Legal tech focus: Is Kira the real deal? Hamish McNicol AI contract analysis system Kira has been on a trying journey. Having landed $50m in funding, Hamish McNicol and Thomas…
Under the influence – how pressure to climb the ladder can corrupt in-house counsel Richard Moorhead Being risk savvy and commercially aware is the equivalent of ‘leaning in’ for today’s in-house lawyer. Can one do this…
Reports of the death of CC’s sponsor practice prove exaggerated but surviving isn’t thriving Marco Cillario Marco Cillario finds much more substance to CC’s PE business than the usual critique but stopping managed relative decline will…
Keystone becomes second UK law firm to float in 2017 while Gordon Dadds goes shopping Kathryn McCann Recently listed Gordon Dadds acquires tax advisory business CW Energy November saw New Law player Keystone Law become the third…
Solid foundations but a struggle to build – Can BLP regain the confidence of its 2000s heyday? Multiple Authors Last year did not run smoothly for Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). Merger talks with Greenberg Traurig publicly fell apart amid…
Focus: Hengeler Mueller Legal Business Lawyer headcount 264 Partners 90 Revenue €257m (+6%) Offices Berlin, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Shanghai Key clients General Electric,…
Focus: Gide Loyrette Nouel Legal Business Lawyer headcount 503 Partners 104 Revenue €190m (-1%) Offices Paris, Brussels, London, Warsaw, Moscow, Istanbul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Ho…
Focus: Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners Legal Business Lawyer headcount 425 Partners 87 Revenue €124m (+5%) Offices Rome, Milan, Bologna, Padua, Turin, Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Hong Kong, London…
Focus: Wolf Theiss Legal Business Lawyer headcount 307 Partners 64 Revenue €70m (-10%) Offices Belgrade, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Kiev, Ljubljana, Prague, Sarajevo, Sofia, Tirana, Vienna,…
Focus: Garrigues Legal Business Lawyer headcount 1,408 Partners 297 Revenue €349.4m (+3%) Offices Spain: A Coruña, Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Las Palmas, Madrid, Málaga, Murcia,…
Focus: Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer Matthew Field London office headcount: 69 lawyers, 19 partners Fee-earner headcount change since 2011: n/a London head: Tim Frazer Office speciality: Life…
Can Shearman finally get ahead of the curve after 15 years of diminishing returns? Legal Business Georgiana Tudor assesses the New York-headquartered firm’s sluggish development Like all major global law firms, Shearman & Sterling has had…
No more Taylor Who? Flair and a bit of vision take Taylor Wessing to next step but what now? Matthew Field Matthew Field and Victoria Young talk to Taylor Wessing head Tim Eyles and assess the firm’s prospects ‘When Tim Eyles…
David made Goliath – Kerr on Bird & Bird’s re-invention as a leading global TMT shop Legal Business Victoria Young talks to veteran chief David Kerr about growing pains and going even more global There’s no doubt chief…
‘We needed to move on’: Why Fieldfisher has turned its back on the dating game Legal Business Victoria Young speaks to the management duo about the transformed mid-market player ‘We’ll be the first to admit the firm…
The £637m bet – Slater & Gordon on its daring play in UK’s personal injury market Legal Business Michael West talks to the Australian PI giant about its eventful Quindell acquisition After over three months of intensive due…
Silver linings playbook: can Norton Rose Fulbright bring its disputes team into the global elite? Legal Business Sarah Downey assesses the post-merger state of NRF’s dispute resolution practice With Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)’s eye-catching union now over…
Always a bridesmaid: can Nabarro revive itself post-Lehman without a partner? Legal Business Sarah Downey reports on the property leader’s attempts to position itself. With its five-year financial performance standing out as one…
Rest in pieces Legal Business Reckless ambition, inept management and greed: a case study in how not to run a law firm In February 2009,…
