Risk management survey 2020 – Crooked timber Anna Cole-Bailey Sponsored by The ongoing #MeToo saga within in the legal profession was only a few chapters old last year when…
Firm focus: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Nathalie Tidman London headcount: 144 lawyers, 28 partners Lawyer headcount change since 2014: 15% (-7% partners) London head: Pranav Trivedi Office specialities:…
Letter from Manhattan – The $6.4m question Nathalie Tidman ‘Not everybody gets corrupted. You have to have a little faith in people.’ The parting shot from Woody Allen’s iconic…
Firm focus: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Nathalie Tidman London headcount: 121 lawyers, 19 partners Lawyer headcount change since 2014: 1% (-17% partners) London head: Litigation partner Sunil Gadhia…
The Client Profile: Sonya Rogerson, Bank of China Anna Cole-Bailey Born in Hong Kong to an English father and a Chinese mother but raised in Australia, Sonya Rogerson’s passion for…
Global London Overview – Vantage points Thomas Alan A group of elite firms using their vast resources to further reinforce in the City; a larger group suffering attrition…
A very clear shift – Remaking the Swiss economy Dominic Carman After delivering his keynote address at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, President Trump immediately left to catch the…
Southern and Eastern Europe – A different hue Alex Wade Anyone making a business trip to Tirana 20 years ago was in for a surprise if they ventured outside the…
In-house: The client perspectives Aminah Karim Dan Webster, group general counsel at Harrods, discusses what it takes to advise one of the world’s most recognisable department…
Allen & Overy’s election delivered an all-star line-up but have the big issues been resolved? Alex Novarese Towards the end of 2019, Legal Business remarked that the issue at the heart of Allen & Overy (A&O)’s looming…
City leaders take drastic action as coronavirus spreads turmoil across European states and economies Nathalie Tidman Nathalie Tidman and Thomas Alan assess the impact of the pandemic on the profession as the world battens down for…
