Good girl gets mad: Rihanna wins t-shirt tiff against Topshop Sarah Downey In a case where the profile of the parties far outshone the legal substance and had many media outlets overexcited,…
Latham, Sidley and Skadden lead the US pack in Legal 500 research Legal Business Often hailed as one of the greatest US success stories of the last 25 years, new research underlines the elevated…
What’s in a name? SJ Berwin and King & Wood Mallesons seal union David Stevenson Forming a ground-breaking union between a leading City firm and an Asia powerhouse, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partners confirmed…
Deal watch: Latham and Wachtell lead on largest public deal of the year David Stevenson In what remains a gloomy cross-border deal market, US leaders Latham & Watkins and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have…
Redundancy watch: DWF, Hill Dickinson and Taylor Wessing all confirm job cuts Sarah Downey The stream of UK law firm job cuts continues apace as DWF, Hill Dickinson and Taylor Wessing have today (30…
Do you need to think about tougher tax rules for your partnership? Er, probably David Stevenson Does abuse of tax rules for partnership require a major clampdown by the taxman? That’s the £300m question and the…
Amid a punishing regional market, Challinors becomes latest to call in the administrators Sarah Downey It’s not as if anyone needs reminding that the legal market remains challenging, and doubly so for regional advisers. But…
Barristers free to conduct litigation as Bar watchdog ushers in new ‘risk-based’ conduct regime Sarah Downey While the post-Legal Services Act (LSA) shake-up moves far more slowly for barristers than their solicitor cousins, the Bar continues…
Financial results 2013: steady as she goes for Burges Salmon Francesca Fanshawe It’s been another year of solid organic growth for stalwart Burges Salmon, with revenue, profit and profit per lawyer (PPL)…
After mounting controversy Bar watchdogs face court challenge to procedures in high-stakes move Legal Business Regulators are never popular but the Bar’s watchdogs have seen sustained controversy finally escalate into a court challenge to their…
Financial results 2013: LG’s revenue falls for a third year while Irwin Mitchell posts turnover and profit growth Jaishree Kalia Top 25-firm Irwin Mitchell has today (26 July) posted strong revenue and profit growth for the last financial year, while…
Guest post: In the ABS landscape, it’s all about the brand – oh yes Legal Business ‘Tesco Law’ is a phrase that, thankfully, is finally dying out as the reality of alternative business structures (ABSs) takes…
Financial results 2013: the good, the bad and the ugly as Howard Kennedy FSI, Clarke Willmott and Manches reveal results Legal Business The latest results for firms in the second half of LB100 are a mixed bag, as Howard Kennedy reports inflated…
Ropes & Gray lands marquee role in GSK Chinese bribery investigation David Stevenson Even in an age in which corporate investigations have become some of the most sought after work for legal advisers,…
Asia Round-up: Singapore in focus for Minter Ellison, Sidley Austin and Taylor Wessing Legal Business The decline in Singapore M&A has seemingly done little to dampen the enthusiasm of international firms to launch or build their…
Moving slowly forwards – Eversheds seals another Tyco-style deal Francesca Fanshawe While single service retainers appear unlikely to become a broad fixture of the legal market, Eversheds continues to push on…
Deal watch: M&A activity picks up as A&O, Linklaters and Hogan Lovells secure key roles David Stevenson With Q1 2013 reported as one of the slowest starts to the year M&A-wise for a decade, the deal market…
One trick pony – BLP to retain MLS in wake of partner departures David Stevenson ‘Two people leaving doesn’t mean the whole business collapses,’ says Neville Eisenberg, Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) managing partner of 14…
Guest post: ‘Culture’ wins yet another victory over business judgment (or how to actually have a law firm strategy) Legal Business Here’s Scenario One: you’re in an executive committee or practice group or departmental meeting at your law firm, and the…
Financial results 2013: Scottish elite numbers make grim reading as Maclay reveals results Legal Business Following Dundas & Wilson’s announcement last week that its revenues and profits had tumbled dramatically for the second year running, the…
