Ashurst to consider non-lawyers for global head position as partner contenders emerge Jaishree Kalia Candidates to replace Ashurst‘s global managing partner have emerged as Legal Business can reveal the board is using a headhunter…
Orrick reports bumper promotions including one in London and more women than men Jaishree Kalia Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has become the latest US firm to announce its partner promotion round making up just one…
Linklaters incoming global banking chief reshuffles deck in shadow finance push Legal Business Just weeks into his new role as Linklaters global head of banking, Tony Bugg told the firm’s 200 banking lawyers…
IP litigator Sternfeld departs boutique after 15 years to join Fieldfisher Legal Business Fieldfisher has bolstered its IP group and its life sciences practice with the hire of three partners from IP boutique…
Comment: Singapore swing – HSF’s Leydecker on the island state’s 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…
US financials 2015: Paul Weiss, Dechert, Goodwin and K&S all post strong results Legal Business US firm revenue-season has begun with leading firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison posting year-on-year growth. Revenues were up…
Eversheds highest-paid member takes home 5% more as turnover dips Legal Business Eversheds‘ highest-paid LLP member took home £1.46m last year, an increase of 5% on the previous year, while turnover at…
Slater & Gordon UK chief Kinsella retires amid turbulent period for PI group Legal Business Australia-listed Slater & Gordon‘s UK chief, Neil Kinsella, has retired and will be succeeded by the firm’s UK head of…
Comment: An open letter 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…
KWM wins disclosure argument in £2m professional negligence battle Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has won a key argument over document disclosure in an ongoing £2m professional negligence claim…
HSF management committee pay down 17.5% as revenues drop Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has posted a 17.5% dip in pay to its management committee as the firm’s turnover dipped…
Dismissed: Mishcon de Reya defeats former QPR owner’s £5m professional negligence suit Legal Business The high-profile professional negligence dispute taken against Mishcon de Reya by former Queens Park Rangers chairman Antonio Caliendo has been dismissed…
Flight to quality as big-spending JPMorgan signs entire Magic Circle to EMEA panel Legal Business Several London-headquartered law firms, including the entire Magic Circle, have won places on JPMorgan Chase’s panel for Europe, the Middle…
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…
