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…
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…
Life during law: Richard Crump Tom Baker Never wanted to be a lawyer. I was persuaded to read law at Oxford by my school. I wanted to…
Green investment – The colour of money Greg Hall Pressure for business to ‘go green’ has been building steadily for 20 years. What started as a minority concern has…
Eyes on ‘the prize’ – BCLP’s leaders on going all-in for transatlantic union Alex Novarese LB: What was the background to the merger talks? Therese Pritchard (TP): I started it. It’s my fault. In February…
Client profile: Richard Price, Anglo American Hamish McNicol Shortly before Richard Price went in-house as group general counsel (GC) and company secretary at Anglo American, the legal team’s…
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…
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: 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…
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…
Practice Area Spotlight: Competition and regulatory – leading experts and high-profile cases Guest Blog Business transactions regularly require a careful analysis from a competition law point of view. We at Prager Dreifuss have excellent…
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…
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…
The Euro Elite Top 25 Legal Business Rank Firm Region The Legal 500 rank Size rank Lawyers Partners Recent partner promotions Offices Revenue 1 Loyens & Loeff…
Yet unremarked, generational conflict cripples City law Alex Novarese Our cover feature this month largely speaks for itself in assessing the changing face of partnership as Millennials begin colonising…
The Euro Elite Methodology Legal Business Legal Business’ Euro Elite comprises independent law firms based in more than 40 European jurisdictions, rather than the local offices…
BCLP: A slightly better sales pitch than expected Alex Novarese It would take a generous observer of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) to claim the once sure-footed outfit had managed anything…
The Euro Elite: Market overviews Legal Business ‘The main threat will be from legal tech in the long term.’ Christof Jäckle, Hengeler Mueller Germany Despite riding out…
