Clifford Chance takes HSF partner in bid to boost its capital markets practice in Paris Legal Business Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has hired longstanding Herbert Smith Freehills’ partner Alex Bafi, one of London’s high-profile US securities…
The early Bird & Bird catches the worm – firm prepares to practise Chinese law Legal Business Bird & Bird has put plans in place to gain entry to a pilot scheme in China that will allow…
Freshfields hires US M&A and leveraged finance heads in New York expansion Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired division heads for its M&A and leveraged finance practices in a drive to increase the…
Clifford Chance takes corporate team from Willkie Farr two years after leaving Freshfields Legal Business Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has made a private equity push in continental Europe with the hire of Willkie Farr…
Bingham’s City arm faces restructuring team exodus to Akin Gump Jaishree Kalia Bingham McCutchen is set to suffer the departure of a team of City partners from the firm’s trophy financial restructuring…
Boies Schiller hires WilmerHale’s Miles to boost London arbitration Jaishree Kalia US litigation powerhouse Boies Schiller & Flexner has hired long-serving arbitration partner Wendy Miles from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr…
Weil, Gotshal & Manges pays out multi-million pound settlement over professional negligence claim Legal Business Weil, Gotshal & Manges has paid over £3m to settle a professional negligence claim made against it in late 2013…
Eduardo Leite set to be re-elected as Baker & McKenzie chairman Tom Moore Eduardo Leite is set to be re-appointed as chairman of Baker & McKenzie after the law firm regained its title…
‘We would expect to bring in a few more lateral hires’ -Slaughter and May loses London tax partner to Greenberg Traurig Maher Legal Business Having broken with tradition in making its first-ever lateral hire this year, Slaughter and May has seen a rare departure…
Clifford Chance drops University of Law for arch-rival BPP Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has turned to BPP Law School as its new training provider in a blow to the University…
Squire Patton Boggs takes Sidley Austin’s last German partner as Taylor Wessing builds private client practice Legal Business Eight years after founding Sidley Austin’s office in Frankfurt, Jens Rinze, the firm’s last remaining partner in the country after…
LB100: The Second Quartile – Close Hauled Sarah Downey It’s an unforgiving environment, but 2014 once again shows the well-captained mid-tier outfits sailing free. ‘I’m a great believer that…
LB100: The Top 25 – Wind in their Sails Jaishree Kalia Consolidating firms are jostling for position in the race to dominate international and UK markets. But even amid fairer conditions,…
Protection rackets – behind the controversy of looming reforms on insuring law firms Julian Matteucci The insurance regime for law firms faces more upheaval amid reforms to rules on minimum cover. Legal Business assesses the…
The Target – will tougher measures finally boost gender diversity in the City? Jaishree Kalia Faced with dire rates of female retention, law firms have abandoned previous resistance to public gender targets for their partnerships.…
LB100 2014: Methodology and Notes Legal Business LB100 LAW FIRMS The firms that appear in the LB100 are the top 100 firms in the UK, ranked by…
LB100 2014: Core Stats Legal Business Core Stats from the LB100 2014. Includes; Ten fastest growing firms by revenue, Ten fastest shrinking firms by revenue, LB100…
LB100 2014: Behind the Numbers – Profitability Revealed Legal Business Which firms are the most profitable? In this table we blend together all of our profitability measures, including PEP, profit…
LB100: The Second 50 – Ports and Storms Legal Business As some seasoned campaigners of the second half of the LB100 prepare to move up a class through mergers, a…
