The $6.4trn question – as legal advisers jostle for position, can shale gas live up to the hype? Legal Business Jaishree Kalia assesses the big hopes and big risks facing the emerging shale gas industry Every few years a new…
From a big bang to a whimper – infighting and calls for reform of regulatory framework Legal Business Caroline Hill and Sarah Downey assess the agendas in the MoJ’s review of regulation The Ministry of Justice (MoJ)’s decision…
Lloyds sees knock-on effect of GC for group legal hire Legal Business In-house promotions and moves often have a domino effect across the wider legal function and Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) is…
Barclays £5.8bn rights issue sees CC, Sullivans and Freshfields in the lead Legal Business Barclays has begun the biggest capital raising by a UK bank since 2009, under which Clifford Chance (CC), Sullivan &…
Life During Law: Lord Goldsmith QC Legal Business I’ve been really fortunate. I’ve had extraordinary opportunities in my career. I’ve had the opportunity not just as a hands-on…
The legal elite dominates big-ticket mandates including Vodafone’s $130bn Verizon sell off Legal Business The autumn deal-doing season kicked off in style in September as Vodafone announced the $130bn disposal of its 45% stake…
Deal watch: September sees significant rise in deal activity Legal Business Lloyds privatisation Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer led the line in September advising Lloyds Banking Group on the…
Back to school: lateral hire market picks up with renewed vigour as autumn arrives Legal Business BLP sees three partners depart; London hires hit double figures for September The lateral hire market in the City picked…
Eversheds, Pinsent Masons and DLA Piper lead the UK pack in The Legal 500 Legal Business National heavyweights score for breadth of recommendations as CC shines in the City Eversheds has once again emerged as the most…
Layton leads the field as CC set for managing partner election Legal Business The race to fill the shoes of Clifford Chance (CC)’s longstanding global managing partner David Childs has reached a decisive…
LETR of the day: education review opts for mum ‘n’ apple pie over radical change Legal Business Sarah Downey assesses the much-touted review of legal education It promised so much and delivered so little. The Legal Education…
BPP awarded university status after ‘rigorous’ review Legal Business LPC provider follows arch rival to win university status It has been a long time coming, but in August BPP…
SJ Berwin’s high stakes tie-up with KWM dares to bring a new equation to global law Legal Business David Stevenson and Alex Novarese assess SJ Berwin’s audacious Asia-Pacific tie-up and ask if the union can truly propel the…
Return of the accountants: KPMG and EY consider ABS Sarah Downey Global accountants including KPMG and EY have the UK’s legal sector firmly in their sights as they consider their options…
Redundancy woes: Bond Dickinson and Watson Farley are latest major law firms to review support staff roles Francesca Fanshawe Redundancy consultations continue to dog the City’s top 100 firms as Bond Dickinson and Watson, Farley & Williams last month…
European M&A: Big ticket summer mandates scooped by Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance; Freshfields and Macfarlanes Legal Business Despite corporate partners attesting to a summer lull (if only by their absence from the office), the past month brought…
Merger frenzy hikes LB100 income but growth masks another tough year Mark McAteer Lawyer count passes 60,000 but profits fall at top UK firms The latest Legal Business 100 results show the total…
Life during law: Mark Rawlinson Legal Business I was in the first ever gender-mixed year at my college in 1976. I got on very well with one…
Private equity: CVC gifts Clifford Chance and Cleary with two major European mandates Legal Business Followers of the tussle between UK and US private equity practices for European mandates were last month rewarded with an…
Latham, Sidley and Skadden lead the US pack in Legal 500 research Legal Business Often hailed as one of the greatest US success stories of the last 25 years, new research underlines the elevated…
