Clifford Chance secures position on Serco panel as Ashurst and Linklaters miss out Legal Business Following a recent review, outsourcing company Serco has announced its UK legal panel with Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co, Pinsent…
Comment: Shifting the Overton window – Panama Papers will change the consensus on tax (and boost corporate law firms) Legal Business The leak of 11.5 million documents from Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca has reheated a debate about tax and transparency…
Tough times predicted for mid-tier firms, says NatWest report Sarah Downey Law firms across the UK with revenues below £46m ‘should expect tougher conditions in 2016’ despite generating a 6% increase…
Boies Schiller posts first London revenue figures, raking in £7.6m Jaishree Kalia Boies, Schiller & Flexner has filed its first office revenues since launching in the City raking in £7.6m through to…
Pinsents partner grilled over appointment to human rights body Legal Business Two parliamentary committees have written to express outrage as a Pinsent Masons partner has been nominated to chair Britain’s leading…
KWM and Simmons clock poor retention rates as Eversheds hits 100% Legal Business The rough and tumble of trainee retention season offers contrasting images to future lawyers as Eversheds keeps on all eight…
A title fit for the modern GC – The In-House Lawyer has been completely re-imagined Legal Business With the recent relaunch of Legal Business‘ sister title The In-House Lawyer, we are unveiling a total overhaul of the…
After 25 years, Cravath loses top deal lawyer Barshay to Paul Weiss Jaishree Kalia A firm rarely to lose its senior talent, Wall Street firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore‘s corporate partner Scott Barshay is…
Asia round-up: HFW enters association in Shanghai as Simmons hires former Dentons head for Singapore Legal Business Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) and Simmons & Simmons have made moves to boost their presence in Asia, with HFW entering…
Guest post: The Panama Papers – why it’s very possible the behaviour is criminal Legal Business In the coming days you will hear a lot about the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion.
Goodwin Procter hires from KWM private equity team again for Paris office launch Legal Business Taking its second step to expand its private equity (PE) practice in Europe, Goodwin Procter has turned to King…
Simmons cited in Panama Papers leak after working with Mossack Fonseca Legal Business City law firm Simmons & Simmons has been named in the Panama Papers leak, after 11.5 million confidential documents were leaked…
Partner promotions: Addleshaws makes up 15 including two in Dubai in reduced round Victoria Young Addleshaw Goddard has promoted 15 to partner this year, three fewer than last year when it more than doubled its…
Partner promotions: Pinsents makes up two thirds in the City as Weightmans makes up three in Liverpool Legal Business Pinsent Masons has made up two thirds of its 18-strong partner promotions round in its City office, while Weightmans promoted…
Revolving doors: A high profile return to chambers as Squire, Eversheds and A&O make key hires Legal Business The legal market has seen a high-profile return to chambers and a series of both national and international lateral appointments…
Old Mutual legal chief and company secretary to step down Legal Business London-listed investment group Old Mutual’s longstanding legal chief and company secretary, Martin Murray (pictured), is to retire in June, and…
A&O, Macfarlanes and Travers Smith to contest top prize at the Legal Business Awards Legal Business Allen & Overy, Macfarlanes and Travers Smith are among the firms competing to be named Law Firm of the Year…
PPI costs drive Co-op Bank’s legal risk expense up 91% Legal Business The Co-operative Bank’s legal risk expenditure almost doubled in 2015 mostly to address issues caused by the mis-selling of payment…
Blackstone Chambers’ Green QC acts on ‘Maxwellisation’ probe following delayed HBOS report Legal Business Heavyweight financial services silk Andrew Green QC (pictured) of Blackstone Chambers has been appointed as a specialist adviser to the…
Sidley Austin hikes associate pay to secure Kirkland movers amid plans to launch in Munich Legal Business Sidley Austin is upping its game in the City by announcing it will increase the salary of all its London…
