Northern exposure – The Scots GC debate Alex Novarese Earlier this year, Legal Business ventured north of the border to highlight the community of commercial counsel flourishing in Scotland…
Client profile: Rushad Abadan, Standard Life Aberdeen Tom Baker The general counsel of the Scots-based investment giant reflects on the lessons of the financial crisis and what it takes…
Moves of the month Marco Cillario As the advance of US players in London continues, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton hired disputes partner James Norris-Jones (pictured)…
Bristows points to Brexit as TMT specialist launches first-ever international office in Brussels Marco Cillario The impact of Britain’s exit from the EU on the international strategy of City firms is still largely obscure –…
Fresh starts – inside the pioneering US school training lawyers on the start-up community Catherine Wycherley Look out law schools, there is a disrupter in town. Naturally, that town is Silicon Valley, the home of innovation.…
The edge of the cliff – Brexit response for worried GCs James Wood For UK business, 2018 will be dominated by one question: when do we push the button on Brexit? Months of…
Education, education, education – the struggle to find quality GC training James Wood Speaking at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum recently, renowned industry futurologist Richard Susskind accused the UK’s law schools of being…
Latham, Ropes and Travers get physical as US buyout house takes control of PureGym in the UK Marco Cillario Leonard Green acquires gym chain for £600m 2017 has continued to provide rich pickings for firms with marquee private equity…
Life during law: Mark Elsey, Ashurst Nathalie Tidman My father was in the Ministry of Defence. There was a naval base in Singapore. Our family moved there when…
Client Intelligence Report: Data view – Who provides better service among the world’s elite – US or UK law firms? James Wood The chart below illustrates the overall key performance indicator (KPI) scores as defined by the Client Intelligence Report (www.clientintelligencereport.com), for 30 of the…
Essex Court forced to clarify position after local Bar outcry over its Singapore play Tom Baker Allied branch will act independently to chambers Essex Court Chambers strengthened its Singapore ties in November by bringing in four…
Dealwatch: 2017 closes out with slew of energy, tech and transport deals Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May advised UK’s ‘big six’ energy providers Npower and SSE on the merger between…
Forget the Silicon Valley guff – can your firm shift course in 2018? Alex Novarese Well, 2017 promised to be a challenging year and it did not disappoint with its disappointment. With the Brexit vote…
Who Represents Who: The data behind the story – AT&T and Time Warner David Burgess To the public dismay of AT&T’s chief executive Randall Stephenson and general counsel David McAtee, the US Department of Justice…
Locke Lord fined, Clydes ex-partner suspended, while Appleby hit by data breach Tom Baker In a tough period for international firms at the hands of legal regulators, US firm Locke Lord received the largest-ever…
Travers’ grip on Bridgepoint challenged as it wins Burger King franchise buyout Nathalie Tidman Travers Smith, one of Bridgepoint’s go-to firms, has sealed another mandate in the form of the private equity (PE) house’s…
Super growth or decline? Which firm are you? Alex Novarese Everyone knows the legal industry has been a different place since the banking crisis but it is only when you…
Clifford Chance partner Panayides to face SDT over Excalibur involvement Tom Baker In another twist in the Excalibur professional negligence saga and a clear sign of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) clamping…
Reversal of fortunes – how three mid-tiers outgunned the City elite for a decade Marco Cillario It is dominated by mid-sized firms while global players and City leaders lag far behind. Watson Farley & Williams (WFW)…
Back to the drawing board Catherine Wycherley You wouldn’t mistake a lawyer for a designer. One is usually armed with a pen and a rulebook, the other…
