Client-facing pitch sees corporate star Jacobs take Linklaters senior partner role Legal Business Pitching himself as an outward-facing leader has paid off for Linklaters M&A heavyweight Charlie Jacobs (pictured), who won the firm’s…
Financial reporting season kicks off: strong growth for OC, Forsters, TLT and Browne Jacobson Legal Business The fashion is for UK firms to announce good results early and first out of the blocks this year have…
DLA to cut 200 UK jobs as global firms trim support roles Legal Business Norton Rose and Dentons follow suit as offshoring takes flight DLA Piper is to cut 200 business support jobs in…
Associate pay up across Magic Circle as Freshfields wraps bonuses into base salaries Legal Business NQs at Freshfields receiving £17.5k extra Newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have received the largest bump in pay…
Magic Circle chase Chinese law as Linklaters launches Shanghai spin-off Legal Business The decision by Linklaters to spin off part of its Shanghai office in a bid to then merge with it…
Dentons opens in Munich and looks to Warsaw for back-office Legal Business Three NRF laterals boost German practice Dentons has targeted two more regions for European growth, launching an office in Munich…
Clyde & Co acts for Liberty House in bid to acquire Tata Steel’s UK assets Legal Business Clyde & Co is advising global metals group Liberty House Group, one of the key UK bidders looking to acquire…
Big month for renewables as Linklaters acts on offshore windfarms with combined worth £3.9bn Legal Business Linklaters has advised on the development and financing of the first two UK offshore wind projects to obtain financing under…
David made Goliath – Kerr on Bird & Bird’s re-invention as a leading global TMT shop Legal Business Victoria Young talks to veteran chief David Kerr about growing pains and going even more global There’s no doubt chief…
Life during law: Apostolos Gkoutzinis, Shearman & Sterling Legal Business Describe myself in three words? Passionate, impatient and aspirational. I come from a small fishing town in northern Greece most…
News in brief – June 2016 Legal Business ADDLESHAWS IN MERGER TALKS WITH US FIRM Addleshaw Goddard has turned to the US for a potential merger, having entered…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in May 2016 Legal Business SULLIVANS AND WACHTELL ADVISE ON $62m BAYER DEAL Sullivan & Cromwell, Allen & Overy (A&O), and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &…
Lloyds offers bonus for help filling senior legal roles amid management shake-up Legal Business Lloyds Banking Group is pushing an incentive scheme to its lawyers to secure new recruits into senior legal roles following…
Tchenguiz dispute latest: court orders SFO to list documents in £3bn case Legal Business The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been ordered by London’s High Court to list documents it had inadvertently disclosed in…
Simmons builds out real estate practice with Goldman Sachs hire Legal Business Nearly a year after tapping Barclays for its corporate offering, Simmons & Simmons has hired from the in-house community once…
Record revenues: Freeths and Birketts enjoy bumper growth in 2015/16 Matthew Field National law firm Freeths and Ipswich outfit Birketts are the latest LB 100 firms to report their financials, both enjoying…
London head Rawlinson takes chair post at global giant Baker & McKenzie Madeleine Farman Baker & McKenzie has appointed its first British chairman with London head Paul Rawlinson winning an election to replace current…
Revolving doors: DWF makes major corporate City hire as A&O and Stephenson Harwood make international appointments Legal Business DWF has appointed a new London head of corporate while Allen & Overy (A&O) and Stephenson Harwood have both made…
Odds against you: New figures show BAME applicants less likely to succeed as judges than white counterparts Kathryn McCann The Official Statistics Bulletin published yesterday (2 June) by the Judicial Appointments commission (JAC) has revealed that black and minority…
Deutsche Bank exits continue as Hooper leaves for funds firm Legal Business Just days after news of the departure of Deutsche Bank’s global legal strategy head Emma Slatter, it has emerged that…
