H1 2014/15: Clydes maintains revenue growth with 5% boost at half year Jaishree Kalia Clyde & Co has posted a 5.3% increase to £178m in turnover for the first half of 2014/15 financial year…
Russian success: Hogan Lovells, CC, Linklaters and A&O land spots on VEB legal panel Legal Business Magic circle trio Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters, and Allen & Overy (A&O) have all been gifted places on the extensive…
Dealwatch: Linklaters, CC and Travers Smith line-up on insurance broker A-plan sale Legal Business Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Travers Smith have all secured roles as private equity house Equistone Partners Europe sold its majority…
Targeting Australia: Withers establishes presence with local tax firm BLW and corporate boutique alliance Legal Business Private-client focused firm Withers has launched a presence in Australia, creating Withers SBL through an alliance with tax practice Balazs…
Disputes reboot: Norton Rose Fulbright targets India and construction following practice review Legal Business Having faced ongoing market criticism for losing multiple disputes partners from its City base in recent years, top ten LB100…
The ‘big move’: Shepherd and Wedderburn avoids compulsory redundancies as it finalises Tods Murray integration Kathryn McCann Shepherd and Wedderburn has managed to avoid making compulsory redundancies as it looks to complete the integration of Tods Murray,…
180,000 documents: Mishcon brings Israeli billionaire’s judicial review against SFO and Theresa May Legal Business Mishcon de Reya’s executive partner James Libson has brought a judicial review against the British Home Secretary Theresa May and…
‘Unlawful’ guidance: Freshfields acts for Red Cross as CoA rules against exceptional funding advice Legal Business The UK government has come under fire again over legal aid as the Court of Appeal (CoA) slammed how guidance…
Adviser review: Eversheds and Hill Dickinson win spots on Metro Bank’s lending and securities panel Kathryn McCann Eversheds and Hill Dickinson have been newly appointed to Metro Bank’s lending and securities panel alongside 12 others, following the…
Dealwatch: Freshfields, CC and NRF called in on BT’s £12.5bn purchase of EE Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance and Norton Rose Fulbright have won roles as telecoms giant BT plumps to acquire Britain’s…
Revolving Doors: NRF makes a key finance hire in the City, Eversheds bets on Scottish real estate and Dentons hires a team in Paris Legal Business Last week saw Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) and Duane Morris grow their capital markets and employment teams in the City…
Investing in the City: Gibson Dunn scores with Kirkland’s Gillespie Legal Business The last year has seen Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher make a substantial push hiring heavyweight players in London with debt…
Targeting Europe: Marco Compagnoni elected to Weil’s management committee Legal Business Private equity guru Marco Compagnoni (pictured) has been selected to fill the vacant management committee spot at Weil, Gotshal &…
Guest post: ‘Individuals matter’ – A conversation with Deutsche Bank’s Asia Pacific GC Joe Longo Legal Business Last month I had the pleasure of being on a panel in Europe with Joe Longo, the general counsel for…
16 years in the role: Neville Eisenberg to step down as BLP managing partner Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner’s longstanding managing partner Neville Eisenberg (pictured) is set to step down from the role after 16 years…
Comment: Legal Business celebrates 25 years and the profession as well Legal Business So, what mattered to you? Twenty five years since Legal Business launched to chronicle the dramatic changes in the legal…
Back and forth: SFO wins document appeal against Tchenguiz brother Legal Business After being hit with a £4.5m settlement in the Tchenguiz battle, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has fired back and…
The Friday Edit: Nostalgia, greed and DLA – celebrating 25 years of Legal Business and other animals Legal Business With Legal Business gearing up for its Christmas lunch, it’s once again time to look back on the notable events…
Comment: The national market – brutally competitive but opportunity abounds Legal Business At one point in our Regional Insight report – a major collaboration with our colleagues at The Legal 500 included…
A ‘challenging period’: ABS Quindell brings in PwC for internal review as share price slides Jaishree Kalia Alternative business structure (ABS) Quindell, which posted a substantial increase in revenues in its legal services division this summer, has…
