Lawyers on tap: Addleshaw Goddard to establish flexible resourcing capability Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard (AG) is looking to establish a flexible resourcing capability by creating a pool of qualified lawyers and paralegals…
Investing in London: Cooley sets City agenda with turnover targets and committee appointments Legal Business Having made its audacious entrance into London’s legal market in January, US tech giant Cooley has begun rolling out the…
Setting up a panel: Eight firms secure spots on newly created FSCS roster Legal Business The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has placed eight firms, including Slaughter and May, Herbert Smith Freehills and King &…
Strangling the golden goose – Nigel Boardman on why English law needs reform Legal Business Slaughter and May‘s Nigel Boardman, James Shirbin and Andrew Blake argue that English law needs drastic reform to remain internationally…
Into Africa: Shearman & Sterling plans first African office opening Legal Business US law firm Shearman & Sterling is preparing to open an office in Egypt, marking the firm’s first foray into…
Comment: Global Law Summit misses the mark and a big opportunity Legal Business Here at Legal Business we like to set the agenda, so we’re feeling ahead of the game in pointing out…
Global ambitions: Dentons opens in Jo’burg as accounts show profit jump Legal Business Dentons has continued its rapid expansion with the addition of a new South African office in Johannesburg, while accounts filed…
Growing the team: Mayer Brown hires DLA Piper’s head of structured trade finance Legal Business Mayer Brown, as it eyes an increase in cross-border asset-based lending (ABL) throughout Europe, has boosted its City banking and finance team with…
Winning in court: Mishcon de Reya avoids potential £10m plus claim as case dismissed Legal Business A $3.7m claim against Mishcon de Reya for dishonestly assisting a ‘crook’ client who used money meant to refinance a…
Q&A: Heath Tarbert, US banking partner at A&O, talks competing for regulatory work and if US regulators are setting the pace Jaishree Kalia A year on from his move to Allen & Overy (A&O) from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, US bank regulatory head Heath…
‘Highest concentration of millionaire households in the world’: Withers launches alliance with Singapore’s KhattarWong Legal Business Just weeks after confirming its expansion plans in Australia, Withers has today (4 February) announced it has established a formal…
HSF strategy review puts US merger and new office launches on the agenda Tom Moore Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is accelerating its US development plans, launching consultations to explore a US merger and office openings…
US financials 2014: Baker Botts grows revenues 11% as turnover picks-up at Dechert, McDermott and Goodwin Procter Jaishree Kalia Following Weil Gotshal & Manges’ impressive profit increase, other US firm numbers continue to paint a positive picture Stateside with…
The firm most likely – can anything halt Latham’s global rise? Legal Business The most upwardly mobile member of the international elite has handed its leadership to a ‘global hawk’. Can anything halt…
The blessed – unheralded, Wall Street’s elite comes roaring back Legal Business New York’s legal elite re-asserted themselves through 2014, reaping the benefits of a bountiful market for high-end work. Have they…
Global Law Summit misses the mark and a big opportunity Legal Business Here at Legal Business we like to set the agenda, so we’re feeling ahead of the game in pointing out…
Pinsents and the confidence dividend – successful law firms need a spring in their step Legal Business There are lots of factors that are supposed to have a major role in the success of a law firm…
What a ‘combination’! Dentons Dacheng pushes the concept of a firm Legal Business In January 2005 DLA Piper hooked up with US duo Piper Rudnick and Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, triggering a…
Strangling the golden goose – English law needs reform Legal Business Slaughter and May’s Nigel Boardman, James Shirbin and Andrew Blake argue that English law needs drastic reform to remain internationally…
New year, new privacy and security strategy Legal Business PwC Legal’s Stewart Room argues that 2015 is the year for companies and advisers to stop the denial of the…
