Linklaters suffers blow as US firms hire trio of leading partners Legal Business Linklaters lost a trio of heavyweight partners in February with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Kirkland & Ellis cherry-picking…
Barclays Investment Bank hires new global GC Legal Business Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s co-chair of its financial institutions Mark Shelton is leaving the US firm to join Barclays Investment…
Mishcon gains ABS licence to include non-lawyers in partnership Legal Business Mishcon de Reya has become the latest firm to acquire an alternative business structure (ABS) licence from the Solicitors Regulation…
Branching out: RPC, Eversheds and Bird & Bird create new consultancy offerings Legal Business The recent push by major UK firms into non-legal services looks set to continue, with Bird & Bird and RPC…
Growing confidence and smaller intakes boost Magic Circle’s trainee retention rates Kathryn McCann February saw a flurry of trainee retention rates announced, with the Magic Circle and top-tier firms posting higher rates than…
A new generation and challenges ahead as BLP leader takes helm Tom Moore Tom Moore on the challenges faced by BLP’s new leader While Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) staged something of a recovery…
Latham leads the way with $300m revenue hike as US elite posts robust 2014 results Legal Business Jaishree Kalia assesses the winners and losers as the US reporting season kicks off The broad-based economic recovery in the…
Global elite firms have insurance sector consolidation covered Legal Business Early 2015 has seen key deals take place as the insurance sector consolidates, with Canada’s property and casualty insurer Fairfax…
Life During Law – John Reynolds Legal Business If you wanted to do litigation, there was no better place than Herbert Smith. I have no idea why but…
Spain prepares for IPO surge as US firms win key mandates on Aena’s €4.3bn float Legal Business The Spanish capital markets showed signs of improving last month as US firms Mayer Brown and Davis Polk & Wardwell…
No playbook for Dentons’ bold China tie-up Legal Business Tony Lin sizes up the world’s most lawyered firm and asks what Dentons’ much-hyped tie-up with Dacheng can deliver Size…
Withers leads way in major tie-up as Singapore rush continues Legal Business HSF, KWM and DLA Piper invest in key South-East Asia hub Highlighting continued law firm interest in the Singaporean economy…
Global London: Ropes & Gray City revenues jump 30% Legal Business In line with other US firms that have sustained robust City growth and after bolstering its headcount by 17%, Ropes…
Under new leadership: Sadanandan replaces Nick Cline as Latham’s London chief Legal Business After five years in the post, and having nearly doubled the size of the office, Latham & Watkins‘ London head…
Launching in Mexico City: Mayer Brown plans new oil and gas outpost Legal Business Mayer Brown is looking to become the latest law firm to try and capitalise on Mexico’s liberalising economy, chasing oil…
Winning work: Cooley’s London office acts alongside Slaughters on £168m shale gas deal Legal Business US firm Cooley is underway on making good on its ambitious City plans, winning a mandate from IGas, the UK’s…
International ambitions: DWF picks Dubai for its first international office Kathryn McCann DWF has chosen Dubai as the location for its first international office as it targets rising levels of construction work…
In court: Gibson Dunn partner could face disbarment after submitting incorrect documents in Djibouti case Legal Business Gibson Dunn & Crutcher referred itself to the Solicitors Regulation Authority last week [6 March] after it was alleged that…
No more weak links – elite law firms unite to fight cyber security threat Jaishree Kalia It has long been a gripe among major clients – in particular banks – that law firms are the chink…
Unchaining in-house: LSB looks to cut ‘unnecessary restrictions’ on in-house lawyers Legal Business The Legal Services Board (LSB) has raised concern over whether current regulatory restrictions for in-house lawyers are justified, stating that…
