The Icarus syndrome – the highs and lows of Slater and Gordon Tom Baker Pride before a fall. Everything was going well when the world’s first listed law firm, Slater and Gordon, announced another…
Slashing to victory – the most dangerous myth Alex Novarese ‘Turnover for vanity, profit for sanity.’ How many times have you heard that phrase or variations of the theme espoused…
Women deal stars: plenty to celebrate so ditch the understatement Alex Novarese In a blow for traditionalists, our latest cover feature eschews profiling a group of hard-working, smart, highly-confident men who are…
A shock to the system as Freshfields heavyweight departs Alex Novarese Given that it has been so well telegraphed that the $10m lateral was coming to the Square Mile, the shock…
Mid-tier Nathalie Tidman Penelope Warne, CMS The gracious style of CMS UK senior partner Penelope Warne (pictured above) belies a practitioner with rock solid…
Finance Nathalie Tidman Yen Sum, Sidley Austin Operating in some of the most fluid areas of finance, restructuring and funds specialist Yen Sum…
Private equity Nathalie Tidman Claire McDaid, Willkie Farr & Gallagher While it is always difficult to untangle the platform from the individual, Willkie Farr…
M&A/Corporate Nathalie Tidman Aedamar Comiskey and Jessamy Gallagher, Linklaters Linklaters’ head of corporate Aedamar Comiskey (pictured above) stands as one of the few…
Alphas – the hunt for female deal stars (and why it’s hard to be a City woman) Nathalie Tidman ‘You will have to go out and find the women – they won’t come to you,’ warns Travers Smith partner…
Higher learning Catherine Wycherley 1998 seems like a lifetime ago, where e-commerce was a fantasy for ordinary people just discovering the internet. Yet 1998…
Disputes Eye: Enyo goes to ground – what next for the pioneering disputes shop? Tom Baker It has been the question raised over wine by many seasoned litigators for months now: what’s going on at Enyo…
The month online: our top ten most popular news items through January Legal Business ‘Embarrassed’ Mishcon partner ‘condemns’ Presidents Club conduct as SDT suspends assault solicitor 25 January Magic Circle scrambles as UK…
Can Freshfields limit the damage as Kirkland tempts PE heavyweight with $10m transfer? Nathalie Tidman Nathalie Tidman assesses the fallout as M&A veteran quits an unsettled City giant Even for a market grown blithe to…
Cadwalader takes multiple hits in London as Milbank and Brown Rudnick swoop in Marco Cillario It has been an expansive start of the year in terms of partner hires for a group of finance-focused US…
Evolutionary forces – US body for legal ops hits Europe as new breed of client emerges James Wood Disruption looms as James Wood reports on first European conference for CLOC Richard Susskind must have lost count of the…
Life during law: Tom Cassels, Linklaters Marco Cillario My family moved from London to Essex in the seventies, we bought a big house with a big garden and…
The big call from BT to MP Catherine Wycherley Darren Jones discusses leaving his role at telecoms giant BT to sit in the UK Parliament Many were surprised when…
Letter from… Milan: Living in style yet still playing the generation game Marco Cillario ‘All the top people in this country have grey hair,’ notes one Milan playmaker. It is a truth Italians know…
Dealwatch: the Magic Circle players kicking off 2018 Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) and Linklaters advised as media company Informa entered talks to acquire events organiser UBM. Corporate partners Katherine…
Carillion collapse: Global 100 firms take centre stage as construction giant enters liquidation Marco Cillario Freshfields is acting for the official receiver One of the largest UK insolvencies for years, the collapse of construction giant…
