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…
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…
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…
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…
Waiting for Carney – hard times and hard choices for restructuring counsel Nathalie Tidman ‘Restructuring types will tell you the market’s just about to take off. It’s all going to hell in a handcart…
A dramatic break with lockstep for Freshfields but will it be enough to galvanise the City giant? Nathalie Tidman Nathalie Tidman assesses the Magic Circle firm’s high-stakes partnership shake-up ‘Freshfields has overhauled its partnership for two reasons – to…
Mid-pack pacesetters go early with half-year financials as performance matches expectations Tom Baker Two of this year’s best-performing mid-pack firms in the Legal Business 100 (LB100), Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) and Fieldfisher,…
DLA Piper chief Picón joins Latham in shock move as Ropes names first female chair Tom Baker In a move that set tongues wagging on both sides of the pond, DLA Piper senior partner and global co-chair…
November spawns more monsters for Ashurst as corporate and disputes partners depart Marco Cillario Three partners exit in two weeks November was not an easy month for beleaguered Ashurst, with the firm hit by…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ditching lockstep – better too late than never? Alex Novarese ‘Lockstep in its current form has to go. It’s just not working.’ Legal Business, June 2015 ‘The current incarnation of…
Keystone becomes second UK law firm to float in 2017 while Gordon Dadds goes shopping Kathryn McCann Recently listed Gordon Dadds acquires tax advisory business CW Energy November saw New Law player Keystone Law become the third…
Sponsored briefing: Adoption of predictive coding for legal document review Guest Blog Navigant’s Tanya Gross asks how close are we to mainstream acceptance? Predictive coding helps tackle large document review exercises. It…
