Clyde & Co continues arbitration push with Berwin Leighton Paisner hire Legal Business Clyde & Co has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner’s co-head of arbitration and energy specialist Richard Power as it continues to…
So much for the Global Law Summit – Gove floats £60m-plus tax on City law firms to fund criminal courts Legal Business New Justice secretary Michael Gove is set for a tussle with City lawyers after floating a plan to impose a…
Hogan Lovells wins landmark judgment in Ablyazov Supreme Court fraud case Legal Business Hogan Lovells has won a landmark judgment for its client BTA Bank in one of the largest fraud trials ever…
Value added: report rebuffs presumptions about judicial review Legal Business While UK Prime Minister David Cameron has led a recent attack over judicial review decisions and the cost of the…
Macfarlanes taps Ashurst for another real estate hire Legal Business With Macfarlanes having a made a virtue of broadening its service lines post-recession to contribute to its impressive financial performance…
Linklaters and Eversheds fuel TDR Capital’s £1.3bn stake in Euro Garages Kathryn McCann Eversheds and Linklaters have won key roles on TDR Capital’s £1.3bn investment in Euro Garages, one of the UK’s largest privately-owned forecourt…
U-turn: White & Case’s LLP reverses the trend with UK/Africa offices posting 12% rise in turnover Legal Business White & Case‘s most recent limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts filed at Companies House show turnover at its UK and…
Guest post: Out of the shadows: are institutional clients influencing lawyers to the detriment of others? Legal Business Steven Vaughan and Claire Coe have conducted a study of senior commercial lawyers for – but independent of – the…
Herbert Smith Freehills launches first African office with Johannesburg opening Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has become the latest firm to launch in Africa with a four-partner office opening in Johannesburg.
Dewey & LeBoeuf case could go to a retrial after jury fails to reach verdict Kathryn McCann While acting Supreme Court Justice Robert Stolz has declared the criminal proceedings against the former executives of now defunct firm…
Slater & Gordon to put non-exec director pay rise to vote at AGM Kathryn McCann Australian listed firm Slater & Gordon will ask shareholders to vote on a pay increase for its four non-executive directors…
Linklaters cashes in on Chinese bond sales with central bank’s international debut Legal Business The capital markets team at Magic Circle firm Linklaters has secured four bond issue mandates from Chinese banks as China’s…
Guest post: introducing The Legal 500 Client Intelligence Report Legal Business The world’s largest legal market survey is now live. Following months of data collection, research, interviewing and analysis, the Client…
Guest post: Selling the bill – a method to help lawyers get rid of write-offs Legal Business A few years ago the managing partner of a mid-sized London firm said to me ‘The most important role a…
Allen & Overy and Ashurst team up for Softcat listing Kathryn McCann In another busy week for initial public offerings (IPO), Allen & Overy (A&O) and Ashurst have won key roles on…
Clifford Chance acts for UEFA head Platini in Blatter payment dispute Kathryn McCann Clifford Chance Paris-based litigation partner Thibaud d’Alès is acting for FIFA presidential hopeful and current head of UEFA Michel Platini…
King & Spalding’s London revenues up 16% as legal headcount lifted by 40% Legal Business Revenue at the London branch of US firm King & Spalding (K&S) surged 16% to £27.2m in 2014 as the firm…
Revolving Doors: Pinsent Masons, Dentons and Mishcon make key appointments Legal Business Pinsent Masons, Dentons, Mishcon de Reya, and Crowell & Moring are among a raft of firms which have made key appointments in…
Dechert hires insolvency partner Fleming from DLA Piper Legal Business US firm Dechert frequently turns to DLA Piper for its City hires and has done so again, recruiting insolvency partner…
A royal departure: Crown Estate general counsel Vivienne King to leave amid business restructure Legal Business The Crown Estate’s high profile general counsel and director of business operations, Vivienne King is leaving as the company undergoes…
