Revolving doors: Specialists and US firms build up in the City Legal Business Last week saw specialist and US firms strengthen their presence in the City and Europe as Kingsley Napley strengthened its…
Significant mandates: Hogan Lovells among raft of firms on GE’s financial restructuring Legal Business Hogan Lovells plus a host of US firms have won roles on GE’s major financial restructuring, including the $26.5bn sale…
Guest post: Letter from Sao Paulo – How the Brazilian legal market is shaping up Legal Business Just back from a week of meetings with law firms in Sao Paulo, and a few impressions are worth reporting. First…
‘A natural complement’: Cahill launches City litigation practice with Shearman hire and ABS licence Jaishree Kalia Cahill Gordon & Reindel has launched an English-law City-based litigation practice after hiring litigator Richard Kelly from US rival Shearman…
The Third Wave – high stakes City deals for Akin and Cooley highlight changing tactics Tom Moore With Akin Gump and Cooley securing multimillion-pound teams, a wave of new entrants to the City are re-writing the playbook…
Game theories – many approaches as European firms tackle the City Legal Business Rising transactional activity has given European firms in the City renewed confidence but playing in London remains a tricky game.…
Global London 2015 Legal Business Menu Game Over – Global London firms make winning moves as US players secure their breakthrough Global London 2015: Main…
Game Over – Global London firms make winning moves as US players secure their breakthrough Jaishree Kalia 2014 found US firms in London gaining even more ground. Legal Business’ 13th annual Global London survey charts the key…
The Third Wave – high stakes City deals for Akin and Cooley highlight changing tactics Tom Moore With Akin Gump and Cooley securing multimillion-pound teams, a wave of new entrants to the City are re-writing the playbook…
Global London 2015 Legal Business Menu Game Over – Global London firms make winning moves as US players secure their breakthrough Global London 2015: Main…
Being right in real life is much harder than being right intellectually Legal Business A long, long time ago when I used to report on fund management, one of the defining figures was Tony…
The window opens for Addleshaws but only for so long Alex Novarese One of the biggest mysteries of the UK legal industry since the wipe-out of 2008/09 is whatever happened at Addleshaw…
A new model, a new game as US firms secure a decisive victory Legal Business ‘We’re not a corporate firm, we’re an investors’ firm.’ That simple statement by one partner stood out more than any…
The Last Word: Players old and new Legal Business With the publication of our annual Global London report, leading figures at foreign firms in the City assess their performance…
Europe’s credit markets – the future is not where it used to be Legal Business Ashurst’s Mark Vickers and Helen Burton assess a seismic shift in Europe’s leveraged debt markets For many participants in Europe’s…
Freshfields veterans Braham and Pugh set to go head-to-head in senior partner elections Legal Business Jaishree Kalia follows the contest between the firm’s disputes and corporate partners Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former disputes and corporate heads…
Graham Vinter set to retire as BG Group appoints a new GC Kathryn McCann In-house heavyweight Graham Vinter is set to retire as the general counsel (GC) of BG Group later this year, with…
Gender diversity improves as law firms make bumper partner promotions Legal Business The annual round of partner promotions at City firms looked a lot more international this year as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer,…
Life During Law – Kevin Ingram Legal Business I fell into a career that suits me. I’ve done interesting things that kept me motivated and worked with intelligent, motivated…
