Financials 2020/21: revenues up just £1m at CMS UK despite modest global growth Tom Baker CMS UK unveiled a muted set of financial results today (5 July), with revenues inching up from £566m to £567m as…
Revolving doors: Ashurst and King & Spalding expand transactional teams Tom Baker There was a transactional theme to this week’s lateral partner recruitment, as Ashurst, King & Spalding, Pinsent Masons and Squire…
Dealwatch: Global 100 firms bank on €1.8bn Visa deal as payments, gaming and ESG charge the market Nathalie Tidman As Euro 2020 fever well and truly takes hold, the London deal team of Skadden has scored four times in recent days, not…
Arrested development – the legal innovation report Matthew Rushton The legal industry is still fragmenting. Pre-2008 it was an easier game: a buoyant economy, predictable government and a converging…
Legal 500 analysis – is the Magic Circle’s dominance in the UK M&A market under threat? Georgina Stanley ‘It’s a snowball effect. Look at private equity (PE) – that used to be dominated by Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields…
Going viral – Risk management and professional indemnity survey 2021 Mark McAteer Sponsored by After a succession of years in the public eye and with no lack of controversy in 2020, it…
Access your print copy online – LB302 Legal Business While much of the country works from home we are providing more options for you to access your copy of…
Letting go: anathema to a control-freak partner Mark McAteer Two observations from the GC of BT Technology, Chris Fowler, stand out in our innovation feature, ‘Arrested development’. One: ‘If…
The Last Word: The battleground Legal Business ‘Our corporate practice now is the strongest it’s ever been. We feel confident about the future.’ Roland Turnill, Slaughter and…
This time, walk the talk behind the ESG bandwagon Mark McAteer Three letters seem to be everywhere you look these days: ESG. Law firm after law firm seems to be offering…
Life During Law: Simon Beswick Nathalie Tidman I’m one of three brothers. My middle brother David has just retired as partner of Eversheds. Ever since we were…
We good corporate citizens – ESG report Nathalie Tidman ‘There is such a sense that we need to walk the walk. More so than I’ve ever seen before. This…
Revolving doors: Americans are coming as Goodwin, Latham and White & Case make senior European hires Tom Baker Latham & Watkins has taken a London-based partner from the magic circle again, and this time Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s experienced…
Booth takes on new role at The Crown Estate as Cheffings named interim head of legal Tom Baker Rob Booth, one of the leading lights of the in-house legal community, will be stepping away from his position as…
Revolving doors: All-London recruitment round as Proskauer and Trowers make corporate additions Tom Baker Proskauer has appointed M&A partner Rebecca Villarreal from Kirkland & Ellis to its London office to boost the firm’s corporate…
Stevens & Bolton posts eleventh year of turnover growth in latest set of financials Mark McAteer LB100 firm Stevens & Bolton has unveiled solid financial results for 2020/2021, marking 11 consecutive years of revenue growth. In spite…
Revolving doors: Squire Patton Boggs makes bold recruitment statement with team hires in London and Madrid Tom Baker In a significant week of lateral partner recruitment for Squire Patton Boggs, the firm has added new teams in both…
Sponsored briefing: Why are so many turning their back on a traditional career path? Guest Blog I am often asked the reason for the success of the revenue share model. Simply put, it’s down to the…
Revolving Doors: A&O makes US leveraged finance play as Latham strengthens Middle East offering Mark McAteer A number of Global 100 firms have made key hires from each other internationally in a busy week for lateral…
