A&O opens in Boston as Simmons launches in Silicon Valley Charles Avery UK firms have made significant moves stateside, with Allen & Overy and Simmons & Simmons announcing the opening of new…
Revolving doors: OC opens in Warsaw with local hires as US players ramp up in the City Megan Mayers Osborne Clarke has expanded its European footprint through a new office in Poland, securing a team of 30 lawyers from…
New brooms from the Magic Circle: Moore adds new law string to his bow as Braham set to chair M&G Charles Avery Gideon Moore (pictured), Linklaters’ erstwhile global managing partner, has added a further flourish to his CV to take on the…
Stephenson Harwood re-elects Foord for fourth senior partner term Megan Mayers Roland Foord’s long-standing tenure as senior partner of Stephenson Harwood has been extended with his election to a fourth two-year…
The business of saving lives Nathalie Tidman ‘Every week two women are killed by their partners and three commit suicide due to domestic abuse.’ With such a…
Herbert Smith Freehills: Between two peaks Tom Baker London. A bitingly cold day at the end of January and Legal Business ventures out on a novel expedition to…
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Lessons in management: Spoiler alert – it doesn’t get easier Nathalie Tidman ‘You can’t appeal to people’s better natures because they don’t have one. Everyone is fundamentally selfish.’ Nihilistic as this remark…
The Last Word: Elite culture Legal Business ‘I believe it is relevant for Spain and its economy to have strong law firms whose decision-centres are based in…
Stronger together? Not really Mark McAteer When we first launched our Euro Elite report in 2016, much of the narrative was that the future of the…
Sponsored briefing: Key issues when structuring a BVI joint venture Guest Blog The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is a particularly popular jurisdiction for incorporating joint venture vehicles. The principal statute governing the…
Life During Law: Linda Woolley Nathalie Tidman My mum got me my first job at Essex County Council in PR. The first exam I ever failed was…
The Legal 500 View: Promotion prospects – the firms with the biggest gains in the UK Legal 500 Ben Wheway Every firm thinks they deserve to move up the rankings – but which are making the strongest case? Ben Wheway…
Sponsored briefing: Why good directory submissions matter Guest Blog For any lawyer or law firm of note, being listed by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories is…
Revolving doors: Mayer Brown lures White & Case’s funds chief as A&O continues its US expansion Megan Mayers Mayer Brown has bolstered its London corporate and securities team with the addition of White & Case’s head of funds…
Hogan Lovells hails ‘record’ financial results as revenues and profits soar Tom Baker In what it calls the ‘most successful year in the firm’s history’, Hogan Lovells has added $300m to its top…
Rocketing revenues at White & Case as London sees another double-digit boost Tom Baker Ensuring that last year’s striking financial performance was no fluke, White & Case has unveiled another set of enviable results…
Happy 200th birthday: Ashurst chief Jenkins re-appointed for four-year term Tom Baker In an emphatic endorsement of five years’ sustained revenue growth, Ashurst global chief executive Paul Jenkins has been reinstated for…
Revolving doors: one in one out for Hogan Lovells as transactional hiring spree continues Megan Mayers The fight to bolster transactional teams globally rattles on in the latest round of partner recruitment. Shearman & Sterling is…
