95p to own a share of Gateley: Firm targets 8 June for admission onto AIM Legal Business Gateley has set 8 June as its expected admission date onto the AIM listing, giving it little over a week…
Guest post: Warning signs – Who’s to blame when commoditised legal services go wrong? Legal Business The recent Court of Appeal decision in Proctor v Raleys [2015] EWCA Civ 400 raises the interesting question as to…
Harnessing ‘new technologies’: Dentons launches NextLaw Labs to boost innovation Legal Business Dentons has launched a collaborative venture, NextLaw Labs, focused on developing, deploying and investing in new technologies and processes for…
‘First mover advantage’: Gateley reveals details of IPO as it launches UK float Legal Business Gateley has revealed the details of its planned initial public offering (IPO) including its board and lock-in provisions as it…
Fee transparency: Olswang, OC, Taylor Wessing and 12 others sign up to service to reduce legal fee disputes Legal Business Taylor Wessing, Olswang and CMS Cameron McKenna are amongst a host of firms to sign up to Apperio – a…
Branching out: RPC, Eversheds and Bird & Bird create new consultancy offerings Legal Business The recent push by major UK firms into non-legal services looks set to continue, with Bird & Bird and RPC…
Guest post: Can Big Firms Innovate – and if so how? Legal Business ‘Innovation’ seems to be on everyone’s lips these days. Among other things, the problems are: many people, lawyers in particular,…
Targeting 50 clients by year end: DLA Piper develops e-learning tool in quality drive and to sell Legal Business Not wanting to be outdone by their US colleagues, who recently launched DLA Piper’s first non-legal entity selling cybersecurity software…
‘A more comprehensive solution’: Bird & Bird creates IT consultancy Legal Business Partners at Bird & Bird have joined the rush to expand into consultancy work, launching an IT project consultancy Baseline…
Bringing lawyers and consultants ‘under the same roof’: Eversheds launches financial services consulting arm Legal Business Eversheds has expanded its consulting services business, Eversheds Consulting, with the launch of a financial services regulatory compliance offering, and…
‘Willingness to do things differently’: RPC to try hand at management consultancy Legal Business RPC is set to launch a new management consultancy business to target its core insurance sector clients, and has hired…
Lawyers on tap: Addleshaw Goddard to establish flexible resourcing capability Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard (AG) is looking to establish a flexible resourcing capability by creating a pool of qualified lawyers and paralegals…
Addleshaw Goddard to establish flexible resourcing capability after strategy revamp Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard (AG) is looking to establish a flexible resourcing capability by creating a pool of qualified lawyers and paralegals…
Online service take two: Allen & Overy re-launches e-business Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O), which recently has set the pace for providing alternative service delivery models such as its PeerPoint…
‘An investment in Europe’: Latham & Watkins to open nearshoring office in Manchester Legal Business US firm Latham & Watkins has announced internally that it will open a business services office in Manchester during the…
Innovation: a driving force in reshaping the legal sector Legal Business Baker Tilly’s George Bull sets the scene for change. Visiting clients in Chicago a few years ago, I saw in…
Guest post: Watson, I presume? (or how I learned to stop worrying and love disruption in law) Bruce MacEwen I’m often asked – on a panel last month in Europe and on a panel later this month right here…
‘At the forefront of changes in our market’: A&O targets 100 more recruits in Belfast Jaishree Kalia Three years on from the launch of its Belfast legal and support services centre, Allen & Overy (A&O) has exceeded…
Leadership and innovation – Profession, disrupt thyself? Legal Business The Innovator’s Dilemma has become arguably the most influential business book of the last 20 years and is often cited…
‘More flexible models’: Simmons launches contract lawyer service with Adaptive Legal Business Simmons & Simmons has become the latest firm to jump on the innovation bandwagon with the launch of a high-end…
