Revolving doors: OC, DLA and DWF make key hires as CMA promotes new cartels head Sarah Downey 9 Aug 2015
‘We can’t get carried away’: City dealmakers cautious as M&A in July swells 49% to eight-year high Legal Business 7 Aug 2015
DLA Piper ends South African alliance as it eyes Jo’burg launch for first foray into Africa Michael West 7 Aug 2015
Bringing AI to a law firm near you: Dentons’ NextLaw venture invests in IBM Watson app to answer lawyers’ questions Legal Business 6 Aug 2015
1.8 a year: Solicitors take less than half the national average of sick days Kathryn McCann 6 Aug 2015
Cleary, Cahill, Slaughters and A&O share a Coke on bottler’s €28bn three-way merger Jaishree Kalia 6 Aug 2015
Insurance sector woes hit Hill Dickinson as revenue falls by £8m and PEP slides 4% Kathryn McCann 5 Aug 2015
University of Law brings in Lord Grabiner as president following chief exec’s departure Kathryn McCann 5 Aug 2015
Kirkland picked to defend Baxalta as Slaughters and Ropes take the lead on Shire’s $34bn hostile takeover Legal Business 5 Aug 2015
SFO opens investigation into Quindell as company revises 2014 legal profits down by £312m Sarah Downey 5 Aug 2015
Simmons & Simmons to shut Rome office as firm focuses on ‘doing it all out of Milan’ Legal Business 4 Aug 2015
Europe’s re-emerging CLO market sees Sidley and Ropes turn to Weil Gotshal to boost structured finance teams Legal Business 4 Aug 2015