Nick Thomas to stand uncontested for a fifth five-year term as Kennedys’ senior partner Kathryn McCann Longstanding senior partner Nick Thomas is to stand uncontested for a fifth five-year term as senior partner at insurance specialist…
Squires to hold leadership election as European managing partner Crossley prepares to step down Legal Business A leadership battle at Squire Patton Boggs will take place as long-standing leader Peter Crossley has confirmed he will step…
Eversheds starts talks on new management structure as leadership election looms Kathryn McCann Eversheds has begun talks to forge a new leadership team as the firm strives to avoid a divisive contest after…
RPC Consulting targets £50m turnover in plans to challenge Big Four Legal Business RPC‘s insurance management consulting arm is pursuing significant expansion as it bids to hit a £50m turnover target within the…
A change at the top: Cleary elects Michael Gerstenzang managing partner Legal Business Elite New York firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has elected Michael Gerstenzang as its next managing partner.
With one hand they give… Greenberg promotes Maher but the name goes in London Legal Business It was an unusual gesture when Greenberg Traurig put Paul Maher’s name in the title of its London practice, even for…
‘Adapt or die’ – K&L’s outspoken chief Kalis to stand down after 20 years at the helm of US giant Sarah Downey He has been one of the longest-serving and most outspoken law firm leaders in the conservative US legal market but…
KWM’s European head Kon to step down early after turbulent period for global giant Legal Business After a bruising 18 months for King & Wood Mallesons‘ European and Middle East business, regional senior partner Stephen Kon…
Taken to the limit – growing risks for law firms Legal Business A buyers’ market for professional indemnity cannot hide law firms’ exposure to growing risks For a profession often accused of…
RPC Consulting targets £50m turnover in plans to challenge Big Four Legal Business New software boosts expansion plans for firm’s start-up RPC’s insurance management consulting arm is pursuing significant expansion as it bids…
Redundancy update: DLA to cut 180 jobs in UK as consultation closes Kathryn McCann DLA Piper is to cut 180 business support roles in the UK, following a consultation that was launched in May…
Dentons European partners to stump up €7m for capital injection Tom Moore The European arm of Dentons has made a capital call to raise an additional €6m to €7m in a move…
Tamara Box takes the reins of Reed Smith’s European practice in management restructure Legal Business Reed Smith has carved up Roger Parker’s role as managing partner for Europe, the Middle East and Asia, with London…
‘It’s belt and braces stuff’: KWM silent as Barclays beefs up lending provisions following financial strain Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has agreed to tightened security over borrowings from its prime lender Barclays Bank following a…
Project Prism: Inside Ashurst’s integration plans Madeleine Farman Ashurst‘s raft of investments are coming to light after managing partner Paul Jenkins flagged those costs as a reason the…
Freshfields makes real estate partner Johnson global finance head Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed real estate finance partner Simon Johnson as its new global head of finance following a…
Baker & McKenzie lifer Chadwick to take City reins as Rawlinson steps up to chair Tom Moore With Paul Rawlinson vacating the London managing partner post at Baker & McKenzie in October after winning the race to…
Paying up: KWM partners vote to inject £14m of extra capital Legal Business An overwhelming majority of King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) European and Middle East partnership has voted in favour of recapitalising…
Q&A: Alan Mason – Freshfields ‘rest of continental Europe’ managing partner on Brexit, cross border M&A and more Legal Business Following his appointment as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer‘s first regional managing partner for the ‘rest of continental Europe’ – for offices…
Cracking the whip: Addleshaws Joyce forced into action to push through recent partnership changes Sarah Downey Noted for introducing a more assertive style of management to Addleshaw Goddard since being elected as managing partner two years…
