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…
Linklaters doubles up on IPOs as UK capital markets move swiftly into gear for 2016 Legal Business Linklaters has got the year off to a flying start for equity capital markets work, leading on the announced initial…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in December/January 2015/16 Legal Business FRESHFIELDS AND STEPHENSON HARWOOD CHECK IN FOR PRIORY SALE Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Stephenson Harwood led on the sale of…
‘This is not ad hoc’: WFW leadership duo aims to drive City specialist ahead of the pack Legal Business Victoria Young talks to Chris Lowe and Lothar Wegener about their ambitions for the firm ‘It’s not about: “Here’s an…
Life During Law: Monty Raphael QC Legal Business My parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe. My father came after being conscripted against his will in the Tsarist army…
News in brief – February 2016 Legal Business CASES AGAINST LAW FIRMS DOWN Figures collated by RPC suggest the post-financial crisis wave of professional negligence claims against law…
BLP on the hunt for a US tie-up as talks with Miami giant Greenberg Traurig confirmed Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is hunting for an ambitious union with a major US practice, with the City real…
BP turns to Herbert Smith as claims over Algeria terrorist attack mount Legal Business BP has instructed Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) to defend it against claims the oil major’s security precautions at an Algerian…
