‘A significant cultural shift’: Taylor Wessing to move to all equity partnership Legal Business Taylor Wessing is set to convert into an all equity partnership on 1 May following a lengthy review and partnership…
Guest post: Behaving like an ass is a short term play – the merits of being decent Legal Business ‘Taking advantage’ is a phrase I hear a lot when lawyers discuss their work. I think it is linked to…
FOI: Blackstone duo secure Guardian’s Supreme Court win over ‘black spider memos’ Kathryn McCann Blackstone Chambers‘ Dinah Rose QC and Ben Jaffey, alongside One Brick Court’s Aidan Eardley have secured a Supreme Court victory…
Targeting Paris: Mayer Brown boosts its French corporate team with Davis Polk’s Pérès Legal Business Mayer Brown has bolstered its European corporate team with the hire of two former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer lawyers, including one…
Succeeding Paisner: Eisenberg to become senior partner at BLP when managing partner term ends Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner’s Neville Eisenberg, set to be replaced by employment head Lisa Mayhew as managing partner on 1 May,…
OC, Mishcon, DLA Piper and CC major winners at 2015 Legal Business Awards Legal Business Osborne Clarke (OC), Mishcon de Reya and Clifford Chance (CC) were among the major winners at the 2015 Legal Business…
Making partner: Addleshaw Goddard doubles its promotion round to 18 Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard has doubled its number of partner promotions in its latest round, making up eighteen lawyers across six practice…
‘We’re gutted’: Law Society loses appeal over government’s controversial legal aid reforms Jaishree Kalia The Law Society has lost an appeal over controversial government reforms which will introduce a tendering process for 527 contracts…
Making partner: Slaughter and May promotes four in London Legal Business Slaughter and May has boosted its partnership ranks in the City with its latest promotions round resulting in four new…
Opening in London: Chicago’s Jenner & Block targets litigation as it sets up shop in the City Legal Business After starting up in Chicago 100 years ago, US litigation powerhouse Jenner & Block has confirmed it will open its…
‘I have to refuse maybe four out of five cases’: Dechert arbitrator exits to establish boutique Legal Business Dechert partner Pierre Mayer is set to depart the firm to establish his own boutique in Paris due to reasons…
Reassessments: Bar Standards Board asks QCA to look at re-accreditation for QCs Legal Business As the on-going dispute over its Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) rumbles on, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has…
Demand and supply: Harbour more than doubles its litigation financing capacity with new £230m fund Sarah Downey A sign of the growing third party funding market, Harbour Litigation Funding has raised a significant £230m investment fund to…
Revolving doors: Eversheds, Reed Smith and Gibson Dunn all make key hires while Stevens & Bolton boosts its construction practice Legal Business Both LB100 and Global 100 firms made senior appointments last week, bringing in both current and former team heads to…
Guest post: Pricing Power… and how to convert it into profit Legal Business The growth of professionals in Law Land with the word ‘pricing’ in their title has been explosive over the past…
Reshuffles: Norton Rose Fulbright finalises restructure as it reviews practice areas Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright has carried out a reshuffle of its management positions including creating a new global business head and…
In court: Gibson Dunn partner found to have ‘deliberately’ misled court Legal Business Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Peter Gray has been found by Mr Justice Flaux to have ‘deliberately misled’ the High…
Calling in the regulator: Willkie Farr investigation prompts client to report itself to the SFO Legal Business A report delivered by Willkie Farr & Gallagher into expenses payments at struggling oil explorer Afren has led the client…
Dealwatch: Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Latham advise on $7.7bn Pirelli sale to ChemChina Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters and Latham & Watkins are advising on the $7.7bn bid by China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina)…
Guest post: Despair and not a lot of hope … what the coalition has done to UK justice Legal Business Rarely, if ever, has a British government engaged in such an assault on justice than the present coalition. The brunt…
