Guest comment: The new differentiator for law firms? Guest Blog A quiet revolution is happening, and I am here to champion it. For many years, the role of a professional…
Revolving doors: Cleary makes Bay Area move as HogLov and Squire enhance Africa offerings Mark McAteer In a bold Bay Area play, Cleary Gottlieb has announced that it is opening in California with the arrival of…
Revolving doors: Capita appoints new legal chief as Clifford Chance lures back former PE star Tom Baker In a major in-house move, professional services company Capita has appointed Claire Denton as its new chief general counsel and…
Revolving doors: Mishcon expands in Singapore as Squire takes on Madrid buyout team Tom Baker Bouncing back from a swathe of pre-IPO disputes partner exits, Mishcon de Reya has made a senior contentious hire in…
Guest post: COP26 heats up and global temperature pledges spur optimism Guest Blog As the 2021 United Nations Climate Change conference gathers momentum, Tim Baines, counsel in Mayer Brown’s environmental team, finds optimism…
Revolving doors: HSF takes two senior New York litigators from Hogan Lovells as Littler expands in Portugal Tom Baker Amid a hectic week for lateral partner recruitment, Herbert Smith Freehills has picked up two former Hogan Lovells financial litigation partners in New…
Guest post: Any COP? – mixed messages at UN climate summit as usual platitudes belie call for action Guest Blog As the 2021 United Nations Climate Change conference enters full swing in Glasgow, Tim Baines, counsel in Mayer Brown’s environmental…
The Bribery Act, ten years on: Has it properly tackled corporate misconduct? Tom Baker Marking the ten-year anniversary of the Bribery Act, senior white-collar lawyers from private practice and in-house have agreed that significant…
The management interview – James Palmer Tom Baker Legal Business: What has the pandemic taught you about leadership? James Palmer: Everything teaches me. The last 15 months or…
The Legal 500: Competition: Close competition Charles Avery ‘Brexit was a big moment,’ notes Allen & Overy (A&O) London antitrust group head Mark Friend. ‘It has big ramifications…
Legal Business 100: Main Menu Legal Business Overview Marathon, not a sprint Events since coronavirus hit should have triggered a crisis of epic proportions. But our LB100…
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 Overview: Marathon, not a sprint Nathalie Tidman The phrase has long been a cliché among industry circles, but no-one is better at being cautiously optimistic than a…
LB100 Second 25: The great leap upwards Tom Baker Analysing and then explaining the performance of the LB100’s 26-50 bracket is far from straightforward. The monumental disruption of the last…
LB100 Second 50: Regional View – Faster, higher, stronger Mark McAteer The regional and smaller national firms that sit in the 51-100 bracket of the Legal Business 100 (LB100) have again…
LB100 Second 50: City and Boutique – Percentage play Mark McAteer The 21 London-based firms that sit in the second half of the LB100, many of which are specialist, focused players,…
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