Deal view: Life after Hatchard – does Skadden hunger to take its peerless M&A team to the next level? Nathalie Tidman ‘Theirs is the biggest succession issue faced by any firm in the City,’ says one Magic Circle partner of Skadden,…
The last word: New order Legal Business As part of our technology special, we canvass the experts and ask where the legal start-up market is headed Most…
Star power is core to your pitch – accept it Alex Novarese Within the same week, two Magic Circle firms stressed to Legal Business the same mantra after departures of big-name lawyers:…
A&O merger bid risky but US question can’t be delayed forever Alex Novarese ‘It is an odd couple. I wouldn’t have put them together,’ is one take from a London peer to the…
16 easy steps to making you a great managing partner Alex Novarese Recently a surprisingly popular column in Legal Business took a jaded view of the state of leadership in major law…
Disputes Eye: Witness statements – going loco with Acratopulo Tom Baker With the war to overhaul disclosure raging on, a new battleground already seems to be emerging. Leading the charge is…
Life during law: Paul Maher Marco Cillario I grew up in North West London. My parents came from working-class, Irish Catholic backgrounds from Liverpool. Nobody had been…
Kirkland and Baker McKenzie chart course for €950m sale of Danish shipping giant Thomas Alan Kirkland & Ellis and Baker McKenzie have secured key roles as Turkish freight shipping operator UN Ro-Ro launched its sale…
KPMG: Still not a law firm, still not being taken lightly Hamish McNicol KPMG’s global head of legal Jürg Birri (pictured) does not know how much it will cost to reach its target…
McDermott’s mass lawyer swoop casts shadow over DLA financial renaissance Hamish McNicol It has been a bumpy few months for DLA Piper. Just as the dust was settling following McDermott Will &…
SFO makes interim director appointment as Linklaters hires DPP Alison Saunders Tom Baker The white-collar crime arena has seen significant upheaval in recent weeks, with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) making an uninspiring…
Reports of the death of CC’s sponsor practice prove exaggerated but surviving isn’t thriving Marco Cillario Marco Cillario finds much more substance to CC’s PE business than the usual critique but stopping managed relative decline will…
Magic Circle partner promotions: numbers fall but gender diversity improves Marco Cillario Marco Cillario assesses the latest rounds at London’s big five The overall number of partner promotions at Magic Circle firms…
Covington continues European expansion with Frankfurt private equity launch Marco Cillario Global 100 player Covington & Burling is taking a shot at the German private equity market, launching an office in…
Dentons gets even more polycentric with seven-way tie-up and Australia hires Marco Cillario Dentons, the world’s largest globetrotting firm, has added 17 partners from an ailing Australian shop and announced a combination with…
Addleshaw Goddard recruits legacy BLP Asia head Marco Cillario As the inevitable fallout from the $900m Bryan Cave/Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) tie-up continues, Addleshaw Goddard is following up on…
Magic Circle duo secure key mandates as Novartis sells its €13bn stake to GSK Thomas Alan Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have landed pivotal roles on a $13bn deal which sees GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) acquire…
Dealwatch: Transactional teams move into gear in strong spring showing Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) (pictured) has secured a key corporate role for engineering company and long-term client The Weir Group…
Client Intelligence Report: Data View – Middle East Focus David Burgess Demonstrating value is paramount for all in-house legal teams, concerned as it is with how legal work intersects with business…
