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The highly complex Royal Bank of Scotland 2008 rights issue litigation has seen Bird & Bird’s dispute resolution head Steven Baker…

Jaishree Kalia

Whitehall’s largest legal department, the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) is to improve its data protection practices after an independent investigation…

David Stevenson

New York elite firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has built on its double-digit growth of 2012 by turning out…

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As brand new start-ups go, the Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer-breakaway arbitration boutique set up by heavyweight arbitrators Constantine Partasides, Paris-based Georgias Petrochilos…

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Clifford Chance (CC) has secured a run of major mandates for Royal Dutch Shell including last week’s A$2.9bn ($2.6bn) agreement to sell…

David Stevenson

Chicago-headquartered firm McDermott Will & Emery has continued its post-financial crisis recovery, unveiling a 3.5% increase in revenue to $881m, as…

Sarah Downey

Bird & Bird has joined a host of international law firms looking to enhance their global footprint with a cooperation agreement…

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Europe’s largest and one of its most highly divided economies, Germany has put many law firms’ strategy to the test…

Sarah Downey

Speechly Bircham is trying its hand once more at finding a merger partner as the firm last month announced it…

Joanna Goodman

Big data has been hailed as the next big thing to hit legal tech and has already become a force…

Francesca Fanshawe

So the experiment ends as a qualified success. News of the early-timed succession planning at DLA Piper confirmed that well-regarded…

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‘So, are you enjoying it?’ I’ve lost count of the number of times I have been asked the question since…

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First, the case for the defence. Given that private equity partners gossip like fishwives, you can be somewhat sceptical over…

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With the popularity of English law a key issue in the global legal market, we ask partners for their take…

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The Royal Bank of Scotland’s James Tsolakis argues the profession must accept a fundamental challenge to its traditional model The…

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US law firms are facing a fundamental overhaul over the way they calculate and distribute their profits that could result…

Sarah Downey

The impact of HM Revenue & Customs’ decision to overhaul the way salaried partners are taxed is being felt across…

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In mid-February, Latham & Watkins confirmed its third London private equity partner hire from Clifford Chance (CC), with Kem Ihenacho…

David Stevenson

David Stevenson assesses Shearman’s hopes of regaining its potency ‘The work that’s been done over the last few years is…

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Latest QC promotions round the largest in three years In stark contrast with the recent decline in the number of…