‘A giant opening for competitive forces’ – Controversial SRA handbook overhaul given green light as Passmore steps down Tom Baker In a significant easing of practice rules, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved divisive plans by the Solicitors Regulation…
Law Society pushes firms for increased transparency on partner pay gaps Thomas Alan The Law Society has called for uniformity in law firms’ gender pay gap reporting in a bid to ‘get ahead…
Enterprise GC 2019 – Our flagship in-house event returns bigger, better and with a lot more bluechip GCs Alex Novarese Consider this a call to arms or an acknowledgement that I can use all the help I can get but…
SRA shoots down Government plans for post-Brexit mutual recognition of legal qualifications Tom Baker The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has condemned a Government plan to mutually recognise international legal qualifications as part of post-Brexit…
Revolving Doors: Stephenson Harwood and Ropes make moves in a busy City recruitment round as HFW expands in Abu Dhabi Thomas Alan There were a number of lateral hires in the London last week, with Stephenson Harwood, Ropes & Gray and Osborne…
Comment: The great distraction – The innovation bandwagon has hobbled law’s market forces Alex Novarese I used to believe the UK legal profession was more imaginative than it got credit for – now I find…
Linklaters finishes tech jigsaw with hire of Ashurst’s global IT head Thomas Alan Linklaters has bolstered its technology clout with the hire of Ashurst’s well-regarded head of global IT, Bruna Pellicci. Pellicci becomes the…
Macfarlanes holds hands up to significant gender pay gap at partner level Tom Baker In another stark example of the disparity in the treatment of men and women within City law, Macfarlanes has revealed an…
Comment: NDA mess shows age of just-about-OK legal ethics has passed Alex Novarese Once, not long ago, considerations of ethics were simple for law firms, if they bothered thinking about them at all.…
Gordon Dadds to become largest listed firm with £43m acquisition of Ince Hamish McNicol Gordon Dadds is set to become the UK’s largest listed law firm by revenue after acquiring Ince & Co for an…
London calling for Latham as it makes up nine partners in the City Thomas Alan Latham & Watkins has promoted 31 lawyers to partner across all five of its departments globally, with 29% of those getting…
‘Fit like a glove’: Gordon Dadds brings Ince into the modern era, says leadership Hamish McNicol The lack of overlap between Gordon Dadds and Ince & Co made the tie-up an ‘overwhelmingly attractive proposition’, the firms’ leaders say.…
The technology debate: Ctrl+Alt+Delete Alex Novarese With alternative legal services arms at Global 100 law firms in full swing, and innovation and technology experts striving to…
Stars and stripes in their eyes – assessing the US ambitions of A&O and Freshfields Nathalie Tidman Nathalie Tidman looks at the struggle for the City elite as US players dominate home and away ‘People like me,…
The Global 100 debate – Will stars or institutions define the law’s elite? Alex Novarese Alex Novarese, Legal Business: Ten years ahead, what will a global elite firm look like? Charlie Jacobs, Linklaters: I don’t…
No free lunch – Will law firm IPOs be the next big thing? Hamish McNicol For years it could, just about, be ignored. But no longer. The UK’s largest practices are being forced to consider…
Law tech special: Let there be light Legal Business LB’s autumn law tech special assesses the tools and the talent at the City’s largest law firms
Law firm tech: Turning the lights on Marco Cillario What do the individuals responsible for putting together the tech behind Lady Gaga’s concerts, a creative executive of ER and…
Law firm tech: Tech trumps Legal Business Allen & Overy Most senior IT/tech professional: Andrew Brammer, IT and shared services director, reporting to managing partner Andrew Ballheimer…
Disputes tech: A rich market for e-discovery but predictive tools face data hurdle Tom Baker It is hard to overstate the rise in disputes-focused technology in recent years – a trend underwritten by the…
