Sponsored briefing: Navigating the demands of innovation and market integrity: a panoramic view of the fintech regulatory regime in Ghana Guest Blog Addison Bright Sloane’s Victoria Bright provides an insight into Ghana’s burgeoning fintech market
The Legal 500 IP: Validity in the opposition William Farrington A cursory glance at The Legal 500’s IP coverage – which was recently split into a distinct patents table alongside…
Arrested development – the legal innovation report Matthew Rushton The legal industry is still fragmenting. Pre-2008 it was an easier game: a buoyant economy, predictable government and a converging…
Sponsored briefing: Malaysia’s intellectual property regime in the new normal Guest Blog Gan Partnership’s Alex Choo, Lim Zhi Jian and Bahari Yeow assess how well Malaysia is equipped to deal with intellectual…
Sponsored briefing: Technical expertise in intellectual property litigation in Portugal Guest Blog António Magalhães Cardoso and Marta Alves Vieira discuss technical expertise in IP litigation matters Complex intellectual property (IP) litigation matters…
Sponsored briefing: German interlocutory injunction proceedings in patent matters under review of CJEU Guest Blog Clemens Rübel discusses patent matters under review by the CJEU in Germany The requirements of granting interlocutory injunctions in patent…
Guest post: How legal services providers should be changing their models for the digital age Guest Blog Covid-19 continues to disrupt our personal and professional norms. In business – particularly, the legal industry – seismic shifts are…
‘Impossible to predict’ coronavirus fallout sees Gateley cancel £3m dividend and suspend guidance Hamish McNicol Listed law firm Gateley has withheld more than £3m in shareholder payouts to keep hold of cash with activity dented…
‘Doesn’t fit a law firm’: Kennedys looks to prove smarts with IQ technology arm spin-off Hamish McNicol Kennedys has become the latest firm to spin off part of its services offering and open up to external investment in…
Axiom break-off rebrands after failing to find a buyer as LOD launches second German hub Thomas Alan Axiom Managed Solutions (AMS) has abandoned efforts to sell to new investors following its split from Axiom, instead rebranding as…
Ince stock plummets as firm seeks £16m from shareholders Thomas Alan Shares in listed law firm Ince Group fell drastically today (15 January) after the company called for an additional £16m in…
Sponsored briefing: Legal tech – Too much of a good thing? Guest Blog Artwork and imagery used by kind permission of Haynes Publishing Group, a leading supplier of content, data and innovative workflow…
Pinsents launches flexi-lawyering brand Vario in Germany following New Law acquisitions Thomas Alan Pinsent Masons has finalised two alternative legal services acquisitions, enabling the firm to launch its flexible lawyering business Vario in…
‘Dynamic and excellent’: A&O chooses Johannesburg for second cost-saving hub as Steptoe launches in Hong Kong with CC pair Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has built on the success of its Belfast cost-saving centre with the launch of another in Johannesburg as…
Ashurst joins flexible lawyering bandwagon as DWF completes BT Law acquisition Thomas Alan Ashurst has teamed up with US-based law company Elevate and Cognia Law to offer clients flexible lawyering through the firm’s…
‘Not a chance’: Reed Smith rules out a listing as it lands ABS licence approval Thomas Alan Reed Smith has made good on its plans to secure an alternative business structure (ABS) licence from the Solicitors Regulation…
New tricks – Can law firms beat New Law disruptors at their own game? Hamish McNicol Lee Ranson was restless. It was late 2018 and Eversheds Sutherland’s co-chief needed something different: a viable plan to double…
Growth and investment define New Law as frontrunners make big gains Thomas Alan Industry pioneers are attracting public and private interest in alternative models While many lofty predictions of New Law’s rise remain…
Practice management tech: Made to measure Anthony Notaras The successful application of technology to a law firm’s business ultimately hinges on one key question: is it technology that…
E-discovery: Cloud atlas Legal Business No matter how much technology accelerates cumbersome processes like document review, the human element must always be hovering in the…
