‘We expect the highest standards of behaviour’: Finance partner leaves Slaughter and May following investigation Thomas Alan A partner has left Slaughter and May following an internal investigation, the firm has confirmed today (18 November). Finance partner…
End of an era for Travers as Reed to succeed Patient as managing partner Nathalie Tidman David Patient is to hand the Travers Smith managing partner baton to private equity partner Edmund Reed, the firm announced…
Revolving doors: partner recruitment takes on more international hue with key hires in Asia and Middle East Mark McAteer Global 100 heavyweight Milbank has made the most significant lateral hire play of the past week, hiring not one but…
LB100 Second 50 – Regional view: Make do and mend Mark McAteer While smaller regional and national firms gained significant ground on their London rivals in last year’s Legal Business 100 (LB100)…
LB100 Second 25: Once more unto the breach Nathalie Tidman A 10% jump in average revenue to £149.2m for firms ranked 26-50 in the LB100 appears to extend the robust…
LB100 overview: The end of the beginning Thomas Alan Could anyone have known what was coming? A year ago, the 2019 Legal Business 100 (LB100) report read: ‘After a…
Der Freshfields-Skandal Anna Baubock It’s 9 September in the German parliament. Stefan Liebich of the democratic socialist party, Die Linke, stands up to quiz…
LB100: Partner earnings Legal Business * Lists the 50 firms by highest top of equity that provided full equity spread data on their completed LB100…
LB100 Second 50 – City and Boutique: Focus for victory Mark McAteer The combined turnover for the 19 London firms that sit in the second half of this year’s Legal Business 100…
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: Main table 2020 Legal Business Best viewed full screen – click full screen button on bottom right of table.
Access your print copy online – LB298 Legal Business While much of the country works from home we are providing more options for you to access your copy of…
The Last Word: The home front Legal Business ‘We are determined to see this as a long-term issue and are not taking short-term measures or cutting costs.’ Kathleen…
Falling angels: Freshfields faces cum-ex repercussions John Pritchard It has been a difficult year for Freshfields. In PR terms it has been an annus horribilis, and the enormity…
Legal Business returns to anything but normal – new or otherwise Mark McAteer So, after a six-month hiatus we have returned and much has changed. Writing this as we enter a second national…
The Legal 500 View: Ranking the top firms in the new normal Georgina Stanley Legal 500 UK editor Georgina Stanley on the headline data and what’s new in this year’s guide With thousands of…
Dealwatch: strategic acquisitions, disposals and restructuring moves dominate as firms continue advice on Covid-19 fallout Nathalie Tidman As has become customary in recent months, the deal market last week was characterised as being noticeably coronavirus driven – particularly in…
