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…
RPC’s surprise partnership shake-up signals focus on next generation but is the firm still playing too safe? Marco Cillario Marco Cillario assesses the background to RPC’s decision to abandon all-equity structure At a November press event held by a…
Goodwin and Eversheds make bold corporate plays amid hopes of increasing City transactional firepower Thomas Alan Goodwin Procter and Eversheds Sutherland both made significant corporate hires in November, with the pair recruiting Kirkland & Ellis partner…
Significant hires Legal Business Simmons & Simmons added to its international banking practice with the hire of Kirsty Barnes, formerly Gowling WLG’s head of…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 UK 2020: Breakdown of Pinsent Masons’ top-tier rankings Pinsent Masons has topped the list of firms with…
Three firms cut as National Grid unveils panel following ‘pay to play’ review and BAE loses longstanding legal chief Anna Cole-Bailey Anna Cole-Bailey rounds up the latest in-house panel reviews and moves In a busy month of in-house activity, National Grid…
A boon for Global London firms on big-ticket buyouts as US investors target hot tech assets Nathalie Tidman The take-private market has cooled after a prolonged spree of deals across Europe but US investors have continued to pile…
Sponsored briefing: Celebrating the successes of the legal sector Guest Blog Ahead of the 2020 Legal Business Awards, James Tsolakis of NatWest reports on the past year’s developments for the profession…
Dealwatch: Slaughters and Ashurst make headlines on i newspaper sale as DLA and A&O dine out on Bookatable acquisition Muna Abdi In a busy week for UK buyouts, Slaughter and May advised Daily Mail and General Trust on the £49.6m acquisition…
Revolving doors: Fieldfisher appoints new life sciences head as Fried Frank makes double London hires Muna Abdi Fieldfisher has hired Janita Good as its new head of life sciences. She joins from Osborne Clarke where she spent 14…
Comment: Miguel who? New Hogan Lovells chief is going to be a hard sell in Europe Marco Cillario Canvassing ex-partners a few days after Hogan Lovells’ board recommended Miguel Zaldivar (pictured) as the firm’s next chief executive, Legal…
Pinsents launches flexi-lawyering brand Vario in Germany following New Law acquisitions Thomas Alan Pinsent Masons has finalised two alternative legal services acquisitions, enabling the firm to launch its flexible lawyering business Vario in…
‘Dynamic and excellent’: A&O chooses Johannesburg for second cost-saving hub as Steptoe launches in Hong Kong with CC pair Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has built on the success of its Belfast cost-saving centre with the launch of another in Johannesburg as…
Freshfields fuels New York M&A growth with four more Cleary lawyers Marco Cillario Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has added four more lawyers to its ten-partner Wall Street M&A team, with three counsel and one associate…
BARBRI acquires SQE provider Kaplan Altior in preparation for education market overhaul Thomas Alan Legal education provider BARBRI International has accelerated its plans to move into the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) prep market by…
