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Announcing his retirement last month, Irwin Mitchell’s longstanding head and current group chief executive John Pickering pointed to ‘the changing…

Sarah Downey

Hughes’ exit follows spate of departures from international firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)’s head of banking and finance litigation, David Hughes, is…

Legal Business

Senior maritime player Matt Hannaford is leaving Clyde & Co’s transport finance group with a team of three to join…

Legal Business

US class action filed ahead of DoJ findings targets more than a dozen investors UK financial disputes partners are gearing…

Sarah Downey

CMS Cameron McKenna has called on its fixed-share partners (FSPs) to make a substantial contribution of capital in light of…

Legal Business

Setting aside the notoriously difficult post-merger politics of selecting one partner to run a core practice area, Herbert Smith Freehills…

Legal Business

Holcim/Lafarge merger and Vivendi’s SFR acquisition lead the way Corporate partners are forecasting the next big European M&A wave after…

Legal Business

ITV is taking steps to embed its law firms in the fabric of the organisation by involving them in a…

David Stevenson

After two rounds of failed merger talks Davenport Lyons went into administration at the end of April, with Mayfair firm…

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Jaishree Kalia reports on the anticipated fall-off in deal work in the wake of Ukraine crisis Russia’s volatile political environment…

Legal Business

The latest instalment of the smartphone wars has seen Slaughter and May and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton face Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as…

Legal Business

Eversheds’ UK associates are the beneficiary of over half of the top 15 firm’s latest partner promotions as 21 lawyers join…

Sarah Downey

CMS and Dundas & Wilson confirmed today (30 April) that they have made 60 staff redundant ahead of their £300m…

Jaishree Kalia

In a welcome respite from a run of bad news recently, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has been confirmed as Tesco‘s lead…

Legal Business

Slaughter and May has again become the first major City player to announce changes to its junior fee-earners’ pay levels, with…

Sarah Downey

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has received approval to push ahead with far-reaching proposals to overhaul legal training, with the results…

Legal Business

The latest round of partner promotions among the top 20 UK firms has this week seen CMS Cameron McKenna announce the…

Legal Business

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has almost finalised its inaugural customer-pay panel with key spots allocated so far to firms including Hogan…

Legal Business

EY today (29 April) took further steps to build its UK legal capability with the hire of Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s)…

Jaishree Kalia

Irwin Mitchell has promoted ten associates to its partnership, down on a record level of 13 last year but standing…