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…
Deutsche Bank profits dive amid €1.2bn legal provision as pressure builds on finance leaders Legal Business If anyone still doubts the mounting legal burdens now falling on the world’s largest finance houses Deutsche Bank has this…
OC rocks up in BoHo New York to chase the creative dollar Francesca Fanshawe New York’s impenetrable legal community is well used to seeing – and rebuffing – the advances of UK law firms…
Those US mergers keep coming – Orrick closes in on deal with Pillsbury to forge top 10 giant Alex Novarese One of the most prolific merger suitors of recent years – Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe – is at it again…
As foreign advisers size up Africa, CC linked to alliance bid in South Africa Legal Business South Africa has faced more than its fair share of economic and social challenges in recent years, but with foreign…
With no time off for good behaviour Baker’s outgoing City head joins global giant’s exec body David Stevenson Where do veteran law firm leaders go after a stint at the top? Another stint near the top in the…
Almost meeting minds – a select band of CIOs and MPs plot a big, big breakthrough Legal Business During the original dot-com boom, there was a brief period – oh so brief – when legal technologists and managing…
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.…
