Top silk Howard QC to co-lead Brick Court as Hirst QC steps down Legal Business Brick Court Chambers‘ Mark Howard QC has been appointed to co-head the set with Helen Davies QC, as incumbent Jonathan…
Stay or go? Heavyweight Ward abandons Paul Hastings move to remain at Ashurst Madeleine Farman Banking partner Nigel Ward is to remain at Ashurst after it was announced earlier this month he was to make…
Bakers looks to Big Four lateral to bolster tax offering as Chadwick moves upstairs Matthew Field Baker & McKenzie has hired experienced KPMG tax partner Steve Labrum to strengthen its City transfer pricing team.
Vinter is coming: Covington boosts projects offering as former BG GC returns to private practice Legal Business Covington & Burling has landed a heavyweight in-house veteran to boost its London project finance offering with the arrival of…
Taking the initiative: Burges Salmon pushes ahead on legal apprenticeships through government scheme Kathryn McCann Burges Salmon has become one of the first law firms to hire legal apprentices under the Government’s new Trailblazers Apprenticeship…
‘A great enhancement to our practice’: Quinn lures Macfarlanes’ Berman in latest City hire Sarah Downey In a rare defection from Macfarlanes, financial services head David Berman is set to join Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
Preparing for the worst: legal costs spike as FTSE 100 sets aside £31bn Legal Business With corporate counsel consistently burdened by onerous cost constraints levied by their executive, the pressure to deliver efficiencies in-house may…
Revolving doors: White & Case, Winston & Strawn, Fieldfisher and Bond Dickinson bolster ranks Legal Business Although last week saw several partner departures from a select few LB 100 players, namely Ashurst and Simmons & Simmons,…
Reducing the ranks: CC to cut trainee intake by a fifth by 2018 Matthew Field Clifford Chance (CC) is to cut down its UK trainee intake for 2018 by 20%, reducing numbers from around 100…
Bond Dickinson latest to blame Brexit as firm implements pay freeze Matthew Field Bond Dickinson is the latest firm to postpone its salary reviews until November, blaming the Brexit vote for hitting activity…
Allen & Overy takes another two from Simmons in sustained IP push Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken its third and fourth IP partner from Simmons & Simmons this year, as it…
Sticking around: Linklaters Elliott to stay on as consultant as senior partner term ends Legal Business Outgoing Linklaters senior partner Robert Elliott will stay on as a consultant at the firm when his term finishes at…
‘A serious point of principle’: Jackson reignites debate over increasing court fees Legal Business The debate amongst the profession over ever-increasing court fees continues to prove contentious, with Lord Justice Jackson being the latest…
Ashurst loses another outpost leader with Brussels duo off to Simmons Madeleine Farman Ashurst has lost another office head with its long term Brussels managing partner leaving the firm in favour of Simmons…
Engineering success: Eversheds hires top Nabarro construction disputes partner Douglas Legal Business Eversheds has hired disputes partner Jonathan Douglas from Nabarro to join the firm’s construction and engineering team.
Q&A: Morag MacDonald – Bird & Bird IP head on disputes, influences and serious maths Legal Business Sitting in the firm’s recently opened New Fetter Lane office, Matthew Field talks to Bird & Bird international head of…
Canadian cover: DLA Piper to merge with Toronto’s Dimock Stratton Kathryn McCann Following Norton Rose Fulbright‘s (NRF) acquisition of a Vancouver firm earlier this month, DLA Piper is to merge with Canadian…
Back on track: Gowling WLG restarts delayed salary review Kathryn McCann Gowling WLG informed staff yesterday (20 September) it will restart the delayed salary review that was put in place as…
LOD’s Tim Bratton returns to in-house to join Euromoney Legal Business Lawyers On Demand‘s (LOD) practice development director Tim Bratton is to return to in-house after three years at the contract…
Quinn dealt major Moscow blow as arbitration duo head to Baker Botts Legal Business Typically on the receiving end of partner moves, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has lost Moscow-based arbitration partners Ivan Marisin…
