Euro elite: focus Greece, Turkey and The Balkans – Bouncing back Legal Business They may not be out of the woods yet, but independent firms from the south-east tip of Europe are showing…
Euro elite: focus Nordics – Power, soft and hard Kathryn McCann The Euro Elite is dominated by independents from the Nordics – large, high-quality and able to resist the advance of…
Euro elite: focus Benelux – Perfect triptych Kathryn McCann While local firms in the three Benelux countries have had to fight global law firms at one time or another,…
Euro elite: focus Russia and CIS – Cold fronts Legal Business While international firms have enjoyed tussling with leading independents in Moscow for years, a hardening market has seen the local…
The Legal Business 100 debate: No quarter asked Mark McAteer As a resurgent mid-tier asserts itself in the UK legal market, our LB100 debate brings together City players to talk…
Elite indies carve out role as the one-stop shop shuts in Europe Legal Business Much like British voters ahead of this month’s vote on EU membership, City law firms have been shaped in recent…
Not ‘looming’, the judiciary is already in crisis Legal Business If there was much to celebrate amid the continued rise of London as an international disputes centre at Legal Business‘…
The Legal 500 view on EMEA – more ways than ever to skin a cat Legal Business The shifting interests of international business are echoed in recent law firm moves across Europe, the Middle East and Africa…
The last word – Eurovision Legal Business To mark our inaugural Euro Elite report, management at leading independent firms give us their market views CO-OPERATION IS KEY…
Lloyds offers bonus for help filling senior legal roles amid shake-up Legal Business Unease over department restructuring continues Lloyds Banking Group is pushing an incentive scheme to its lawyers to secure new recruits…
Eversheds, Hogan Lovells and Bakers secure spots on defence multinational’s first panel Kathryn McCann Eversheds, Hogan Lovells and Baker & McKenzie are among nine firms to have won places on French multinational aerospace, defence…
Revealed: SFO records £2.1m spend on Forex investigation Legal Business External legal spend hits £330k on dropped inquiry Having closed its investigation earlier this year due to ‘lack of evidence’,…
Bankrupted Russian oligarch wins injunction barring Dechert from acting in $180m dispute Legal Business A High Court judge has ruled Dechert was wrong on the law relating to legal privilege, barring it from acting…
Barclays to extend value accounts framework as part of latest panel review Legal Business More firms set to repay bank if targets missed Barclays is planning to extend the value account system it introduced…
Pearson kicks off second US panel review after finalising litigation roster Legal Business Launch of US corporate review follows UK panel selection Pearson, the largest education company and book publisher in the world,…
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…
