Dejonghe to stand again as A&O senior partner as six leadership hopefuls revealed Nathalie Tidman As voters head to the polls on UK general election day, Allen & Overy (A&O) has confirmed the names of…
Some joy for UK partnership as Hogan Lovells board backs City-based litigation chief as deputy CEO Marco Cillario While missing out on the firm’s top management role, Hogan Lovells’ London office is all but certain to see one…
‘International is the growth engine’: DWF eyes US after £42.5m Spanish acquisition Hamish McNicol DWF is looking to crack the US market with an acquisition which would likely surpass its £42.5m deal for a Spanish…
Legal secretaries and support staff most at risk as industry loses up to 35,000 jobs by 2027 Anna Cole-Bailey Legal secretaries and support staff will be the most affected by a decline in legal sector jobs in the next…
Comment: If A&O’s new leadership team can’t get a mandate, who can? Alex Novarese Writing at the end of November, with this issue hitting desks only a day or two before the candidates for…
Sponsored briefing: Legal tech – Too much of a good thing? Guest Blog Artwork and imagery used by kind permission of Haynes Publishing Group, a leading supplier of content, data and innovative workflow…
Full disclosure – How to resolve the profession’s #MeToo problem Nathalie Tidman ‘If you’re a partner and in control of someone’s career, that is an unequal relationship. Repeated drunken flings are not…
Regime change – The scorched-earth approach to legal education reform Thomas Alan Its supporters are accused of advocating reforms not fit for purpose, posing a threat to the standing of the profession;…
Leadership pivots and partner exits highlight a period of flux for Clydes – what next for the insurance giant? Muna Abdi Muna Abdi assesses a period of upheaval for one of the UK’s most upwardly-mobile law firms Sudden moves in the…
The Global 100 debate – Decision time Alex Novarese Alex Novarese, Legal Business: Let’s get some observations on how people think their businesses are performing. Charlie Jacobs, Linklaters: If…
‘There are Formula 1 drivers and other drivers’ – who’s winning the race for London’s lev fin work? Georgina Stanley Georgina Stanley and Ben Wheway cast an eye over one of the City’s most contested practice lines ‘Leveraged finance is…
2020 forecast: City giants forced to offer flexible partnership Alex Novarese I’m going to resist the urge to bang on about the year in review, Brexit or even offer a 2010s…
Unheralded comes regulation of City law Alex Novarese Ask senior figures in the profession what has materially changed in the legal industry over the last decade and answers…
The Last Word: The client view Legal Business Interviewed for our annual in-house lawyer survey, leading GCs give their take on risk management, becoming business advisers and collaboration…
Letter from… Brussels: Brexit convulsions prove no problem for Brussels hands as the age of tough antitrust enforcement proves a boon Marco Cillario In mid-October, when Legal Business decided it would dedicate this column to analysing the Belgian legal market, there was still…
If A&O’s new team can’t get a mandate, who can? Alex Novarese Writing at the end of November, with this issue hitting desks only a day or two before the candidates for…
Deal View: Freshfields silences critics with four-piece Cleary team but can it keep up the pressure on Wall St? Nathalie Tidman ‘Supercharging it’ and ‘pretty wild’ are not superlatives usually cropping up on your average conference call with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.…
Life During Law: Segun Osuntokun Thomas Alan I was born in Nigeria as one of five children. My parents were medical doctors. My father was one of…
Sponsored briefing: Taking the plunge Chris Crowe The office has made a series of bold lateral hires in the last three years. What is behind this? Suhrud…
‘Getting access to the talent’ – The profession struggles to react as sweeping training reform looms Thomas Alan Thomas Alan reports on a lively LB debate on training the solicitors of tomorrow With the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination…
