Myths and Millennials – the facts, fiction and hard realities of leading junior lawyers Jaishree Kalia Law firms are increasingly obsessed with the challenge of engaging their Millennial associates. Legal Business separates buzzword from BS Just…
The pitch – A new kind of global law firm emerges but can Dentons live up to the hype? Legal Business A dismissed also-ran, Dentons has improbably reinvented itself as a pioneer taking legal globalisation to new heights. Critics snipe but…
Faraway, so close – two visions of nearshoring Legal Business With even Freshfields unveiling plans to put hundreds of staff in Manchester, we teamed up with Scottish Development International to…
What did Brussels ever do for us? The lawyerly view on Brexit Legal Business Classicists holding to the maxim ‘first, do no harm’ will be looking in dismay at the debate on the UK…
To Gen X partners and Millennial associates… Legal Business Dear partner, We know there is a lot of talk about the new generation of associates, how entitled and short…
Doing something radical – how Dentons sort of won me over Legal Business Everywhere I go in legal circles these days, people ask about Dentons. How incredible it would have been even 18…
The outlook for the quality UK mid-tier – the straight-up view from Legal Business Legal Business In discussion at a partnership conference, LB editor-in-chief Alex Novarese lays out the prospects for a UK mid-pack I recently…
The Last Word: Deal perspectives Legal Business With global M&A passing the $5trn mark in 2015, we ask the City’s leading corporate players if last year’s deal…
Privacy v transparency – incoming OECD tax rules are opening a new battle front Legal Business Withers’ Filippo Noseda casts a weary eye over the latest attempt to bolster tax disclosure In almost every field of…
Singapore swing – a credible threat to the dominance of English law Legal Business English lawyers have long had an edge over their US and continental colleagues. English law was established early as the…
Flight to quality as big-spending JPMorgan signs entire Magic Circle to EMEA panel Legal Business CMS, Eversheds and NRF also picked as Ashurst, Simmons and HSF miss out Several London-headquartered law firms, including the entire…
Linklaters’ new global banking chief reshuffles deck in shadow finance push Legal Business Bugg targets renewed growth for Linklaters’ finance team in shake-up at Silk Street Just weeks into his new role as…
DLA Piper partnership votes to overhaul remuneration system Legal Business Firm increases bonus pool and launches three-year lockstep for new partners DLA Piper International partners have approved an overhaul of…
Cooke: ‘Conveyor belt is not a phrase you will ever hear uttered at Slaughter and May’ Legal Business Corporate veteran vows to maintain City focus when he succeeds Saul in May The new senior partner at Slaughter and…
Osborne Clarke still going strong as LB100 firms report first-half results Legal Business 2015 Legal Business Law Firm of the Year Osborne Clarke has continued its sound financial performance of the last few…
1COR tops QC appointments table as female applicants remain ‘stubbornly low’ Sarah Downey One Crown Office Row (1COR) saw six of its barristers take silk in this year’s round of Queen’s Counsel (QC)…
Kennedys global push continues apace as it follows insurance clients to Argentina Legal Business Continental Europe the next priority as firm chases larger international revenues Kennedys formed another international association last month, this time…
Linklaters picks merger targets in Shanghai as Asia exits stack up Legal Business Linklaters has selected Shanghai Capital Law & Partners and Shanghai Kai-Rong Law Firm as targets as management works to establish…
‘An environment conducive to M&A’: global elite anticipate busy year after record 2015 Legal Business Skadden heads US M&A tables while Freshfields leads in Europe Deal lawyers are unsurprisingly predicting another busy year in M&A…
The finance view: Bumpy markets, rising debt funds – direct lending to flourish in 2016 but it won’t be year of the junk bond Legal Business Victoria Young canvasses veteran lawyers on the outlook for bespoke financing in 2016. It’s been flavour of the month for…
