Global 100: a little bit of life before Lehman returns. But only a little Legal Business For all the improving signs, glancing at our annual Global 100 report shows headline performance largely comparable with 2013. The…
Barclays cuts legal roster by 30% in global panel review Caroline Hill US firms find success as preferred advisers Barclays has turned to a raft of US firms, including Skadden, Arps, Slate,…
Mishcon de Reya sees PEP soar by 16% while Pinsent Masons posts 4.6% revenue increase Legal Business Mishcon de Reya has hit its target of £100m in revenues by 2016, with 2013/14 turnover up 18% to £104.6m and…
Clifford Chance eclipses UK elite as Global 100 unveiled Legal Business Magic Circle firm posts 16% PEP hike against 7% revenue increase Clifford Chance has emerged as the strongest-performing Magic Circle…
Lawyers On Demand looks beyond City with regional launch Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)’s spin-off lawyer contracting service Lawyers on Demand (LoD) is set to launch its first hub outside…
Law Society pays £1m recruitment bill as Norton Rose receives £435k Legal Business The Law Society paid out approaching £1m in recruitment fees over ten months in 2013, as Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)…
RPC in talks with breakaway Edwards Wildman partners alongside Cooley and Foley & Lardner Legal Business RPC is in talks with a potential breakaway group of Edwards Wildman Palmer City partners – made up of corporate…
Silver linings playbook: can Norton Rose Fulbright bring its disputes team into the global elite? Legal Business Sarah Downey assesses the post-merger state of NRF’s dispute resolution practice With Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)’s eye-catching union now over…
Bird & Bird secures dual Indonesia tie-up in continued Asia push Legal Business Bird & Bird has signed strategic co-operation agreements with two Indonesian law firms, intellectual property specialists K&K Advocates and business…
Life during law: Charles Martin Legal Business In the end Macfarlanes’ response to the recession was very strong. We learned not to be frightened of change and…
City firms support diversity targets by committing to female partnership ratio Legal Business With private practice diversity statistics still often trailing their clients, last month saw rhetoric translated into targets at Ashurst and…
Q&A with Blake Morgan’s Walter Cha Tom Moore The merger between Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole went live on 1 July to create Blake Morgan. The firm’s managing…
Ceasefire or guerrilla skirmishes – Ashurst struggles to reconcile its post-merger factions Jaishree Kalia Jaishree Kalia reports on the uneasy peace still hanging over the post-merger Ashurst It’s been over eight months since Charlie…
Hostile takeovers globally at highest value since May 2007 Legal Business Increase in bids raises hopes of a rise in UK M&A work M&A partners are predicting that the UK could…
Marking your own homework: Dentons and a defence of PEP Legal Business Alex Novarese takes a jaded view of the latest attempt to avoid transparency It would almost be too easy to…
A&O and Davis Polk London line up on €7bn IPO of NN Group Jaishree Kalia Billed to be the largest initial public offering (IPO) in Europe to date this year, Allen & Overy (A&O) and the…
Reed Smith builds City finance practice with Pinsents REF partner Matthew Heaton Legal Business Reed Smith continues to piece together its City finance offering with a series of lateral hires, as Pinsent Masons partner Matthew…
Careers counsel for aspiring lawyers: Roche’s Funke Abimbola Legal Business Roche UK managing counsel Funke Abimbola (pictured) has embraced diversity in both her widely varied in-house activity and in her…
Financial results 2013/14: Olswang suffers further drop in PEP to £490k with turnover up 7% to £117.6m Legal Business Olswang has reported mixed 2013/14 financial results with profit per equity partner (PEP) down 4%, following a double-digit drop last…
Bird & Bird secures further international tie-up with Istanbul tech leader BTS Tom Moore Bird & Bird has entered into a cooperation agreement with leading Istanbul IT and telecoms boutique BTS & Partners, just a…
