Expansive Knights bounces back with 9% organic growth after another year of acquisitions Tom Baker Listed firm Knights has returned to form with a 9% organic growth in revenue to £59.7m in its half-year results.…
Silk and steel: Women lead the way in latest QC round as five solicitors make the cut Tom Baker Well over half of female applicants were successful in this year’s Queen’s Counsel (QC) appointments, spearheading a cohort that also…
Revolving doors: Global 100 firms kick off new year with heavyweight hires Tom Baker Continuing the frenetic pace of recruitment displayed throughout 2021, 2022 has begun with Allen & Overy (A&O) adding an established antitrust…
Mishcon hit with record £232,500 SRA penalty over money laundering mishaps Tom Baker In an unflattering revelation ahead of its planned IPO, Mishcon de Reya yesterday (5 January) received the highest-ever financial penalty…
Linklaters ushers in lockstep shake-up to attract and promote top talent Tom Baker The latest strategic move in the war for junior talent, Linklaters has introduced a significant overhaul of its lockstep pay…
Global 100: Hogan Lovells – Winning Hartson minds Tom Baker The champagne corks had long-since popped when the great and the good of legacy British firm Lovells and Washington DC…
Global 100: Goodwin – No guts, no glory Nathalie Tidman The Zoom call with Gemma Roberts, private equity partner and recently-appointed co-chair of Goodwin’s London office, has not got off…
L500 UK: Gender diversity hits new high – time to focus on the elephant in the room Georgina Stanley It’s fair to say that legal directories have come in for more than their fair share of flack over the…
Legalease Research Services: Held to account Cameron Purse The team at BT Legal has spent the past three years changing the way it deals with external lawyers and…
Global 100 overview: Beasts of burden Mark McAteer In Legal Business’ last Global 100 issue, as firms enjoyed financial years almost entirely untainted by the economic chaos wrought…
Global 100: Methodology and notes Legal Business The firms that appear in the 2021 Global 100 are the largest 100 law firms in the world ranked by…
The ESG debate: Balancing growth and risk Claire Slater As part of an ongoing series of thought leadership roundtables and webinars we have been hosting with Paul Hastings before,…
Access your print copy online – LB305 Legal Business While much of the country works from home we are providing more options for you to access your copy of…
Take a good long look in the mirror before espousing change seriously Mark McAteer The words of BT Legal’s Leeanne Whaley, in ‘Held to account’, particularly stand out in this issue: ‘We spend a…
Welcome to the Renaissance Nathalie Tidman A senior legal headhunter friend, who could easily be described as a Renaissance Man, recently confided that one of the…
