Not easy out there: A&O adds £75m to its top line amid muted PEP showing Nathalie Tidman Bringing up the rear of the Big Four City firms to post solid but unspectacular financial results, Allen & Overy…
A&O pips Links to the post in Magic Circle NQ pay hikes Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the latest Magic Circle firm to hike its salary for newly-qualified solicitors (NQs) to…
Sponsored briefing: Allen & Overy horizon scans to the workplace of the future Guest Blog A Q&A with Sarah Henchoz, head of employment at Allen & Overy Sarah Henchoz is a partner and head of…
A&O ups the ante on female partner promotions as Skadden ends City investment drought Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has promoted 14 London partners amid a scaled up 34-strong global round while Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher…
SRA attempts to prosecute A&O lawyer over controversial Weinstein gagging deal Tom Baker An Allen & Overy (A&O) solicitor has been recommended for prosecution by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) over a controversial…
No Kira in latest Fuse cohort as A&O announces new start-ups set to join incubator Thomas Alan Leading AI platform Kira Systems will not feature in the latest cohort of tech companies in Allen & Overy (A&O)’s …
Magic Circle leads tech foray as Slaughters unveils tech incubator and Linklaters and A&O back Nivaura in $20m funding round Thomas Alan Slaughter and May has announced today (27 February) its much-anticipated legal tech incubator, Slaughter and May Collaborate, with the firm primed…
Shearman tight-lipped on City revenue amid reduced headcount and 4% global turnover rise Marco Cillario After rising by less than 1% in 2017, Shearman & Sterling’s global revenue grew at a slightly faster pace last…
Deal watch: Latham joins Freshfields and A&O on €5.7bn European buyout as Eversheds acts on €590m UK takeover Marco Cillario Continental Europe provided rich pickings to the global legal elite this week, as Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman agreed to…
Former banking chief Trahair takes the helm of A&O’s consulting and tech arm Nathalie Tidman Andrew Trahair, Allen & Overy’s (A&O) former banking co-head, has been enlisted to head the firm’s Advanced Delivery technology and…
White & Case duo among four solicitors made up in reduced 2018 silk round Tom Baker White & Case arbitration partners Dipen Sabharwal (pictured) and Aloke Ray make up half of the solicitor-advocates taking silk in this…
A&O opening Fuse tech lab for third round as it partners on £1.2m AI legal services project Thomas Alan Allen & Overy (A&O) will open its technology incubator space Fuse to a third group of companies from early next year,…
Banking and finance focus: Back to the future Nathalie Tidman ‘The truth is no-one’s got the faintest idea what finance practices will look like in the future,’ shrugs Tony Bugg,…
Disputes round-up: Supreme Court loss for Pfizer as Mishcon’s Levitt QC returns to the Bar Tom Baker Allen & Overy (A&O) client Pfizer has lost a landmark Supreme Court battle against a host of manufacturers, leaving it vulnerable…
Stars and stripes in their eyes – assessing the US ambitions of A&O and Freshfields Nathalie Tidman Nathalie Tidman looks at the struggle for the City elite as US players dominate home and away ‘People like me,…
Deal watch: City high-flyers land jumbo £4.4bn BA pension deal as Blackstone’s buying spree continues Nathalie Tidman City heavyweights Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC) and Eversheds Sutherland have landed key roles on Legal & General’s £4.4bn…
Draining the swamp – Do NDAs represent a #MeToo problem for the profession? Nathalie Tidman A light has lately shone on a legal document which, by definition, should never bask in the sunshine. The saga,…
A&O matches Magic Circle’s sluggish gender pay gap progress after finally releasing partner pay stats Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy’s (A&O) response to criticism over its failure to disclose the pay gap between male and female partners has…
A&O Fuse start-up among first to take space at Barclays’ law tech lab Hamish McNicol A start-up from Allen & Overy’s (A&O) Fuse innovation hub is one of the first 17 companies to join banking…
‘Strong pipeline’: pay bump for A&O trainees and associates amid 80% retention rate Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has become the latest Magic Circle firm to announce pay increases for its trainees and newly qualified…
