Shearman abandons defined-benefit scheme to defuse pensions time bomb Legal Business While some US law firms have long ignored mounting pension liabilities, relying on annual profits to pay retirees, Shearman &…
Magic Circle firms join Chinese Ministry of Commerce’s bulked up legal panel Legal Business Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among a handful of UK firms to win spots on The Chinese…
Freshfields mourns death of veteran US litigator Tim Coleman Legal Business Tim Coleman, a Washington DC-based disputes partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, died suddenly yesterday (3 November), after almost six years…
Maly departs Latham to join former colleague Sloan at MoFo Legal Business US firm Morrison & Foerster has hired from Latham & Watkins‘ London corporate team again, this time appointing partner Vladimir…
US laterals arrive like buses for Linklaters as New York hires second partner in a week Legal Business Linklaters’ New York office is on a lateral hiring spree by its own standards, with the Magic Circle firm following…
Sharing the pie: DLA Piper launches meritocratic remuneration review Legal Business While other major firms break their locksteps to bring in high-profile recruits, DLA Piper is going the opposite way, launching…
BT kicks off strategy review to overhaul internal function Legal Business BT’s in-house legal team has begun a wide-reaching strategic review on how to change its internal structure to bring its…
Deep Blue sky thinking: The cutting edge of legal AI Legal Business Artificial intelligence is big news once again in law and beyond. Legal Business speaks to leaders in the field of…
Applied science and snake oil: AI in practice Legal Business The cutting-edge science in artificial intelligence in law is startling, but does the tech currently offered by commercial legal providers…
The i-Team: The client perspective on AI Legal Business Pioneering GCs are taking control of legal spend, armed with the latest tech. Can the rest of the in-house community…
AI and the law tools of tomorrow: A special report Legal Business Deep Blue sky thinking: The cutting edge of legal AI Applied science and snake oil: AI in practice The i-Team:…
ABC – the brutally simple world of a private equity lawyer Tom Moore As diversifying private equity houses continue to drive transactional activity in Europe, the battle to build high-end buyout teams intensifies.…
The cyber security roundtable: Victims and visions Alex Novarese As cyber security issues continue to dominate the headlines amid a fractious European backdrop, we assembled a group of senior…
North Africa round table – Through the gate Mark McAteer With North Africa becoming a regional hub for international clients doing business on the continent, we teamed up with Bennani…
The International Arbitration Summit Legal Business Arbitration specialists gathered for our first summit in London in September. Read full coverage of the key debates.
Leader: A challenging time for disputes teams in a polarised market Legal Business The return of our Disputes Yearbook finds the wider outlook for contentious work considerably changed over the last 12 months.…
The specialist court the City needs Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills’ Tim Parkes welcomes the overdue launch of London’s financial court but warns of the dangers of test…
Undisputed – the next generation of partners setting the disputes agenda Legal Business As contentious work increasingly drives revenues at major City firms, Legal Business canvasses the leading teams to find the new…
Perspectives: Mark Howard QC Legal Business When I came to the Bar I didn’t know anybody, but fortunately got introduced to Tom Bingham and I was…
Perspectives: Emmanuel Gaillard Legal Business In a small resort called La Féclaz in the Alps, a lawyer was sitting next to me in the restaurant…
