Leadership: Maclay Murray & Spens CEO Smylie to step down as Shand takes the reins Legal Business After a tough three years Maclay Murray & Spens’ (MMS) chief executive Chris Smylie is to step down from his…
Blue sky thinking – A&O initiative to adopt and roll out new business ideas from clients Jaishree Kalia Following on from its roll out of high-end contract lawyer service Peerpoint last November, Allen & Overy is continuing to challenge…
41 jobs at risk at Keoghs as top 60 insurance firm blames legal services reforms David Stevenson Legal services market reforms are being blamed for job losses at Bolton-based UK top 60 insurance firm Keoghs, which has…
Guest Post: See Talent. Liberate it. Legal Business It’s been viewed online nearly seven million times. Sheryl Sandberg calls it one of the most important documents ever to…
Damned statistics: BLP and Ashurst report higher trainee retention rates from smaller intakes Jaishree Kalia Firms have kick-started the year reporting high trainee retention rates with Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Ashurst retaining the vast…
Guest post: See Talent. Feed It. Legal Business Turnabout. I recently wrote about how to demoralize, discourage, and disenchant top talent. This is about how to retain that talent.…
King & Wood Mallesons reshuffles management team again following partner exit Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has made another change to its practice management team just months after restructuring its leadership…
Leadership: Herbert Smith Freehills unveils new joint CEOs David Stevenson After much speculation, Herbert Smith Freehills announced today that it has appointed Sonya Leydecker (pictured) and Mark Rigotti as joint…
Leadership: Eversheds favours client management specialist Paul Smith in chairman vote Jaishree Kalia Eversheds has named litigator and former Tyco relationship partner Paul Smith as its next chairman as current incumbent John Heaps…
Management overhaul for KWM SJ Berwin as dual corporate heads replace Davis Legal Business As King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin beds down its $1bn merger the Sino-Australian and UK giant has announced further changes…
‘People were ready’ – Immelt to become sole Hogan Lovells CEO as Harris and Gorrell to stand down Sarah Downey The sensitive issue of governance has hung over Hogan Lovells since the 2010 merger that created the Anglo-American giant but…
Comment: Victories, defeats and growing up – Ashurst faces up to life after Charlie Alex Novarese Here’s one anecdote that didn’t make it into this month’s extended focus on Ashurst. Sometime soon after the firm had pulled…
Redundancy watch: Pannone to make job cuts following Slater & Gordon takeover Sarah Downey Manchester’s Pannone is offering voluntary redundancies to around 100 staff as a result of its recently announced takeover by Slater…
After Charlie’s War – can Ashurst achieve post-merger prosperity under a new leader? Jaishree Kalia A recession-weary Ashurst has finalised a long-planned but high-stakes global merger – only to eject the leader synonymous with its…
Leadership: Dick Tyler ‘ready for a change’ as CMS elects Penelope Warne as senior partner Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna has elected its first-ever female senior partner, as UK managing director and head of energy Penelope Warne…
Merit driven pay – Slaughter and May introduces discretionary associate bonus Legal Business Building on its decision earlier this year to introduce an element of merit to its associate pay, Slaughter and May…
Leadership: Watson Farley managing partner Michael Greville stands down Sarah Downey Watson, Farley & Williams (WFW) has announced that longstanding managing partner Michael Greville has stepped down from his role as…
Clifford Chance global managing partner vote: Layton takes the crown Sarah Downey The long-awaited decision over who will replace David Childs as Clifford Chance’s global managing partner (MP) has been announced, with the…
Leadership: Andrew Saul takes over as senior partner at Osborne Clarke Legal Business With its half year revenues up by 12% and following a two-year period of international investment, Osborne Clarke‘s (OC’s) UK…
Guest post: ‘Chasing short term profits is the enemy of long-term success’ – A conversation with Freshfields’ Ted Burke Legal Business I recently had the chance to sit down with Ted Burke, outgoing managing partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. I’ve known…
