Staying active Legal Business Ronan McLoughlin and Lisa Broderick report on DACB Dublin’s recent growth, with a busy last year and new hires, as…
Life During Law – Simon Levine Anna Huntley I didn’t grow up with law in my life. I come from a non-professional background and my parents didn’t go…
Kirkland adds first structured finance partner in London as Cravath hires Linklaters lev fin duo Tom Cox US firms are once again on the march in London, with Kirkland and Cravath leading the moves of the last…
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner: The Client’s View Legal Business Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Lawyers and Team Quality 81.93 Quality of partners 84.52 Quality of associates 74.14 Partner availability and…
Latham & Watkins: The Client’s View Legal Business Latham & Watkins Lawyers and Team Quality 85.21 Quality of partners 88.73 Quality of associates 81.14 Partner availability and engagement…
Hogan Lovells: The Client’s View Legal Business Hogan Lovells Lawyers and Team Quality 81.20 Quality of partners 84.08 Quality of associates 76.19 Partner availability and engagement 83.46…
Ashurst: The Client’s View Legal Business Ashurst Lawyers and Team Quality 79.59 Quality of partners 83.47 Quality of associates 75.76 Partner availability and engagement 83.18 All…
Herbert Smith Freehills: The Client’s View Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills Lawyers and Team Quality 82.30 Quality of partners 85.21 Quality of associates 78.16 Partner availability and engagement…
Glasses half full Tom Cox Geoff Moore, managing partner of Ireland’s Arthur Cox, is looking at life with his glass very much half full, and…
Life During Law – Penny Angell Elisha Juttla In my second year studying law at university, I fell in love twice. Not only did I meet my future…
Vodafone UK head of legal Karen Thorpe on winning LB’s In-House Team of the Year and Vodafone’s ‘once in a lifetime’ merger with Three Tom Cox With work including the proposed merger of Vodafone and Three’s UK businesses – a deal that would create the largest mobile operator…
‘A true win’ – Baker McKenzie on record Ecuador $1.6bn debt-for-nature swap and winning Finance Team of the Year Elisha Juttla Baker McKenzie won Finance Team of the Year at the Legal Business Awards for representing project manager Oceans Finance Company in…
‘Deals like this act as a catalyst’ – Gowling WLG on its Legal Business Award-winning work for AstraZeneca Anna Huntley Gowling WLG won this year’s LB Award for Life Sciences Team of the Year for its role in advising AstraZeneca…
McDermott snaps up CMS international private equity co-head in London Elisha Juttla McDermott Will & Emery has announced today (28 October) that Jason Zemmel (pictured) has joined the firm’s transactions group as a…
‘What sort of profession do we want to have?’ – young Black lawyers on diversity, inclusion, and what needs to be done Alex Ryan ‘There’s lawyers all over the world. The question isn’t whether or not Black people can be lawyers. The question is,…
Legal 500 UK ESG Awards 2025 – nominations now open Anna Huntley Nominations are now open for the Legal 500 UK ESG Awards 2025, following a highly successful debut last year. The…
‘Why not me?’ – the law firms leading the way in the Social Mobility Employer Index Tom Cox Browne Jacobson has topped the 2024 Social Mobility Employer Index with Slaughter and May, Linklaters, Lewis Silkin, Norton Rose Fulbright…
‘Leave no stone unturned’: LB speaks to Barrister of the Year Edward Henry KC Isabel Caine Mountford Chambers’ Edward Henry KC won the title of Barrister of the Year at the Legal Business Awards this past…
Gowling WLG: The Client’s View Legal Business Gowling WLG Lawyers and Team Quality 80.33 Quality of partners 83.52 Quality of associates 73.42 Partner availability and engagement 84.12…
Sidley expands with double high-yield hire from Latham Elisha Juttla Sidley Austin has bolstered its London office by hiring high-yield partners Scott Colwell and Patrick Kwak from Latham & Watkins.
