Law firms

Sarah Downey

Matthew Arnold & Baldwin has said its client plans to appeal against the High Court’s decision last week to dismiss a…

Legal Business

DLA Piper’s co-chief executive (CEO) Nigel Knowles is to replace Tony Angel as global co-chairman in a senior management shake-up which…

David Stevenson

In the third largest M&A deal in the UK this year after Liberty Global’s $10bn takeover of Ziggo and Amec’s…

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Morgan Lewis has boosted its London white collar crime capability with the hire of Irwin Mitchell’s head of regulatory and…

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The increasingly wide-ranging and cross-departmental regulatory needs of clients sees Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) today (3 February) launch a 600-lawyer international…

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Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) today (3 February) took a further step towards building up its German capability following the collapse of…

Sarah Downey

Transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells has put South Africa at the centre of its cost savings plans for clients, setting up…

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It’s been obvious that something fundamental happened to the world economy during 2008, ushering in the worst relative trading conditions…

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The term BigLaw has been around in the US for a while but in recent years this catch-all tag for…

Legal Business

The first Legal Business edition of the year coincides with a major project for us: the second edition of our…

Legal Business

Adam Smith, Esq’s Bruce MacEwen argues that short-termism and a lack of stewardship has come to define the modern law…

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As global and domestic firms look to end the 2013/14 financial year on a high, we ask senior management figures…

Sarah Downey

Financial institutions report multibillion-dollar effects of post-crisis costs Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank have become the latest major financial institutions…

Legal Business

Energy giant to analyse in-house team and links with UK and US counsel National Grid’s group general counsel (GC) Alison…

Jaishree Kalia

Latest exits add to departures of two partners from City headquarters The expiry of Clyde & Co’s three-year post-merger partner lock-in…

Francesca Fanshawe

DLA Piper’s Africa group last month announced it had expanded in north, southern and eastern Africa with the addition of…

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BLP bank debt up sharply as 2012/13 annual reports filter through Growing debt was a recurring theme in the limited…

Francesca Fanshawe

Hogan Lovells has expanded its Latin America offering by launching a second office in Brazil, hiring former Clifford Chance (CC)…

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SRA aims to bring maximum fines for law firms closer to the much higher figures for ABSs Further tensions in…

David Stevenson

New Year surge in high-value deals after subdued year While deal activity was down again in 2013, last year’s growth…