Access your pdf edition of LB magazine – issue 313 Legal Business We are providing more options for you to access your copy of Legal Business. Please see below for links to…
Risk management and professional indemnity survey 2023: Walking the talk Ayesha Ellis While our annual risk and professional indemnity report in conjunction with Marsh Specialty charted the movement of environmental, social and…
Oversharing? Navigating social media can be fraught but there is much to admire Nathalie Tidman It’s surprising how much conversations around social media have shifted over the last three years. There used to be a…
Cautionary tales: The downfall of Ince – a lesson in how not to run your law firm Nathalie Tidman ‘In the event of a recession, the lawyers will be fine. They always are. Unless you work at Ince.’ Reflecting…
The Last Word: London manifesto Legal Business ‘We already have a strong European offering and our current expansion plans are centred on partner-level and team hires that…
A wholly subjective (but nonetheless definitive) guide to law firms from a $300m client on how to make a successful pitch* David Burgess David Burgess, publishing director of The Legal 500, asks David Stark, chief legal officer at Teva Pharmaceuticals, and Trevor Faure…
Revolving Doors: White & Case and Proskauer make antitrust plays as Paul Hastings raids A&O in New York Elisha Juttla Leading several high-profile moves this week, White & Case has hired antitrust partner Michael Engel from Kirkland & Ellis in…
Disputes perspectives: James Maurici KC Bethany Burns Oddly, I decided I wanted to become a barrister when I was ten years old. I’m not sure I entirely…
Disputes perspectives: Penny Madden KC Nathalie Tidman I didn’t study law at university. I studied history at Oxford. A huge love. I’ve loved debating since a young…
Disputes perspectives: Philippa Charles Holly McKechnie What made me decide to become a lawyer? Almost certainly watching Crown Court as a small child. Although it’s a…
Gearing up – cases of the year Bethany Burns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine added gale force to the economic storms already picking up in early 2022, and has produced…
Bench strength revisited Bethany Burns The resounding message is that London is still booming. Fears surrounding its status as a leading jurisdiction for disputes being…
Disputes Yearbook 2023 – online PDF Legal Business Please see below for a link to an online pdf of the Disputes Yearbook 2023. This will only be accessible…
‘A great year for growth and consolidation’: Keystone’s revenue up in the face of market-wide recruitment difficulties Ayesha Ellis Keystone Law has released its financial results for 22/23, reporting a positive 8% revenue increase since last year with a…
Revolving doors: Eversheds adds two partners as Kingsley Napley launches restructuring and insolvency practice Holly McKechnie Eversheds Sutherland has had a busy week, strengthening both its regulatory and energy and infrastructure finance practices with two senior…
Ukraine war and currency take toll as PEP drops 20% at White & Case Alex Ryan White & Case was another firm to post muted financials for the last year, as a bullish 2021 gave way…
Revolving Doors: Goodwin elects new chair as firms add regulatory, M&A, litigation and IP expertise Ayesha Ellis In a novel lateral move, Fieldfisher has announced that cannabis regulatory pioneer Robert Jappie is joining its London regulatory team…
Revolving doors: Another departure from Shearman as firms make moves in finance and real estate Alex Ryan Debt finance specialist Rahul Chatterji became the latest partner to leave Shearman & Sterling this week, with Linklaters announcing that…
‘A choice to live up to your values’ – Seward and Rowey to take the helm of A&O’s US practice Ayesha Ellis Allen & Overy’s global litigation co-head Karen Seward (pictured) and project finance and infrastructure partner Kent Rowey have been appointed…
