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…
Turkey and Africa expansion on the cards for Pinsents Legal Business Following an extremely acquisitive year since its strategic alliance with Salans came to an end, Pinsent Masons shows no signs…
Baker & McKenzie becomes first global firm in Peru David Stevenson Baker & McKenzie has extended its increasing strategic focus on Latin America by becoming the first international law firm to…
Places up for grabs on FSA investigation panel Legal Business City law firms unimpeded by banking relationships will be seeking a place on a new Financial Services Authority (FSA) panel…
Firms set sights on Asia investment into Middle East David Stevenson Squire Sanders expanded both its Middle East and South Korea operations in October, as Latham & Watkins reported a surge…
Hedge funds: Get debt go David Stevenson In the global financial crisis, the hedge fund industry lost about a fifth of its value. Now distressed debt in…
Paul Hastings: Paul Who? Legal Business Ronan O’Sullivan joined the small London operation of Paul Hastings as a senior associate seven years ago; now he’s running…
Energy boost Legal Business Other practice areas may be having a tough ride but energy lawyers are flying. LB maps the trends driving the…
Panic has ramped up merger mania Pritchard A clear message from last month’s LB100 report was that the merger of two firms that have ‘simply cuddled together…
Getting more with less Mark McAteer There’s good news and bad news for law firms in our first-ever survey of in-house counsel this month. The good…
