Two step up to challenge Ouwehand as CC senior partner vote looms Megan Mayers Dubai partner Edmund Boyo and London partner Adrian Cartwright have stepped forward to challenge Clifford Chance’s (CC) incumbent senior partner Jeroen…
Revolving doors: A&O and CMS hire in-house talent as gunnercooke launches stateside Megan Mayers This week’s lateral recruitment round-up has an international flavour as firms make key hires at home and abroad. In the…
‘People are our biggest asset’: Linklaters’ incoming Paris head Maigrot outlines strategy Charles Avery Linklaters has elected its head of real estate in France, Françoise Maigrot, as its new managing partner in Paris. Taking…
Revolving doors: Gibson Dunn hires human rights president as OC adds two London litigators Charles Avery Many of the City’s lateral recruiters may have taken a half term break this week, as disputes and IP were…
LB100: Mishcon profile – All that glisters is not Gold Megan Mayers When Legal Business last took a deep dive into the firm’s then ‘unrivalled financial success’ in 2016, the entrepreneurial reputation…
LB100: Ince profile – Ince Gordon Dadds – Collapse of an institution? Tom Baker The genuine regret with which numerous market commentators and former partners talk of Ince’s downfall arguably bears testament to the…
30 years of LB100 – 1992-2002: Teen spirit Charles Avery ‘Thirty years ago, the legal press didn’t exist,’ says Pinsent Masons managing partner John Cleland. ‘Deals were sometimes reported and…
30 years of LB100 – 2002-12: A decade of two halves Tom Baker More so than the decades which came before or followed, the years between 2002 and 2012 are defined as a…
LB100: Methodology and notes Legal Business LB100 LAW FIRMS The firms that appear in the Legal Business 100 (LB100) are the top 100 law firms in…
LB100: The second 25 – Off the pace Tom Baker If you only read the stats, you would be forgiven for thinking that the LB100’s 26-50 group has struggled this…
LB100: The second 50: City and Boutique – Living for the city Megan Mayers For the 23 City and boutique firms that fall into the second 50 in this year’s LB100, average turnover is…
LB100: The second 50: Regional view – Steadying the ship Megan Mayers The 27 regional and national firms occupying the 51-100 spots in this year’s LB100 come in with an average of…
LB100: Overview – Turning tides Charles Avery ‘There is a real mismatch in how gloomy the economy feels and how busy the legal professional feels,’ observes Deborah…
30 years of LB100 – 2012-22: Don’t look now Megan Mayers Shifts that started with the financial crash galvanised in the decade that followed. Predictions of the rise of US firms…
Career changes: The measure of intelligence – Lawyers and the great career change-up Nathalie Tidman ‘Quite unexpectedly, the skills and experiences you’ve had in your previous career make you a better lawyer and more successful.…
