Norton Rose Fulbright aims at Global Elite Pritchard The worst-kept secret in global law finally became official in November. Norton Rose and Fulbright & Jaworski announced their 3,800-lawyer…
Cohesion critical in proving three into one does go Mark McAteer By the time you read this Dentons (as anyone sane will call it), a three-way merger between SNR Denton, Salans…
Landmark three-way merger aims to end Dentons’ Europe woes Legal Business At press time, partners at SNR Denton, Salans and Canadian firm Fraser Milner Casgrain (FMC) were poised to vote through…
Banks could face backlash on legal panel reviews David Stevenson With the latest round of bank panel reviews in full swing, early indications show signs of a backlash from law…
Korea legal market shows signs of saturation Miriam Fahey With the recent influx of foreign firms into Seoul showing no signs of stopping, questions are being raised as to…
Magrath launches in Singapore Mark McAteer November saw London-based Magrath become the first corporate immigration specialist to open a standalone presence in Singapore; Ben Sheldrick and…
Locke Lord’s lateral spree continues in London Miriam Fahey US firm Locke Lord has continued its rapid expansion in London since launching in February this year with the addition…
DAC Beachcroft becomes first UK firm in Chile Jaishree Kalia DAC Beachcroft has strengthened its presence in Latin America by becoming the first European-based firm to launch in Chile by…
Ashurst expansion continues full throttle David Stevenson Ashurst’s recent appetite for international expansion shows no sign of abating, with the firm announcing in November the launch of…
Parabis Group storms into Scottish insurance market David Stevenson Private equity backed Parabis Group recently entered the Scottish legal insurance market with a bold statement of intent, hiring local…
Mike’s Mechanics Mark McAteer White & Case sent Mike Goetz to London in 2000 to take its City finance practice to a new level.…
Is it a Law Firm? Miriam Fahey Times they are a-changing. Meet the international law firms with hardly any offices, no trainees, and the bare minimum of…
On the Mend David Stevenson When the credit crisis hit, leveraged finance lawyers were among the first to fall. They are still in the doldrums,…
Know your numbers David Stevenson When former Dewey & LeBoeuf partners blamed Citibank for not telling them about the dire state of the firm’s finances,…
Clarke Willmott: running to stand still Mark McAteer Stephen Rosser became Clarke Willmott’s chief executive two years ago as the firm really started to suffer a post-boom hangover.…
Picking up Field Fisher Mark McAteer After years in the mid-market wilderness, Field Fisher Waterhouse is finally ready for a revolution. It wants to grow internationally…
The appeal of the hourglass Pritchard One particularly interesting statistic emerged from our in-house survey last month: 33% of respondents said they felt law firms were…
Lateral thinking required with international expansion Mark McAteer Last month, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton did something that it has only done once before – open two non-US…
The Last Word Legal Business From our first ever in-house survey, released in October 2012, it was clear that the hourly rate is still very…
Consolidation changes the face of Scottish elite again Mark McAteer At the end of a dramatic year for the Scottish legal market, the recently announced union between Glasgow and Edinburgh…
