City lawyers form pro-Brexit coalition led by 8 New Square Queen’s Counsel Victoria Young Lawyers at barristers’ set 8 New Square and LB 100 firms Slaughter and May, CMS Cameron McKenna and Wedlake Bell…
UK banking financials: Lloyds, Standard Chartered and HSBC ramp up legal provisions Legal Business With the UK banking reporting season in full swing, Lloyds Banking Group, Standard Chartered and HSBC have all upped their…
New York slowdown: Weil Gotshal revenue flat again as Davis Polk’s strong run comes to an end Tom Moore New York elite firms Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Davis Polk & Wardwell struggled to achieve meaningful growth last year, with…
A&O leadership complete: Ballheimer elected managing partner until 2020 Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) has announced the final addition to its management team, appointing corporate co-head Andrew Ballheimer (pictured) as…
Latham’s global march slowed as capital markets slump hits US elite Legal Business After setting the pace during last year’s global reporting season, raising revenue by 14% to $2.61bn to become the largest law firm…
Scots firms in the mix as Pernod Ricard refreshes UK legal panel Legal Business Spirits maker Pernod Ricard has appointed a mix of firms, including a handful of Scottish indies, to its refreshed UK…
New Law enters the big league: Lawyers On Demand seals £25m merger with Australian firm Legal Business In the largest New Law merger to date, the UK’s biggest freelance lawyer service Lawyers On Demand (LOD) has sealed…
Merger take-three: Freshfields and Linklaters advise as LSE and Deutsche Börse re-visit talks Legal Business Nearly 16 years since talks first began, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and German rival Deutsche Börse are engaged in…
Latham targets Asian private equity market with hires from Clifford Chance and Freshfields Tom Moore After making significant investment into its European private equity practice to transform it into one of the region’s biggest private…
Guest post: Brexit analysis – Why the real danger to Parliamentary sovereignty isn’t Europe Legal Business As we await David Cameron’s sovereignty plan this week, it might help to explain what we mean by ‘Parliamentary sovereignty’.
KPMG defeats judicial review challenge in Barclays swap case Legal Business Accountancy giant KPMG has triumphed at London’s High Court today (24 February) after an unprecedented judicial review taken by Holmcroft…
Guest post: How law firms benefit when laterals don’t fit in Legal Business Much has been written recently about the need for law firms to integrate laterals more effectively. One need only search…
Latham prepares sixth Asia office as it signs property lease for Seoul Legal Business Within a year of reviewing its Asia strategy, Latham & Watkins is set to join the mass of law firms…
Revenues up 6% at Debevoise as London breaks $100m barrier Legal Business Debevoise & Plimpton ended a period of slow growth by posting a 6% rise in revenue to $756.9m as profits…
Germany and east Asia next targets as Gowling WLG merger made official Legal Business As the combination between Wragge Lawrence Graham and Gowling Lafleur Henderson to create a £400m practice has gone live today…
Revolving doors: Multiple hires for Mayer Brown, as Pinsents, Cooley and Jones Day make appointments Legal Business US firm Mayer Brown has made a number of lateral hires this week as Pinsent Masons, Cooley and Jones Day…
Magic Circle play: Dentons hires Clifford Chance veteran Voisey Legal Business Dentons continues to build its City offering through lateral recruitment, confirming the hire of Clifford Chance (CC) senior capital markets…
Baker & McKenzie acts for Bain and Brakes Group again as food distributor sells to US firm in $3.1bn deal Madeleine Farman Baker & McKenzie and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have picked up roles as US company Sysco Corp moves to buy London food distributor…
Uneasy alliance formed as Gove and Grayling have meeting of minds over Brexit Legal Business After months of speculation regarding which senior Conservative figures will campaign for the UK to leave the EU, the current…
Better connected: EE legal head reveals plans in wake of telco merger Legal Business Following BT’s high-profile £12.5bn takeover of UK mobile business EE, it has emerged the companies’ plan to consolidate external legal…
