Nice work – The LB100 debate finds law leaders in strangely upbeat mood Mark McAteer Mark McAteer, Legal Business: How are you feeling going into the next financial year? Nick Scott, Brodies: I am buoyed…
Picking up the pieces – the risk debate gauges the #MeToo era Mark McAteer A clear focus on a number of #MeToo episodes among City law firms has led to a close examination of…
Can law tech’s big beasts Lexis and Thomson stay on top in a changing industry? Thomas Alan So ubiquitous have two companies become in legal tech circles that they are rarely discussed directly, just accepted as facts…
Law Tech Special: Fake rugs and drill bits – Incopro eyes brand protection dominance Hamish McNicol Seven years after Wiggin set up IP technology company Incopro, it has raised $21m and expanded to protect more than…
Law Tech Special: The final throes of the Wild West? Contract management bids to move into the mainstream Hamish McNicol Companies with thousands of contracts want to not only store them, but manage and learn from them too. It is…
Inflection point – Ashurst steps back from the brink but can the revival last? Nathalie Tidman It was not all plain sailing,’ reflects Ben Tidswell, Ashurst’s chair, on the aftermath of its 2013 merger with Australia’s…
Vital signs – the passing of old Ashurst holds new life Alex Novarese Sometimes in institutional terms, something has to die before something new can live. The good news for Ashurst, as chronicled…
Being most things to most clients just isn’t sustainable Alex Novarese Years ago, in the immediate wake of the banking crisis, I wrote a column on the notion that top London…
The Mindful Business Charter: In praise of baby steps Alex Novarese The name, the Mindful Business Charter, does not in itself inspire huge confidence but, judging the legal profession on its…
The Last Word – Best foot forward Legal Business As bellwether Forsters opens the 2018/19 financial reporting season in the UK announcing steady revenue growth, we ask law firm…
City elite sees sharp increase in partner promotions and improved female promotion prospects Nathalie Tidman Magic Circle takes a leaf from US playbook after a parsimonious 2018 This time last year, Legal Business was still…
A special situation – Macfarlanes overcomes lateral reluctance with rare spate of hires Thomas Alan Corporate partner Peter Baldwin joins the City outfit from Ropes & Gray Traditionally reticent to engage in the lateral recruitment…
Significant hires Legal Business In April, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan reinforced its City competition practice with the hire of Elaine Whiteford from Covington…
Prestige meets hustle – Slaughters sends jolt through start-up community with launch of tech incubator Thomas Alan For years Slaughters epitomised City conservativism but, reports Thomas Alan, marquee clients and a clear structure mean its new law…
Global expansion: Fieldfisher picks Dublin for seventh office launch in a year Marco Cillario Fieldfisher continues to build on what managing partner Michael Chissick describes as a strategy to be ‘in every commercial capital…
Australia pull continues as Dentons, DWF and LOD announce expansion Marco Cillario Described in some quarters as an overlawyered market for a country with a population of 25 million, Australia continues to…
In-house round-up: New GCs for Royal Mail, Sky and Deliveroo Tom Baker Royal Mail has filled the void left following former general counsel (GC) Maaike de Bie’s departure to easyJet, hiring in-house…
Mind the gap(s) – more of the same old inequality and fudged statistics prevalent in Big Law Thomas Alan The second season of gender pay gap reporting has again laid bare the stark disparities between men and women throughout…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 2019 London rankings Ashurst and Hogan Lovells are the subject of this month’s cover feature – both…
