‘We have an insatiable appetite for recruiting’: Keystone posts double-digit revenue rise as hiring picks up Elisha Juttla Keystone Law has released its financial results for 2023-24, posting a 15.1% revenue boost to reach £87.9m. The results, which…
‘I have near total freedom to build a practice’: ex-Kirkland Hall of Famer Tumani on his new challenge Elisha Juttla Legal 500 Hall of Famer Satnam Tumani, previously head of the SFO’s anti-corruption and bribery unit and a longstanding partner…
Travers departures continue as Linklaters and Fried Frank pick off transactional trio Elisha Juttla In another blow for Travers Smith, respected corporate M&A and ECM partner Richard Spedding has left to join Linklaters, on…
‘Nobody will want to feel like they are the poor cousin’: Freshfields reignites talent war with £150k NQ pay hike Holly McKechnie Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has broken ranks from its Magic Circle peers on associate salaries, increasing newly-qualified (NQ) pay from £125,000 to…
Norton Rose and DLA post rising revenues as global footprint drives growth Anna Huntley Norton Rose has reported an 8.7% increase in global revenue, marking a turnaround from two years of declining revenue. Profit…
Life During Law: Scott Hopkins Alex Ryan When I was 18 I left Vancouver to play ice hockey in university in Japan. That got me off on…
Moves of the month: recruitment market picks up as leading firms think laterally Holly McKechnie Lateral hiring saw a notable pickup during the first quarter of 2024, with partner moves across sectors from litigation to…
Paul Hastings finance partner leaves for Davis Polk as London churn continues Anna Huntley While there is no shortage of fast-growing US firms in London, Paul Hastings is a notable standout, increasing London lawyer…
Legal 500 EMEA: Which countries have seen the biggest rankings increases? Ella Marshall Last month’s launch of Legal 500 EMEA 2024 featured rankings for 15,496 firms throughout the EMEA region, alongside the individual…
Business and human rights laws: CS3D and other important developments Guest Blog After a protracted and hotly contested legislative process, the forthcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) is set to…
Market forces: Paul Weiss, Kirkland and the war for London talent Elisha Juttla In the contest for the biggest legal story of the moment, the A&O Shearman merger may be more transformational for…
The energy and renewables debate: Power shifts Nathalie Tidman Eric Knai, Eversheds Sutherland: If you look back at 2023, we have had a very depressed M&A market other than…
Legal Business Corporate and M&A Summit 2024 Anna Huntley More than 150 of the City’s leading M&A partners, in-house counsel and representatives from corporates and financial institutions came together…
When the going gets tough – Global London firms dig in as market reality bites Holly McKechnie With worldwide M&A activity down 17% last year, hitting a decade low, according to data from Refinitiv, 2023 was always…
Pace-setters: how the fastest-growing Global London firms are rising up the L500 rankings Ben Wheway Despite growth slowing amid a stuttering deal market in 2023, the Global London law firms have cut a swathe through…
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The Last Word: Capital call Legal Business ‘Whilst we’re very much plugged into the global firm and there’s lots of synergies and certainly a very clear industry…
