Revolving doors: Pinsent Masons makes board appointments as BLP and Mayer Brown make City hires Legal Business In a busy week for City hires, Pinsent Masons, BLP and Mayer Brown have made key appointments, as DWF, Irwin…
Trainee retention: Pinsent Masons posts ‘disappointing’ 50% rate as Norton Rose, Ashurst release figures Legal Business In the latest run of trainee retention rate releases, Pinsent Masons has recorded a ‘disappointing’ rate of 50% of its…
Guest post: A new report into HMRC’s investigation of tax fraud by the wealthy Legal Business Overnight the Public Accounts Committee published a timely report on ‘Tackling Tax Fraud’. It’s fairly short and you can read…
Q&A: RBS general counsel Collins on external advisers, technology and the stress of investigations Legal Business Set to take on the top legal role at Santander UK later this year, The Royal Bank of Scotland’s outgoing…
Moving in-house: Pinsents Issacs seconded to Barclays litigation and investigations team Kathryn McCann Pinsent Masons head of banking and finance litigation Michael Issacs, has been seconded to Barclays’ litigation and investigations team, led…
Comment: Picking up the New Law gauntlet – CC’s City head calls for a new approach to training the lawyers of the future Legal Business New entrants to the legal profession will be competing head on against Kim, the virtual assistant from Riverview Law, and…
Freshfields and Gibson Dunn lead on $1.4bn Canadian miner battle with Venezuela Legal Business Ranked as seasoned players on the most lucrative cases, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher have landed key…
City duo in four-strong group running to replace Leite at helm of global giant Baker & McKenzie Tom Moore With Eduardo Leite set to step down as Baker & McKenzie‘s global chair at the end of October after six…
Comment: The tiger that came to eat BLP’s culture for breakfast and other sorry tales Alex Novarese These are tough times for another house that Stanley Berwin built, with exhibit B being the acrimonious end of merger…
Panama papers latest: Mossack Fonseca’s headquarters raided Kathryn McCann Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca has had its headquarters raided by police following a data leak of more than 11…
Macfarlanes makes up six partners in male-only round Sarah Downey Macfarlanes has made up six new internal partner promotions across its tax, real estate, corporate and disputes practices, with senior…
Airbnb appoints Ebay’s Chesnut as new GC as tech firms face growing legal challenges Kathryn McCann Online accommodation finder Airbnb has appointed eBay’s vice president and deputy general counsel (GC) Rob Chesnut as its new GC…
Slater and Gordon LLP accounts show profits down and liabilities up in rocky period for listed firm Legal Business Slater and Gordon (S&G) which wrote down much of its UK business in February, has posted its LLP accounts for…
Legal training provider launches competition claim against Law Society Legal Business The Law Society, already fighting to recapture full control of education standards for lawyers from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA),…
Reed Smith enters merger discussions with Pepper Hamilton Tom Moore As a sluggish US legal market drives consolidation, Reed Smith is lining up a merger with smaller American firm Pepper…
Ashurst corporate partner Clare quits for Stephenson Harwood Jaishree Kalia Stephenson Harwood has hired Ashurst corporate partner and board member Anthony Clare who is leaving the firm after 14 years.
Comment: Gibson Dunn’s Geffen argues law firms can sell judgement or process but few can excel at both Legal Business A few years ago the general counsel of one of the big banks told me that they only went to…
Linklaters makes key real estate finance hire with former Allen & Overy team leader Legal Business In a move to boost its real estate finance practice, Linklaters has hired former Allen & Overy (A&O) real estate…
Freshfields European exits continue as four partner Paris team gears up to join Orrick Jaishree Kalia Partners from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer continue to exit the firm’s European offices as a four partner team is about to…
Snooper’s charter: Lawyers team up to launch new campaign as bill reaches committee stages Kathryn McCann Lawyers have teamed up with journalists to condemn the so-called snooper’s charter as MPs began discussing the Investigatory Powers bill…
