Addleshaws enters continental Europe through BCLP Hamburg hires Marco Cillario Despite having launched five international offices in Asia and the Middle East since 2012, top-20 UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard…
Sponsored briefing: With great funding comes great responsibility! Guest Blog Jacqueline Young from Augusta Ventures discusses the challenge litigation funders face to balance support for access to justice with more…
The Last Word: Elite forces Legal Business As part of our annual Euro Elite report, management at independent firms in Europe give their views on today’s market…
The Euro Elite: France – La vie en rose Marco Cillario Any conversation with a French lawyer these days turns at some point to the volatility of the market and the…
The Euro Elite 100 Legal Business Baltics Firm Total lawyers Total partners No. of offices Sorainen 226 32 4 Ellex 180 40 3 COBALT 165 34…
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…
The Euro Elite: Market overviews Dominic Carman Ireland The Emerald Isle may be small – its two million-workforce delivers a tax take of just €50bn – but…
The Euro Elite Top 25 Legal Business Rank Firm Region The Legal 500 rank Size rank Lawyers Partners Recent partner promotions Offices Revenue 1 Uría Menéndez Iberia…
The Euro Elite Overview: Life in the bubble Dominic Carman Europe’s independent law firms fared much better in 2018 than most of the EU economies in which their clients operate.…
Ticking boxes – Is City law going beyond the platitudes on ethnic diversity? Thomas Alan ‘People are so scared to talk about race in the UK,’ Linklaters senior partner Charlie Jacobs says. ‘They think it’s…
The Big Four meets GCs – The hard sell Hamish McNicol ‘I have never instructed a Big Four firm on a legal matter,’ says one UK general counsel (GC) of a…
Deal View: Despite that late start, Willkie underlines surprisingly forceful City buyout push with hire of GavDav Nathalie Tidman Affectionately known in buyout circles as ‘GavDav’, the long-time duo of private equity specialists Gavin Gordon and David Arnold has…
Dealwatch: Insolvencies provide work for CC and Gateley Legal Business Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised food chain Pret A Manger as it agreed to acquire all of Eat’s…
Global Elite line up on Nestlé’s $10bn skincare business sale to EQT Thomas Alan Latham & Watkins is acting alongside US counterpart Kirkland & Ellis in advising EQT as the private equity house looks…
The Client Profile: Sonya Branch, Bank of England Hamish McNicol Bank of England (BoE) general counsel (GC) Sonya Branch puffs her cheeks as she ponders how much work Brexit has…
‘Independent thinker’ Greenberg Traurig picks Milan as latest step of unusual European footprint Marco Cillario Greenberg Traurig’s executive chair Richard Rosenbaum has pointed to his firm’s track record for independent thinking as it enters Italy…
Ashurst, Slaughters and White & Case re-elect leaders as rivals ring in the change Anna Cole-Bailey The recent spate of leadership elections has seen Ashurst, Slaughter and May and White & Case all sticking with tradition…
Despite the doubts listed law pioneers continue to report robust growth Hamish McNicol Hamish McNicol tracks the progress of public life for four UK-listed law firms Acquisitions, increased publicity and hires have led…
Significant hires Legal Business US giant Kirkland & Ellis has lost private equity duo David Arnold and Gavin Gordon (pictured) to Willkie Farr & Gallagher.…
