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.…
The Last Word: India Legal Business With a slowing economy and the political landscape unsettled, we ask leading international partners with noted Indian practices for their…
International in-house moves – Total SA, Global Eagle and Environ bring in new GCs Legal Business A clutch of international general counsel moves this week has seen Total bring in oilfield services heavyweight Maarten Scholten as its…
The Bar: Bloch QC exits Wilberforce for Blackstone as Lord Hope joins Brick Court Sarah Downey Just weeks after Wilberforce Chambers’ longstanding chief executive and senior clerk Declan Redmond announced he is leaving for Keating Chambers,…
City ambitions – Mayer Brown adds to London laterals tally with hire of BLP finance partner David Stevenson Mayer Brown has added to its tally of recent London hires as Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) finance and restructuring partner Trevor Wood…
Slater & Gordon takes over Manchester PI firm as Pannone vote looms Sarah Downey ASX-listed firm Slater & Gordon (S&G) continues to make inroads into the UK’s personal injury (PI) market having confirmed today…
Law Society reaches out to City firms with hire of A&O’s Denyer Jaishree Kalia The Law Society has not always seen eye-to-eye with its City firm contingent but the hire of Allen & Overy’s…
Major milestone for CC global MP elections as Layton, Wehrli and Carnegie go forward Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has reached the first major milestone in its global managing partner elections, with the nominations stage now closed…
Revolving Doors: SJ Berwin corporate heavyweight Harris to Hogan Lovells as Bingham and Bond Dicks make key hires Francesca Fanshawe Just weeks away from its merger with King Wood & Mallesons, SJ Berwin corporate heavyweight Ed Harris is leaving for…
Shifting sands – Largest US firms losing market share, report claims Legal Business The United States’ largest firms are losing market share to the band of firms below, according to a study by LexisNexis released…
More Paris moves as Linklaters announces triple partner hire Legal Business Further movement in the Paris market has seen Linklaters announce a trio of high level hires as Matthieu de Boisséson, Pierre…
Guest blog – Securities lawyers and sticky contracts: innovation and elite law Legal Business I am sure you, like me, have been on the lookout for an elegant, readable, sophisticated and fairly short book…
Calling time – Nationwide’s innovative GC Liz Kelly to leave after panel review Caroline Hill Having worked her way up Nationwide‘s ranks to group general counsel, Liz Kelly is to leave the building society at…
CC on Singapore’s naughty step as Asia markets keep playing the tactical liberalisation game Legal Business Back in the boom years, international law firms talked confidently regarding how liberalisation would soon be coming to major legal…
