Protests and resignations but the High Court says QASA is lawful Legal Business Following months of protests from the criminal Bar including the resignation of a number of barristers from the Bar Standards…
Breaking: Clyde & Co loses 15-strong US litigation team as two London partners exit Legal Business The expiry of Clyde & Co’s three year post-merger partner lock-in appeared to pass almost unnoticed last April but the top…
DLA Piper expands Africa group across the continent with new member firms Francesca Fanshawe DLA Piper‘s Africa Group has expanded in north, southern and eastern Africa with the addition of three new member firms.…
Deal watch: Dentons advises Total on UK shale gas interest Jaishree Kalia As the unconventional method of extracting shale gas increasingly becomes a phenomenon in the UK, Dentons has taken the lead…
High Street gloom as SRA publishes full list of uninsured firms forced to close Francesca Fanshawe The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed the names of the 136 firms which have been forced to close since…
Revolving doors: Bird & Bird, Bond Dickinson and Simmons all make lateral moves Legal Business The appetite shown by global elite firms to hire laterally at the start of the year has spread wider in…
LLP latest: CMS Cameron McKenna posts revenue and profit drops for LLP but highest earner remains stable Legal Business Top ten LB100 firm CMS Cameron McKenna has posted a revenue drop for its UK limited liability partnership (LLP) of 6.6%…
More lateral hires as Katten Muchin and K&L Gates boost international corporate practices Jaishree Kalia US firms Katten Muchin Rosenman and K&L Gates have strengthened their international corporate practices this month through lateral hires from…
Damned statistics: BLP and Ashurst report higher trainee retention rates from smaller intakes Jaishree Kalia Firms have kick-started the year reporting high trainee retention rates with Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Ashurst retaining the vast…
More in-fighting as Law Society contests SRA’s attempts to gain greater fining powers Legal Business Further cracks in The Law Society’s already strained relationship with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have emerged this week as…
Former Stewarts Law pair to return to SDT after High Court upholds one finding of dishonesty Legal Business Former Stewarts Law partner Andrew Shaw has failed to entirely clear his name in the High Court, which has ordered that the…
Hogan Lovells expands Latin America footprint with hire of CC partner in Brazil Legal Business Hogan Lovells has expanded its Latin America offering with the launch of its second office in Brazil, with the hire…
New year hiring spree continues as Weil Gotshal and Norton Rose recruit from rivals David Stevenson Top-20 Global 100 firms Norton Rose Fulbright and Weil, Gotshal & Manges have made significant and experienced additions to their…
LLP latest: Penningtons and Addleshaws both see highest-paid member drawings fall during last financial year Jaishree Kalia Penningtons Manches is the latest top-100 UK firm to file its limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts for 2012/13, which in…
In-house: RFU rejigs legal team as deputy head joins sports firm Couchmans Sarah Downey The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has reconfigured its in-house legal team recently, promoting in-house lawyer Angus Bujalski (pictured) to lead…
$100bn of M&A deals announced as Global 100 firms advise on Suntory, Time Warner and Amec bids David Stevenson Last year’s growth in confidence in the corporate sector together with fundraising activity among a number of large private equity…
LLP latest: Shoosmiths, Morgan Cole and MMS see significant drop in highest paid partner as Charles Russell’s takes home 64% more Francesca Fanshawe The latest round of LLP accounts for 2012/13 has revealed that Shoosmiths paid £1.5m to acquire Scottish firm Archibald Campbell &…
Hogan Lovells and Olswang strengthen TMT practices with hire of team heads in Hong Kong and Germany Legal Business As Hong Kong becomes gateway to the world’s biggest trader in goods after China overtook the US for the first time…
Dentons hires high profile energy partner Charles July and Eversheds’ banking partner Michael Wainwright Jaishree Kalia Increased optimism within the business sector at the start of 2014 is being reflected in a flurry of lateral hires…
Guest post: See Talent. Feed It. Legal Business Turnabout. I recently wrote about how to demoralize, discourage, and disenchant top talent. This is about how to retain that talent.…
