Guest comment: NDAs and the profession’s cultural problem revealed before Parliament Guest Blog Evidence before the Women and Equalities Committee last week (28 March) paints a worrying picture of ethics in the legal…
‘No reservations’: Linklaters hires divisive director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders Tom Baker As City firms continue to ramp up their efforts to snare former prosecutors, the UK’s director of public prosecutions (DPP),…
Different origins, same excuses: Kirkland, Bakers, Weil Gotshal and Mayer Brown reveal UK gender pay gap stats Nathalie Tidman US-based firms Kirkland & Ellis, Baker McKenzie, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Mayer Brown have revealed the gulf between male…
Preparing for Brexit – alternative provider Axiom launches new AI as deadline looms Thomas Alan Marking the 365-day countdown to Brexit, alternative legal services provider Axiom has today (29 March) launched a purpose-built service to…
Comment: Why law firm ‘values’ ring hollow (a call for honesty) Alex Novarese Attending a conference recently for general counsel was a reminder that for all the chasm that remains between clients and…
Covington strengthens in Europe with Frankfurt launch as Dentons takes chunk of ailing Australia player Marco Cillario Covington & Burling is to deepen its European footprint with the opening of a new office in Frankfurt – the firm’s…
Eversheds and HFW disclose gender pay gaps for partners but calls mount for an end to cherry-picked stats Hamish McNicol The one-upmanship and tactical disclosures from law firms are gradually revealing more about entrenched gender pay gaps. Next up, Eversheds…
‘A morally-lacking agreement on every level’ – A&O squirms as Parliamentary committee turns up pressure on NDAs Nathalie Tidman Some awkward headlines are inevitable for Allen & Overy (A&O) thanks to its role in the Weinstein saga after one…
‘Our values are imperatives’: Pinsents chief on diversity, success and being bolder Hamish McNicol Legal Business (LB): How do you create a clearer picture of what Pinsents is doing on diversity? Richard Foley (RF):…
An ill wind… The LB100 leadership debate Alex Novarese Alex Novarese, Legal Business: How is the market generally? Lee Ranson, Eversheds Sutherland: Most of the managing partners around this…
The Brexit countdown – The Irish question Dominic Carman ‘A dense population in extreme distress inhabits an island’ – that is how Disraeli began to define the Irish Question…
Unstoppable: The Risk Report Mark McAteer Our debut risk management and professional indemnity report with broker Marsh in February 2008 featured a timid segue into an…
Reborn supremacy – inside the unlikely White & Case revolution Nathalie Tidman ‘Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!’ exclaims Oliver Brettle, White & Case’s London executive partner, before getting up…
A Tale of Two Citys – a growing divide emerges as the US elite storms ahead in London Marco Cillario A surging private equity market, the City’s first $10m lateral and two law firms passing the $3bn mark. At first…
Global London Focus: Cooley Marco Cillario London headcount: 80 lawyers, 27 partners London head: Justin Stock (pictured) Office speciality: Technology, life sciences, litigation Representative work: Advised…
Global London Focus: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Marco Cillario London headcount: 116 lawyers, 22 partners Fee-earner headcount change since 2012: +81% London heads: Suhrud Mehta and Julian Stait Office…
Letter from… Latin America: Blood vs bureaucracy – market forces weigh on Latam counsel Tim Girven ‘In the blacksmith’s house, the knives are made of wood’ – a common saying in Central America, which encapsulates an…
The golden age of law firm leadership has passed… what now? Alex Novarese I used to say three things when asked for a view on the quality of leadership in the profession. Firstly,…
