Law firms

Caroline Hill

DWF has hired Addleshaw Goddard’s former national head of employment Andrew Chamberlain to take on an identical role at his…

Legal Business

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) board yesterday (21 May) formally approved an overhaul of its training regulations and continuing professional…

Legal Business

BP has introduced a reverse auction into its latest panel tender process, an announcement which comes in the same week…

Legal Business

The practice of law has flipped from vocation to business. Law firms and individual lawyers are measured explicitly in predominantly…

David Stevenson

Allen & Overy (A&O), Hogan Lovells and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are among firms to be awarded mandates…

Legal Business

Partners who expose malpractice in their own law firm will now be protected by whistleblower legislation, the Supreme Court ruled…

Caroline Hill

In a verdict that gives the Ministry of Justice at least a temporary reprieve in its legal aid battle with…

Legal Business

Following a conduct review, DLA Piper has opted to stand by Nick West, whose sexist email exchanges with Premier League…

Jaishree Kalia

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has led on the latest major European mandate for Blackstone, advising the New York Stock Exchange-listed private equity…

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In front of the Commons Business committee last week, Ian Read, chairman and chief executive of Pfizer, made two points…

David Stevenson

Undoubtedly some of the most anticipated financial results of the 2013-14 financial reporting season, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has unveiled its latest…

Legal Business

One of the best-known names in the leverage buyout market, Stephen Lucas is set to join Kirkland & Ellis from…

Legal Business

A raft of European hires for US and transatlantic firms has seen Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and K&L Gates bolster…

Sarah Downey

Taylor Wessing has become the latest of in a procession of international firms to set up in South Korea, establishing…

Legal Business

The latest City firm to announce its 2014 partner promotion round, Travers Smith today (19 May) revealed that it has made…

David Stevenson

The Asian market has over the past week seen investment from international law firms including DLA Piper, Fenwick & West…

Jaishree Kalia

Allen & Overy’s (A&O’s) senior partner David Morley and global HR director Genevieve Tennant are meeting on Monday (19 May) to…

Jaishree Kalia

Clyde & Co has launched two offices in South Africa with the hire of a five-lawyer, four-partner team from Linklaters’…

Sarah Downey

Addleshaw Goddard has today (16 May) announced the appointment of business support and restructuring head John Joyce as managing partner…

Jaishree Kalia

Ashurst has upped its salaries for London-based trainees and newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) after a two-year freeze on pay. First-year and second-year…