ITV pulls in panel firms in new development programme as it launches ‘gold plated’ CSR scheme Legal Business ITV is taking steps to embed its law firms in the fabric of the organisation by involving them in a…
A good week for…Osborne Clarke, advising on the £3.6bn Carphone Warehouse/Dixons merger and IPO of Patisserie Valerie Legal Business Ordinarily a week advising on the AIM flotation of luxury cake and cafe chain Patisserie Valerie, which formally starts trading…
Guest post: Sorry tech apostles – law firms do get Twitter (that’s the whole problem) Bruce MacEwen People occasionally ask me if I tweet (I don’t) and what role I think Twitter has in law firm marketing…
HMRC LLP rule change – Kennedys calls on fixed-share partners for 30% capital injection Jaishree Kalia Kennedys has become the latest UK firm to call on its fixed-share partners (FSPs) to make a 30% capital contribution…
Leadership: Hogan Lovells shakes up international management committee as it ends co-head structure Sarah Downey Hogan Lovells has re-shuffled its international management committee (IMC), with incoming CEO Steve Immelt stepping down as co-head of litigation,…
‘The right to be forgotten’: Google led by Cleary dealt a blow by ECJ’s privacy ruling Legal Business After years of attempts by Brussels to tighten up Europe’s data privacy rules in the face of US lobbying, yesterday…
Nabarro launches in Manchester with hire of Addleshaws trio; CMS brings in BLP partner to head aircraft finance Jaishree Kalia Nabarro is set to launch an office in Manchester with the hire of a trio of real estate partners from Addleshaw…
Legal reform: SRA unveils plans to cut red tape and promote competition Sarah Downey The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has unveiled ambitious plans to overhaul key pillars of the regulation of the profession in…
Financial results 2014: TLT’s ascendancy continues as it posts 18% revenue growth Caroline Hill The second top-60 UK firm to unveil a high double-digit turnover increase this week, TLT today (13 May) announced that…
Associate pay: Shearman raises English-qualified lawyers’ salaries by up to 6.4% across the board David Stevenson Shearman & Sterling has announced a salary boost for its English-qualified lawyers, increasing pay levels across the firm’s three-tier merit based…
Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling brought in on landmark ‘Opcotton’ legal aid appeal Legal Business The Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling has been brought in on today’s (13 May) landmark appeal challenging a Crown Court decision…
Election fever: Clifford Chance corporate head Tinkler steps down as Nabarro prepares for first MP elections in 15 years Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) private equity partner Simon Tinkler has stepped down from his role as London head of corporate after a…
Hogan Lovells second top 10 firm to exit Prague in under a month Legal Business Transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells has become the second top ten LB 100 firm in recent weeks to announce it is withdrawing…
Comment: Whose money making machine? Not all law firms will be richer in a bank-lite world Legal Business Cov-lite, cov-loose and even now cov-lame – in some pockets of the finance market we are back to the boom…
Revolving Doors: Strategic UK hires for Irwin Mitchell; Simmons; Speechly and Winckworth Sherwood Legal Business A series of lateral hires across the UK last week saw Irwin Mitchell take on a trio of commercial litigation…
Comment: Shock horror – economic revival makes it as impossible as ever to make partner Alex Novarese It’s not going to come as a huge shock to our readership of jaded veterans to hear this but the…
Financial results 2014: double-digit growth in UK as Osborne Clarke unveils 26% turnover rise Caroline Hill Following a year of further international expansion and lateral hires, Osborne Clarke (OC) today (12 May) announced that its global revenue…
Loss and gain: Ashurst loses City corporate partner as KWM finance partner joins in Sydney Jaishree Kalia Ashurst yesterday (12 May) saw both sides of the lateral hiring coin as it announced the hire in Sydney of King…
Irwin Mitchell’s outgoing chief executive John Pickering on change in the sector and why it was time to hang up his boots Legal Business Announcing his retirement last month, Irwin Mitchell’s longstanding head and current group chief executive John Pickering pointed to ‘the changing…
Guest post: Pfizer’s bid for AstraZeneca – what can the government do? Legal Business On April 28, Pfizer announced a possible offer to buy AstraZeneca, presumably having thought an announcement was required by rule…
