Revolving doors: DWF makes Scottish insurance play as Skadden and EY make key hires Legal Business In this week’s appointments around up, law firms including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, DWF and accountancy giant EY…
Financials 2015/16: Maclays disappoints with double digit fall in PEP and low turnover growth Kathryn McCann Maclay Murray & Spens, fresh from failed merger talks with Addleshaw Goddard, has had another disappointing year financially, with a…
The profession reels as shock Brexit vote sends UK crashing out of EU… and into years of uncertainty Tom Moore European integration was the bedrock for City law firms’ dramatic globalisation during the 1990s and 2000s but yesterday’s shock vote…
Boardman on Brexit: Not good news but the City’s edge won’t reverse in an instant Legal Business We’ll be bringing you reaction throughout the day, but this just in from Slaughter and May corporate heavyweight Nigel Boardman:
Scottish Brexit reaction: Firm leaders urge calm in an even more uncertain environment Kathryn McCann With First Minister Nicola Sturgeon calling for a second Scottish referendum on UK independence amid Scottish voters overwhelmingly backing a…
Brexit live blog: ‘I went to bed confident and woke up shell shocked’ – City heavyweights react to unexpected decision Legal Business City partners fear a shock referendum result which saw Britain vote to leave the European Union may see businesses relocate…
LB’s Brexit take: City law’s globalisation playbook has just been shredded Legal Business Well, there you have it – a textbook example of why referendums, compared to parliamentary sovereignty, are a really bad…
‘We’re not immune from how these changes will impact on our clients’: Linklaters leader Moore on Brexit vote Legal Business Linklaters managing partner Gideon Moore has warned that it’s not just the UK’s relationship with Europe that will change as…
Eleven advisers win places on Dixons Carphone’s first post-merger panel Kathryn McCann Eleven advisers including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, DLA Piper, Pinsent Masons and Addleshaw Goddard have won spots on the inaugural panel…
Comment: A slightly updated view from 2015 – ‘Unless you hear trumpets, Brexit doesn’t stack up’ Legal Business Ahead of the 2015 general election, Legal Business assessed the policy pledges of the main parties, including the prospects for…
Brick Court hires Wilberforce Chambers rising star Newton Legal Business Leading commercial set Brick Court Chambers has made a key hire with Wilberforce Chambers’ rising star Laura Newton.
Linklaters the latest to match Cravath’s $180,000 associate pay in New York salary war Legal Business Linklaters has become the latest, and the last, of the Magic Circle firms in the US to match Cravath, Swaine…
Jumping on the bandwagon: Ashurst and Axiom unite for new tech service aimed at banks Madeleine Farman Axiom has partnered with Ashurst in a joint venture aimed at helping banks meet new regulations coming into force next…
‘A local foothold’: Mayer Brown opens doors in Dubai Madeleine Farman Mayer Brown has opened the doors to its Dubai Office, six months after appointing two Baker & McKenzie partners to…
Law firm leaders line up alongside City’s biggest executives in last ditch attempt to prevent Brexit Legal Business Ten prominent law firm leaders have signed a letter urging voters against voting for Brexit in the UK referendum on…
The growth continues: Stephenson Harwood posts 9% bump in another record turnover year Legal Business Stephenson Harwood has posted another record financial year, with revenue up 9% on last year from £145m to £158m.
Guest post: The tax position of out campaign funders Legal Business If you click here you can see a link to the Electoral Commission list of donations to referendum participants arranged…
Building momentum: Dentons boosts City corporate team again with Nabarro hire Matthew Field The ever-growing Dentons has made its fifth London corporate hire in less than 12 months, bringing in partner Jonathan Cantor…
Review recommended: Justice Committee latest to critique court fee hike Legal Business The House of Commons Justice Select Committee has come out against increases in court and tribunal fees in a report…
Italian Job: Fieldfisher merges with Milan headquartered firm SASPI Legal Business UK law firm Fieldfisher has entered Italy through a merger with 21 partner firm Studio Associato Servizi Professionali Integrati (SASPI),…
