Access your pdf edition of LB magazine – issue 315 Legal Business We are providing more options for you to access your copy of Legal Business. Please see below for links to…
Women deal stars prove you can have it all – but don’t worry men, you are Kenough Nathalie Tidman Chatting with a male managing partner recently about – what else – the hire of Kirkland’s debt superstar Neel Sachdev…
Paul Weiss’ hire of Kirkland rock star is the shake-up we didn’t know we needed Nathalie Tidman ‘Paul Weiss hasn’t got enough partners in London for doubles ping pong!’ scoffed a senior source at the beginning of…
The Last Word: Gender agenda legal_admin ‘Firms have to be flexible and acknowledge they may have fantastic senior associates who want to put their partnership ambitions…
Kirkland departures rack up as Paul Weiss makes major London and New York plays Holly McKechnie August’s reputation as a slow month for lateral hires has been turned on its head in recent weeks, particularly considering…
Numbers unveiled: 2022/23 financial results show 8% average revenue growth Elisha Juttla The annual flood of financial results has engulfed the market once again, with Legal Business 100 firms observing how the…
The social mobility conundrum: a quantitative or qualitative approach? Holly McKechnie Following Slaughter and May’s July announcement that it would be setting ambitious social mobility targets for 2033, Holly McKechnie spoke…
‘The investment opportunity of a lifetime’: could a booming infrastructure sector offer firms a route into high-value transactional work? Alex Ryan According to Dealogic, 2023 saw the lowest Q1 global deal volume and value since 2012, with just 9,400 deals worth…
‘The raconteur’s raconteur par excellence’: Industry mourns loss of ESG luminary Paul Watchman Nathalie Tidman ‘Have I told you my friend’s story about being a munchkin in The Wizard of Oz in Aberdeen in the…
Life During Law: Georgia Dawson Holly McKechnie I wasn’t sure what I wanted to be when I was growing up. I went through periods of thinking maybe…
Sponsored briefing: Ask the private banker to senior lawyers Guest Blog Emily Bernstein is an experienced private banker at Investec who specialises in supporting legal leaders and senior lawyers. Here, she…
Magic Circle in the US: Running to stand still Elisha Juttla ‘There are more than 40 US law firms that are more profitable than the Magic Circle. The Magic Circle firms…
Alphas revisited: Women deal stars five years on Holly McKechnie ‘There is still fundamentally an issue with how women are perceived in the legal market and how well they can…
A shoo-in: Hogan Lovells partners prepare to back CEO Zaldivar for a second term Elisha Juttla The board of Hogan Lovells has given its unanimous recommendation for Miguel Zaldivar (pictured) to be re-elected as the firm’s…
DWF’s private equity buyout: Selling the family silver or the opportunity of a lifetime? Ayesha Ellis In July, the board of DWF Group Plc confirmed market reports that it was planning to delist from the London…
Tax perspectives: Dan Neidle Georgina Stanley Why did you decide to become a lawyer and – why tax? I studied physics at university because I thought…
Pillar to post Edgar Tate After an extended and often troubled development, the OECD’s new ‘global minimum tax’ is at last coming to fruition. With…
The Legal 500 view Edgar Tate New research from The Legal 500 has identified the leading London tax practices when it comes to client satisfaction, with…
Tax Yearbook 2023 – online PDF Legal Business Please see below for a link to an online pdf of the Tax Yearbook 2023. This will only be accessible…
