Committed to Crime – boutique firms and White-collar Crime Legal Business White-collar crime work was once the comfy preserve of niche London law firms that knew their way around the inside…
Geek Chic – Bristows Legal Business Home to more well-mannered boffins in its all-equity partnership than you can shake a stick at and with no international…
Funding the fights Legal Business With litigation funders having established their own industry regulator and starting to move into arbitration cases, there are more reasons…
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square merges with public law specialists Atlas Chambers Alex Novarese 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square has merged with Public law set Atlas Chambers in a bid to boost headcount following a…
Freshfields partners with Stephen Lawrence charity to provide scholarships to aspiring black lawyers David Stevenson Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is launching a scholarship with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust (SLCT) to help students from black and…
Latest Dundas departures are reminder of pressure facing Scotland’s most storied firms Legal Business Dundas & Wilson is bracing itself for the departure of three more partners from the firm’s London arm. Corporate partners…
Cleary and 2012 GC take top prizes in 2013 Legal Business Awards Mark McAteer Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Linklaters and London 2012’s Terry Miller were among the key prize-winners at last night’s Legal…
Manchester market takes another hit as Cobbetts seeks saviours Miriam Fahey With Manchester-based Cobbetts on the verge of administration, signalling increasingly difficult market conditions in the north, local rivals will surely…
Pay for female lawyers not up by much Emma Sadowski Pay for male lawyers in the UK is significantly down from 2011, while women enjoyed a small rise in salary…
Lone star state of mind Jaishree Kalia Reed Smith’s assault on Houston is a brave move following its failed merger with Thompson & Knight three years ago.…
Another conventional wisdom Pritchard A lot of firms talk a lot of rubbish about cohesive, collegiate partnerships these days but the competitive spirit within…
All hail the comeback kings Mark McAteer Two features this month focus on firms that have dusted themselves down and have come back fighting. For markedly different…
Law firms forced to prove their worth Emma Sadowski Panel reviews are a cut-throat business these days, even for firms like SNR Denton and Slaughter and May. The duo…
The Last Word Legal Business After a year of significant legal market consolidation in 2012, do you think we will see more mergers involving UK…
Herbies and Hogan Lovells win places on Land Securities panel Legal Business Land Securities has appointed Herbert Smith Freehills and Hogan Lovells to its revamped legal panel following a year-long review that…
RPC expands corporate practice with partner hires Jaishree Kalia RPC has beefed up its corporate practice with the hire of three of Wragge & Co’s heavyweight partners as it…
No let up for Libor claims as FSA issues record fines David Stevenson With the Financial Services Authority (FSA) issuing a record £300m of total fines in the UK in 2012, up from…
General counsel pay still bolstered by bonus culture Miriam Fahey The bonus, not the pay rise, was how companies rewarded the efforts of their general counsel (GC) in 2012. This…
TNK-BP takeover saga ends in largest Russian deal ever David Stevenson The ongoing battle over what was to become of Russian oil joint venture (JV) TNK-BP finally concluded at the end…
SJ Berwin is latest international arrival in Luxembourg Legal Business SJ Berwin announced the opening of its twelth office in Luxembourg at the start of the year, in what was…
