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Linklaters, Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Hogan Lovells landed major roles in November advising on the government’s…

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Linklaters continues to leverage its relationships with Chinese banks and corporates, winning four high-profile capital markets mandates as the country…

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Germany saw a flurry of activity last month, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and White & Case pulling out of several…

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Chair Joe Andrew boasts: ‘Dentons has accomplished more for clients in one year than any other firm’ Dentons further cemented…

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My summer holidays were spent licking envelopes at my parents printing factory in Hemel Hempstead. My parents were an odd…

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FRESHFIELDS AND LATHAM ADVISE ON BARCLAYS SPIN OFF Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Latham & Watkins have acted on the spin-off…

Kathryn McCann

Wragge Lawrence Graham has nailed its international aspirations to an ambitious tie-up with Canada’s Gowlings… to the bewilderment of peers.…

Jaishree Kalia

Freshfields remains the most potent of the City’s big four but modernising the 270-year-old institution has always been a delicate…

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The Magic Circle has so far been able to hold off the advance of US firms in project finance, but…

Anthony Notaras

Legal Business teamed up with Simmons & Simmons to discover how financial institutions are coping with the twin threats of…

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In business as in life, if you want respect you have to start by expecting it and not putting up…

Alex Novarese

Let’s get this out of the way up front. The least expected new entrant to the Global 100, Gowling WLG,…

Tom Moore

Allen & Overy (A&O)’s veteran leader David Morley remarked sometimes that in running a law firm, success or failure is…

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NRF’s Peter Martyr argues senior lawyers need to speak out for a more responsible vision of the profession Our profession…

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Simmons & Simmons’ Angus McLean argues the profession is missing a unique opportunity in the City’s fintech revolution Unless you…

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Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) said its investment in lateral hires has seen revenues improve as the firm posted 5%…

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Elected as senior partner of Herbert Smith Freehills earlier this year, corporate heavyweight James Palmer has been appointed chair of…

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Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) continues to build its City roster with the hire of Reed Smith corporate partners Giles Beale…

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IBM Watson. Google’s driverless cars. Uncanny recommendations from Amazon, Siri, and Google Now. Not to mention the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book…

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Following a BBC investigation that alleged bribery at British American Tobacco (BAT), the FTSE 100 firm has turned to media…