Legal Business Awards 2020 – Restructuring Team of the Year Nathalie Tidman The entries were reviewed and our panel of general counsel judges delivered their verdicts: we are now delighted to reveal…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Commercial Litigation Team of the Year Thomas Alan After much back-and-forth between the judges in a keenly contested category, we are now delighted to reveal the winner of…
Life During Law: Andrew Ballheimer Nathalie Tidman I’m the son of immigrants and they were intent that I had an education, so I had to become a…
Life During Law: Andrew Ballheimer Nathalie Tidman I’m the son of immigrants and they were intent that I had an education, so I had to become a…
A&O aims to tackle ‘uncomfortable truth’ with 2025 ethnic diversity targets Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy is confronting the must-solve issue of achieving ethnic diversity in City law with a raft of new…
A&O shrugs off lockdown to hike revenues 4% to £1.69bn in first post-pandemic results from UK law elite Alex Novarese There has been much speculation about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the profession but the first set of…
Comment: Allen & Overy’s election delivered an all-star line-up but have the big issues been resolved? Alex Novarese Towards the end of 2019, Legal Business remarked that the issue at the heart of Allen & Overy (A&O)’s looming…
A&O takes coronavirus threat to task with raft of belt-tightening measures Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has pre-empted a likely financial hit from the coronavirus crisis with a host of measures, including altering…
A&O defies coronavirus turbulence to lure back New York litigation partner Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has not let market turmoil wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic get in the way of its US…
A&O bullish on US investment drive with hire of federal enforcement firepower in DC Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has again thrown itself behind its strategy to accelerate investment in its US business after fruitless merger…
Allen & Overy’s election delivered an all-star line-up but have the big issues been resolved? Alex Novarese Towards the end of 2019, Legal Business remarked that the issue at the heart of Allen & Overy (A&O)’s looming…
Magic Circle trio ask City staff to work from home as coronavirus crisis deepens Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy (A&O), Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance have asked City staff to work from home in a bid to mitigate…
Shearman & Sterling quiet on London amid muted 1% global revenue growth Thomas Alan Global revenue at Shearman & Sterling barely grew last year as the firm marginally improved its key metrics while not…
Seward misses out as A&O names its Price for managing partner successor Nathalie Tidman After a hard-fought election which saw four vie for leadership, the Allen & Overy (A&O) partnership has thrown its weight…
A&O re-elects Dejonghe for a second term after heavyweight challenge Nathalie Tidman After what was viewed as a too-close-to-call contest, Allen & Overy (A&O) partners have elected Wim Dejonghe as senior partner…
Keeping pace with change: A&O becomes latest City firm to usher in parental leave reforms Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the latest City firm to update its policies for working families, ushering in extensions…
Essential to success: A&O reviewing equity point cut in Germany Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy (A&O) is reviewing equity points for partners in Germany, following a gruelling few years which saw a shift…
A&O gains Shanghai approval on the back of double-digit Asia-Pac growth Nathalie Tidman After boosting its Asia Pacific turnover by more than 10% last year, Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the latest…
LLP accounts: Pension costs hurt CC profits as A&O leadership sees pay increases Marco Cillario Operating profit at Clifford Chance (CC) UK LLP fell 5% to £260m in the year to 30 April 2019 amid…
Dejonghe to stand again as A&O senior partner as six leadership hopefuls revealed Nathalie Tidman As voters head to the polls on UK general election day, Allen & Overy (A&O) has confirmed the names of…
