A unified approach: LSB proposes scrapping the SRA in favour of one all-powerful legal regulator Legal Business The Legal Services Board (LSB) has proposed an overhaul of legal services regulation that it hopes will bring about its…
Freshfields lands Eversheds head of international arbitration in rare City lateral Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has landed Will Thomas (pictured), Eversheds’ head of international arbitration, in a rare lateral hire in the…
Quinn Emanuel in talks to take on Shearman’s Brussels partnership Legal Business Disputes leader Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is in talks to hire a team from Shearman & Sterling’s Brussels arm,…
Brexit: a pragmatic position for the worried managing partner Legal Business Theresa May’s claim from the distant history of July that ‘Brexit means Brexit’ has already become famous for answering nothing…
The new risk front for GCs – nearly half of contracts have human rights clauses, LB research finds Legal Business When John Ruggie began his mandate as chief architect of the UN Global Compact in 2000, fewer than 100 of…
Getting closer: Eversheds to move to same building as Harry Elias as Singapore merger talks continue Kathryn McCann Eversheds will move into the same building as Singapore merger suitor Harry Elias Partnership this winter as merger talks continue…
The IT crowd: Travers, Kirkland and Freshfields line up as Micro Focus seals $8.8bn HP deal Legal Business Travers Smith and Kirkland & Ellis have teamed up to advise UK tech firm Micro Focus on its $8.8bn deal…
Linklaters City corporate head Stuart Bedford quits to join LeapFrog Investments Legal Business Stuart Bedford, former City corporate head at Linklaters, is set to join emerging markets private equity house LeapFrog Investments as…
Comment: Looking forward to Ashurst’s decline – The outlook worsens for a proud City institution Alex Novarese You cannot change the past. Move forward. Be constructive. Focus on making things better. Pick your cliché. And, like most…
The LB100 – A thousand lawyer millionaires and the at-a-glance picture on partner earnings Legal Business It is a well-established point in the legal industry that while much attention is paid to profits per equity partner…
Cleary taps A&O for Frankfurt M&A hire as US law firms sustain Euro push Sarah Downey Top 25 Global law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has bolstered its ranks in Frankfurt with the hire of…
With one hand they give… Greenberg promotes Maher but the name goes in London Legal Business It was an unusual gesture when Greenberg Traurig put Paul Maher’s name in the title of its London practice, even for…
A&O defeats Quinn as $575m Progas energy claim against Pakistan thrown out Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Withers have advised as a tribunal convened under the UN…
Doubling in Dublin: Expansive Kennedys moves Irish outpost to accommodate growth Kathryn McCann Following a wave of expansion in Latin America, insurance specialist Kennedys is to more than double its office space in…
Comment: LB100 firms forced to make own luck as tough times continue Legal Business The headline isn’t great, but it’s not bad either. Judging our annual Legal Business 100 (LB100) results, the industry has…
‘Adapt or die’ – K&L’s outspoken chief Kalis to stand down after 20 years at the helm of US giant Sarah Downey He has been one of the longest-serving and most outspoken law firm leaders in the conservative US legal market but…
Tchenguiz brothers’ legal bill hits £5.1m in court battle against Grant Thornton Legal Business The drawn-out legal battle between property billionaires, Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz, and those they hold responsible for the Serious Fraud…
US spree: Morgan Lewis hires five-partner team for Shanghai launch as Latham taps A&O for German hire Matthew Field US-bred law firms have kicked off the key post-summer season with a rash of hires, with Morgan Lewis & Bockius…
Taylor Wessing hires buyout partner in latest London exit for Olswang Legal Business Taylor Wessing has moved to bolster its City buyout practice with the hire of a partner from Olswang in the latest in…
KWM’s European head Kon to step down early after turbulent period for global giant Legal Business After a bruising 18 months for King & Wood Mallesons‘ European and Middle East business, regional senior partner Stephen Kon…
