City O’Melveny exodus continues as Akin Gump hires private equity funds duo Nathalie Tidman The London woes of Allen & Overy’s prospective merger partner O’Melveny & Myers have continued with the loss of private…
Serious money: Elevate bolsters acquisition chest with $25m backing while Orbital Witness raises £1.2m Thomas Alan Investment continues to flow into New Law and legal tech with US-based law company Elevate securing $25m in private equity…
Comment: A Big Four breakthrough will need a far better GC offensive Alex Novarese This title is on the record as having doubts regarding the Big Four’s legal ambitions, at least judged against claims…
Eversheds records double-digit growth as ‘uncertainty barometer’ rises Hamish McNicol Eversheds Sutherland (International) has built on its 2017 transatlantic merger with a second year of strong revenue and profit growth.…
Herbert Smith Freehills partner reported to SRA for threatening sexual harassment claimant Thomas Alan A woman who filed a sexual harassment case against her employer was allegedly told by a Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) lawyer…
The private client debate: A family affair Mark McAteer Mark McAteer, Legal Business: Is there much appetite within family offices to forum shop? And whose responsibility is it to…
Ticking boxes – Is City law going beyond the platitudes on ethnic diversity? Thomas Alan ‘People are so scared to talk about race in the UK,’ Linklaters senior partner Charlie Jacobs says. ‘They think it’s…
The Euro Elite Overview: Life in the bubble Dominic Carman Europe’s independent law firms fared much better in 2018 than most of the EU economies in which their clients operate.…
The Euro Elite Top 25 Legal Business Rank Firm Region The Legal 500 rank Size rank Lawyers Partners Recent partner promotions Offices Revenue 1 Uría Menéndez Iberia…
The Euro Elite: Market overviews Dominic Carman Ireland The Emerald Isle may be small – its two million-workforce delivers a tax take of just €50bn – but…
The Euro Elite Methodology Legal Business Legal Business’ Euro Elite comprises independent law firms based in more than 40 European jurisdictions, rather than the local offices…
The Euro Elite 100 Legal Business Baltics Firm Total lawyers Total partners No. of offices Sorainen 226 32 4 Ellex 180 40 3 COBALT 165 34…
The Euro Elite: France – La vie en rose Marco Cillario Any conversation with a French lawyer these days turns at some point to the volatility of the market and the…
Client Service Awards – What clients really want Georgina Stanley Stewarts, Mishcon de Reya and Weil, Gotshal & Manges have emerged among the top-performing law firms for client service in…
Paywars III – City elite caught between rock and hard place Alex Novarese The news last month that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer was to push through the highest real-terms pay rises by a major…
The influx of BAME lawyers may yet be squandered Alex Novarese The good news is that up close the reality turns out to be not as awful as the cynics have…
Cross-selling to glory will only get the Big Four so far Alex Novarese This title is on the record as having doubts regarding the Big Four’s legal ambitions, at least judged against claims…
Deal View: Despite that late start, Willkie underlines surprisingly forceful City buyout push with hire of GavDav Nathalie Tidman Affectionately known in buyout circles as ‘GavDav’, the long-time duo of private equity specialists Gavin Gordon and David Arnold has…
The Last Word: Elite forces Legal Business As part of our annual Euro Elite report, management at independent firms in Europe give their views on today’s market…
