Sole-adviser relationships: Commitment issues Hamish McNicol Commitment. Marriage. Honeymoon. Divorce. Conversations about single-supplier legal advisory mandates are rife with relationship-strewn analogies. While no two arrangements are…
Moves of the month Legal Business White & Case maintained its recent hiring spree in its litigation practice with the recruitment of Chris Brennan from Addleshaw…
Crunching the data – Trends and tribulations Legal Business The Partnership Scoreboard – Trends and tribulations As part of our analysis of the modern realities of partnership, Legal Business…
The risk debate: Silver linings playbook Mark McAteer The decade since the fall of Lehman has seen some dramatic changes to the profession, not least law firms’ risk…
The Euro Elite Overview: Ode to Joy Dominic Carman The good times are back in Europe – at least for now – making growth the word on every managing…
Partnership Perspectives Tom Baker ‘The Dickensian management role of closed doors is a thing of the past.’ Jonathan Kewley, partner and co-head of Clifford…
The Euro Elite: Italy – And yet it moves Marco Cillario Looking out of the window of his office overlooking the picturesque Piazza del Duomo on a rainy April afternoon, one…
Refreshing revamps: EDF and Co-op Group look to new firms in panel reviews Hamish McNicol One of the UK’s big six energy suppliers, EDF Energy, has nearly halved its external advisers in a bid to…
Rosenblatt unveils third-party funding ambitions following £43m float Tom Baker London litigation specialist Rosenblatt became the fourth UK firm to list in May, simultaneously revealing plans to establish a third-party…
Client Intelligence Report: Data View – Euro Elite Focus David Burgess The European region of the Client Intelligence Report received feedback from just over 2,500 in-house lawyers and legal spend decision…
Veteran Novartis GC Ehrat steps down over ‘error’ in Trump lawyer agreement Hamish McNicol A longstanding and well-respected member of the in-house community, Felix Ehrat has abruptly stepped down from his role as general…
Disputes Eye: A no-brainer? How tech can save your client £2m Tom Baker With proposed procedural overhauls to disclosure going down like a lead balloon with the Law Society, technology is being touted…
Focus: Wild West or new frontier? Securities counsel divided as the cryptocurrency ‘float’ rears its blockchained head Marco Cillario Marco Cillario sizes up the pros and cons for legal advisers of the current ICO boom ‘We are in an…
Europe’s elite continues robust performance as multi-site firms prosper Marco Cillario The mood among most managing partners at independent law firms from Lisbon to Moscow is certainly upbeat. And for good…
The Euro Elite 100 – The Main Table Legal Business Baltics Firm Total lawyers Total partners No. of offices Sorainen 219 32 4 Ellex 195 41 3 COBALT 182 32…
Asia calling: Linklaters and CMS confirm local law capability in Shanghai and Hong Kong Marco Cillario Recent announcements from Linklaters and CMS have provided a fillip to international firms looking to gain a surer footing in…
Aviation focus: Winds of change Catherine Wycherley Uncertainty seems to be the only thing lawyers working in Europe’s aviation sector can count on these days. The recent…
DLA joins Brexit march to Dublin after finding the right kind of leader Hamish McNicol William Fry’s David Carthy will join the firm to head new office The decision of DLA Piper to join a…
