year surge in high-value deals after subdued year While deal activity was down again in 2013, last year’s growth…
Big data and AI will come to the fore as law firms expect tech to drive their businesses Mark McAteer Year-long study by legal technology body identifies future challenges Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics will play a game-changing…
RFU rejigs legal team as deputy head joins sports firm Legal Business Bujalski promoted to head of legal as Handford joins Couchmans The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has reconfigured its in-house legal…
Revolving doors – Weil, Latham, Freshfields and Dentons among the firms opening 2014 with senior recruits Francesca Fanshawe Increasing confidence in the transactional market has contributed to a rash of senior partner moves at the start of 2014,…
Life During Law – David Childs Legal Business It’s been an amazing career. I’ve been with Clifford Chance (CC) for 40 years. People had just stopped wearing bowler…
High Street gloom as SRA publishes full list of uninsured firms forced to close Francesca Fanshawe The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) last month confirmed the names of the 136 firms which have been forced to close…
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi launches first EMEA panel Legal Business Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) has announced its first-ever panel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with eight…
BG Group slims down legal roster to three Legal Business For a FTSE 100 company operating in 20 countries, BG Group’s panel of four law firms was already slim, but…
Reed Smith set for record year in London thanks to lateral push and sector focus Legal Business David Stevenson reports on Reed Smith’s evolution into credible global contender For a 1,500-lawyer, top-30 Global 100 firm, Reed Smith…
Clifford Chance in line for windfall payment after PwC reaches European Lehman settlement Legal Business As latest payout confirmed to Lehman’s creditors, total US and UK costs soar to $2bn Clifford Chance is among the…
A&O the first top-tier player to forge contract lawyer service Jaishree Kalia Freelance lawyers to cover fixed-term needs. For all the talk of innovation in the profession, experimentation with new models has…
RPC abolishes flat-rate salary for newly-qualified solicitors Legal Business City firm to move junior lawyers to structure based on merit and market rates. RPC has taken the final steps to…
If the shoe just about fits – Wragges in merger talks with Lawrence Graham Legal Business Proposed merger promises Birmingham firm significant City presence. The announcement last month that Wragge & Co and Lawrence Graham (LG)…
Gateway to Africa: Hogan Lovells ties-up with Routledge Modise Sarah Downey The queue of international firms looking to enter the South African market became one shorter in November, as transatlantic giant…
