Clyde & Co loses 15-strong US litigation team to LeClairRyan 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…
DLA Piper expands Africa group across the continent Francesca Fanshawe DLA Piper’s Africa group last month announced it had expanded in north, southern and eastern Africa with the addition of…
Latest LLP filings show increased borrowing Legal Business BLP bank debt up sharply as 2012/13 annual reports filter through Growing debt was a recurring theme in the limited…
Hogan Lovells expands Latin America footprint with hire of Clifford Chance partner for São Paulo launch Francesca Fanshawe Hogan Lovells has expanded its Latin America offering by launching a second office in Brazil, hiring former Clifford Chance (CC)…
More in-fighting as Law Society contests SRA attempts to gain greater fining powers Legal Business SRA aims to bring maximum fines for law firms closer to the much higher figures for ABSs Further tensions in…
UK elite firms defy the transactional gloom of 2013 David Stevenson New Year surge in high-value deals after subdued year While deal activity was down again in 2013, last year’s growth…
Big data and AI will come to the fore as law firms expect tech to drive their businesses Mark McAteer Year-long study by legal technology body identifies future challenges Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics will play a game-changing…
RFU rejigs legal team as deputy head joins sports firm Legal Business Bujalski promoted to head of legal as Handford joins Couchmans The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has reconfigured its in-house legal…
Revolving doors – Weil, Latham, Freshfields and Dentons among the firms opening 2014 with senior recruits Francesca Fanshawe Increasing confidence in the transactional market has contributed to a rash of senior partner moves at the start of 2014,…
Life During Law – David Childs Legal Business It’s been an amazing career. I’ve been with Clifford Chance (CC) for 40 years. People had just stopped wearing bowler…
High Street gloom as SRA publishes full list of uninsured firms forced to close Francesca Fanshawe The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) last month confirmed the names of the 136 firms which have been forced to close…
Regulatory: Embattled SFO requests £19m emergency funding for ‘blockbuster’ litigation Legal Business The Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO’s) somewhat fraught efforts to redefine itself by focusing on higher profile, higher risk complex fraud,…
Senior hires: KPMG appoints DLA partner as Manchester legal head as A&O and NRF lose partners to HogLove and Vedder Price Francesca Fanshawe As KPMG looks to expand its legal services practice the Big Four accountant has hired DLA Piper corporate partner Nick Roome…
Leadership: Maclay Murray & Spens CEO Smylie to step down as Shand takes the reins Legal Business After a tough three years Maclay Murray & Spens’ (MMS) chief executive Chris Smylie is to step down from his…
Panel review: Addleshaws and Linklaters new appointments as Nationwide completes adviser reshuffle Francesca Fanshawe Addleshaw Goddard and Linklaters will sit alongside incumbent advisers Allen & Overy and Eversheds on Nationwide‘s new legal panel as…
Game changer: PwC receives approval from regulator to become an ABS Caroline Hill In a potentially game-changing move for the legal market PwC has today (31 January) received approval from the Solicitors Regulation…
In-house: National Grid conducts wholesale review of internal and external legal function Legal Business National Grid‘s group general counsel (GC) Alison Kay (pictured) has launched a wholesale review of the FTSE 100 energy giant’s…
Guest comment: That legal big bang – still waiting for the Dyson moment Legal Business We are now a little over two years since the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) began accepting applications from would-be alternative…
LLP latest: Taylor Wessing posts 4% increase in UK fee income Sarah Downey Taylor Wessing has become the latest LB100 firm to post its limited liability partnership accounts via Companies House, which show…
Offshore: Mourant Ozannes opts for experience with hire of former Farrer private client head Legal Business Global offshore firm Mourant Ozannes has made a significant hire to its City office, recruiting Farrer & Co’s former head…
