Seal of approval: the LB100 firms with the strongest client recommendations Kate Peacock New data has revealed the LB100 firms that clients most strongly recommend, with Leigh Day emerging as the top-scoring firm…
Revolving Doors: Three leave Taylor Wessing after merger vote, while Gibson Dunn taps Freshfields for APAC rebuild Eliza Winter Mayer Brown has hired City real estate duo Mark Rajbenbach and Victoria Butcher from Taylor Wessing, ahead of the UK…
Defining disputes: five blockbuster cases to watch in 2026 Eliza Winter After a year in which the courts sent clear signals on how collective and funded claims are likely to progress,…
Freshfields and Slaughters among international line-up on €5bn Deutsche Börse deal Will Lewallen Freshfields and Slaughter and May are among a raft of firms advising on Deutsche Börse’s planned €5.3bn acquisition of Allfunds,…
Slaughters and Freshfields lead on Zurich’s fresh £7.7bn bid for FTSE 100 insurer Theresa Hargreaves Slaughter and May and Freshfields are advising on Zurich Insurance Group’s £7.7bn bid for FTSE 100 insurer Beazley. Slaughters is…
Kirkland, Simpson Thacher and Latham top LSEG PE rankings as partners look ahead to 2026 Will Lewallen Kirkland & Ellis was the top performing firm for PE-backed M&A globally in 2025, advising on 293 deals worth a…
Gibson Dunn to open in Spain with Freshfields corporate heavyweight Eliza Winter Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has continued its recent European expansion with the hire of a heavyweight corporate partner from Freshfields…
‘It was seismic’ – the 2025 rulings that will reshape the London disputes market this year Eliza Winter The number of claims filed in the commercial court may have hit a five-year low in 2025 but, in other…
Ashurst, Linklaters and Clifford Chance ramp up capital contributions as LLPs highlight CC’s CEE spin-off Will Lewallen Ashurst, Clifford Chance and Linklaters all significantly ramped up capital contributions from partners during the 2024-25 financial year, according to…
Skadden recruits former Freshfields global managing partner and Latham London KC Kate Peacock Skadden has made a pair of high-profile partner hires in just one day, building its offices in Brussels and London…
Freshfields rebuilds German PE with Kirkland hire after four-partner exit to Latham Will Lewallen Freshfields has added four new partners to its private equity and M&A partnership in Germany and Austria as the firm…
Trading places: Paul Hastings hires Cravath investigations chair as Paul Weiss private credit co-head departs Eliza Winter Paul Hastings has hired disputes heavyweight John Buretta (pictured) as co-chair of its litigation department, marking the firm’s fourth partner…
US firms top UK and global rankings in record year for M&A megadeals Kate Peacock US firms dominated the M&A rankings in 2025, according to the latest data from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG),…
Hot markets and mega-deals: M&A partners on 2025 trends and hopes for the new year Kate Peacock Despite a tumultuous first half of the year, as Trump’s tariffs shook global markets, a wave of mega-deals in H2…
Freshfields accounts reveal 6% revenue rise for 2024-25 as US sees fastest growth Will Lewallen Freshfields saw revenue grow by 6% to £2.25bn during the 2024-25 financial year, the firm’s newly filed limited liability partnership…
Revolving Doors: Latham swipes German transactions team from Freshfields as Ropes rebuilds in private equity Theresa Hargreaves Latham & Watkins has significantly bolstered its German PE and M&A practices with the hire of a total of four…
Revolving Doors: A&O Shearman builds in Riyadh as Kirkland, Paul Hastings, and more make flurry of City hires Eliza Winter Kirkland & Ellis has strengthened its London antitrust and competition practice this week with a double partner hire from Weil.…
External investment trend continues as offshore leader seals private equity deal Will Lewallen Offshore law firm Walkers has agreed a deal with private equity house Vitruvian Partners to co-invest in its corporate services…
‘Anything that begins with admin is at risk’ – the pressures fuelling firms’ business services cuts Eliza Winter Recent weeks have seen a flurry of major law firms confirm plans to restructure their paralegal ranks and business services…
The law firms impressing clients with their commerciality – and what GCs want Theresa Hargreaves ‘My expectation is that law firms understand my business, my needs, and my pain points.’ This statement from one GC…
