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…
Cleary bumps up London junior pay in end to salary freeze Legal Business Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has increased its trainee and junior-level associate pay following a salary freeze, pushing second year post…
Davis Polk promotes first City partner in five years Legal Business Davis Polk & Wardwell has made up its first London partner in five years with the promotion of corporate lawyer Reuven…
SRA votes to cut minimum PII cover from £2m to £500k despite fears over damage to legal brand Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has voted to cut the minimum compulsory cover for professional indemnity insurance (PII) from £2m…
Further Edwards Wildman City fallout as CMS set to take on corporate partner Legal Business The fallout from the embattled City office of US firm Edwards Wildman continues as it emerges that corporate partners Eero Rautalahti…
Guest post: public access to the Bar – more sideshow than shifting paradigms Legal Business Recent headlines seem to suggest that the Bar is gearing up to ‘bypass’ solicitors and embark upon an all-out war with…
Financial results 2013/14: Herbert Smith Freehills’ first full financial results post merger show revenue of £800m and £741k PEP Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF’s) first full financial results post merger has seen it unveil revenues of £800m and profit per…
In-house: Groupon’s latest offer is a new GC Legal Business Chicago-headquartered online deals company Groupon has appointed Dane Drobny as its new general counsel (GC).
Double exit for Osborne Clarke as telecoms chief leaves for Reed Smith and technology head to Fieldfisher Legal Business Top 40 firm Osborne Clarke has suffered the double exit of telecoms head Angus Finnegan to Reed Smith and technology…
Financial results 2013/14: Clifford Chance unveils highest-ever results as turnover up to £1.36bn and PEP £1.14m Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has drawn a line under last year’s disappointing financials, unveiling its highest-ever financial results, with revenue up 7%…
Brown Rudnick hires Speechly’s European IP head into equivalent City role Legal Business Brown Rudnick has hired technology and intellectual property (IP) head Alex Carter-Silk from Speechly Bircham to lead its European IP practice…
Guest post: Law schools kickstart the greed process – the damage of using money to motivate lawyers Legal Business One of the interesting sub-plots of the Big Law vs New Law debate is the way in which workers (partners…
