Global 100 2014 – Methodology Legal Business Methodology and end notes The firms that appear in the 2014 Global 100 are the largest 100 law firms in…
Global 100 Market Comment – Word from the World Legal Business From cooling in Asia markets to a resurgence in Europe; from increased deal work to an uptick in banking litigation…
The Global 100 2014 Legal Business Menu Global 100 Overview – Superman Returns Global 100 2014 – Main Table Global 100 Market Comment – Word from…
Trust Disputes – The Myth of Trust Chris Crowe Trust disputes can offer advisers a lucrative caseload and longer-term institutional and corporate relationships. Legal Business looks at the key…
The Global 100 2014 Legal Business Menu Global 100 Overview – Superman Returns Global 100 2014 – Main Table Global 100 Market Comment – Word from…
Advice for the new managing partner: don’t consult, just do Legal Business Given the amount of time I spend hanging out with managing partners it’s not unusual to be asked by law…
‘Nobody knows anything’ – Goldman is more right than Maister Legal Business As journalists and managing partners hit reporting season the understandable urge rises once more to make sense of the legal…
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…
