Systems addicts – The CIO Power List Mark McAteer With the use of data and technology increasingly central to a law firm’s success, the contribution of the individuals…
Comment: 2006 and all that – an oh-so-familiar mess at Linklaters Legal Business The most hackneyed cliché of the pundit is history repeating itself, a claim that rarely holds up upon closer examination.…
A&O brings salaries into line with big four rivals as starting lawyer pay hits £64k David Stevenson Allen & Overy (A&O) has announced a salary increase for its associates, bringing the firm in line with its key City…
It’s big, it’s here – King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin launches and unveils global management team Legal Business It’s big, spanning continents, oceans, hugely disparate cultures and a complex governance and profit-sharing model and it’s going live today…
More news from Asia – Clydes first to enter South West China under JV deal Legal Business Long a trailblazer in the insurance sector, Clyde & Co has now become the first international law firm to launch in…
Guest post: R (PressBoF) v Culture Secretary: the hearing Legal Business I was in court 68 at the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday morning (30 October) to hear the Press Standards…
Davis Polk and Cleary act on big four Booz takeover as PwC re-shuffles legal leadership Legal Business Major accountancy and advisory groups are always nice clients for law firms to have so Davis Polk & Wardwell, Cleary…
A ‘landmark’ baby step towards filming the courts welcomed by all David Stevenson The long campaign for domestic courts to be opened up to filming today (30 October) secured an (actually pretty minor)…
Tough on the high street – 153 law firms enter last chance saloon after failing to gain cover Francesca Fanshawe In further evidence of the intense pressure facing small practices, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) today (31 October) announced that…
Old and new faces: Squire Sanders re-elects UK and US heads while Dentons appoints new chief executive Legal Business Squire Sanders has re-appointed Peter Crossley and Stephen Mahon to their respective European and firm-wide managing partner roles in a week…
Addleshaw stands by its men as two partners face SDT hearing Francesca Fanshawe The legal profession has seen a handful of high profile cases of commercial lawyers caught out in allegations of fraud…
Deal Watch: Hogan Lovells and CC lead on AMC Networks’ $1bn buyout Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) and Hogan Lovells have plugged into the renaissance in US television production after advising on a $1bn…
Guest post: Prerogatives, power and press regulation Legal Business I make no apology for returning to the question of the Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press. This was…
UPDATED: BLP launches independent review of finance practice after team head departs David Stevenson Berwin Leighton Paisner‘s (BLP’s) head of banking and finance Matthew Kellett is to leave the firm, it was confirmed today…
Consolidation update – Dentons and McKenna chiefs back tie-up with November partner vote to follow Legal Business Dentons looks set to secure another substantive merger after management of the firm and US suitor McKenna Long & Aldridge…
Forget Dewey – in Wall Street star power is greater than ever Legal Business I flew into Manhattan to The New Yorker chronicling the death of Big Law with a pacey dissection of the…
Guest post: Chasing PLCs in corporate crackdown – it’s still all about the money Legal Business In response to criticism that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) does not go after a sufficient number of corporates, SFO…
Deal Watch: CC and DLA Piper step up on £300m Dr Martens buyout Legal Business It has become a cliché among deal professionals to say that – even in these risk-averse times – there is…
As Brazil cools Latam heat – Garrigues moves into Colombia; SJB primes Saudi move Legal Business With Brazil’s economy continuing to disappoint during 2013, there is increasing focus on other economies across Latin America. Moving to…
Entries and exits: ‘Tesco Law’ licences hit 200 mark but a few early movers stumble Sarah Downey Despite a handful of well-publicised problems at alternative business structures (ABS), there are no shortage of entrants looking to pursue…
