Law firms

Nathalie Tidman

Private equity heavyweights gained major mandates as the bidding war for Signature Aviation took a riveting twist, while the US-driven…

Tom Baker

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has reinforced its considerable disputes strength with a senior hire, as a host of firms focused…

Tom Baker

Missouri-bred Armstrong Teasdale has made an ambitious London launch via the acquisition of Kerman & Co and its 50 lawyers…

Nathalie Tidman

Those familiar with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s modus operandi will barely know what’s hit them this month as the usually conservative New York  outfit launched a…

Guest Blog

Successful professional people are notoriously reluctant to take on the mantle of leadership. Increasingly, there are excellent reasons why they…

Nathalie Tidman

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has responded to the ever-increasing demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) capabilities with the launch of a…

Tom Baker

Pinsent Masons and Addleshaw Goddard have made significant office openings in Europe, while a host of other firms have expanded…

Nathalie Tidman

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has sought to draw a line under an uncomfortable chapter for the firm with a €10m payment…

Tom Baker

Legal Business’ recent analysis of Ireland’s legal market warned against underestimating the resilience of the Irish, so Mason Hayes & Curran’s less-than-catastrophic 6% dip in…

Tom Baker

Maintaining the international flavour of recent lateral hiring activity, Clifford Chance, Kirkland & Ellis, RPC and Reed Smith have all…

Guest Blog

Traditional leadership models suggest people hanker for a hero in time of crisis. That’s an unfamiliar and uncomfortable role for…

Nathalie Tidman

It is often said that the legal industry excels in extreme market conditions and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s 2020…

Tom Baker

In what has been a fast-paced start to 2021, a host of firms including Hogan Lovells, Shearman & Sterling, Clyde…

Nathalie Tidman

The whimpering conclusion to the three-year saga that dragged City law into the middle of #MeToo could hardly have been more frustrating for everyone concerned. The Solicitors…

Tom Baker

Listed firm Knights may have posted a robust 45% rise in 2021 half-year revenues from £31.9m to £46.2m, but acknowledged that without…

Tom Baker

In an expansive start to the new year, UK firms Kennedys , TLT  and Clyde & Co have established new frontiers at home…

Nathalie Tidman

Innovative, Covid-driven transactions have continued to emerge in recent months, with the first working week of 2021 proving no exception.…

Nathalie Tidman

Change is afoot at City leader Macfarlanes as Luke Powell has been lined up to succeed Julian Howard as managing…

Tom Baker

Firms have doubled down on their recruitment efforts in the new year as the likes of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner…

Guest Blog

In March last year – as the Covid-19 crisis gathered pace – I wrote in Legal Business that if you’re a…