What goes up: Linklaters to vote next month on new partner pay model Tom Moore Moore pulls together proposals for flexible model as lockstep set to evolve With Magic Circle rivals Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus…
Olswang exits continue as merger claims swirl around TMT player Legal Business More than 30 partners have left the firm in the last 18 months Having emerged as one of the worst…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in October 2016 Legal Business CC and Davis Polk On $8bn China IPO: Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Postal Savings Bank of China on its…
White & Case opens Australia practice with ten-partner project finance raid on HSF Legal Business Simultaneous Melbourne and Sydney launches filled with former Freehills lawyers White & Case is to open two offices in Australia…
‘Good financial prudence’: Dentons’ European arm makes cash call Tom Moore Partners asked for between €6m and €7m to cut debt. The European arm of Dentons has made a capital call…
QBE reviews UK panel following appointment of global GC Kathryn McCann Australia’s largest global insurer QBE is to launch a review of its UK claims panel, following the appointment of a…
Is Kennedys keeping up? Insurance player claims innovation and expansion provide the right cover Kathryn McCann Kathryn McCann and Victoria Young discuss Kennedys’ prospects with longstanding senior partner Nick Thomas ‘I’d like to tell you that…
The rise of the machines: Slaughters latest to join rush to embrace artificial intelligence Legal Business Matthew Field reports on the latest from Global 100 players in legal tech Long regarded as the most conservative of…
Contenders step forward as race for Squires European head begins Legal Business Longstanding leader Crossley set to retire at year end Frontrunners have emerged in the contest to become the new Europe and…
Ashurst braces for £55m fit-out hit as City office move looms Madeleine Farman Firm prepares to sub-let up to 40% of new London headquarters As Ashurst partners digest a year of tumbling profits and turnover,…
Pressure piles on Ashurst as ten partners quit last month Madeleine Farman Paul Hastings, A&O and PwC heap further woe on City stalwart A beleaguered Ashurst has suffered another wave of partner exits, with ten…
Unilever carries out informal review of panel arrangement Kathryn McCann Consumer goods giant Unilever is currently carrying out an ‘informal review’ of its current panel firms, after the roster expired in…
De Bie restructures Royal Mail legal team as she settles into group GC post Kathryn McCann Royal Mail’s group general counsel (GC) Maaike de Bie has led an overhaul of the postal service’s legal team after…
Global 100 debate: the view from the top Legal Business To mark this year’s Global 100 report, we gathered a group of senior figures at the top of Tower 42…
Rain men – goodbye Harvard Kool-Aid, hello plain speaking at Linklaters’ c-suite Matthew Field With high-billing duo Charlie Jacobs and Gideon Moore taking the helm at Linklaters there is renewed swagger on Silk Street.…
The art of leadership in Asia – an evolving role for legal heads James Wood What does leadership mean in a region where the role of the in-house lawyer is rapidly evolving? ‘Becoming an in-house…
Taught leaders – executive training for the ambitious GC James Wood Leadership training has until recently neglected the growing ranks of GCs. To begin our Insight special with Reed Smith, we…
The next step – meet the GCs determined to seize leadership roles Kathryn McCann An ambitious generation of in-house counsel is determined to take on leadership roles, despite corporate pressure to stay in the…
Leadership and the modern GC: a special report Legal Business We teamed up with Reed Smith to ask which skills the GCs of tomorrow will need to lead and what…
Perspectives: Peter Wexler, Schneider Electric Legal Business French energy management company Schneider Electric has been on a buying spree lately, most recently with its £3.4bn acquisition of…
