Legal tech sponsored briefing: How to prepare for a dirty cyber war Guest Blog PalisadeSECURE’s Luke Drewer discusses the increased threat of cyber attacks and how law firms should be protecting themselves There is…
Reports of the death of CC’s sponsor practice prove exaggerated but surviving isn’t thriving Marco Cillario Marco Cillario finds much more substance to CC’s PE business than the usual critique but stopping managed relative decline will…
Magic Circle partner promotions: numbers fall but gender diversity improves Marco Cillario Marco Cillario assesses the latest rounds at London’s big five The overall number of partner promotions at Magic Circle firms…
Covington continues European expansion with Frankfurt private equity launch Marco Cillario Global 100 player Covington & Burling is taking a shot at the German private equity market, launching an office in…
Dentons gets even more polycentric with seven-way tie-up and Australia hires Marco Cillario Dentons, the world’s largest globetrotting firm, has added 17 partners from an ailing Australian shop and announced a combination with…
Addleshaw Goddard recruits legacy BLP Asia head Marco Cillario As the inevitable fallout from the $900m Bryan Cave/Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) tie-up continues, Addleshaw Goddard is following up on…
Magic Circle duo secure key mandates as Novartis sells its €13bn stake to GSK Thomas Alan Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have landed pivotal roles on a $13bn deal which sees GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) acquire…
Dealwatch: Transactional teams move into gear in strong spring showing Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) (pictured) has secured a key corporate role for engineering company and long-term client The Weir Group…
The future of disputes debate: The justice brand Alex Novarese Alex Novarese, Legal Business: Will the UK legal system be more or less trusted post Brexit? Abhijit Mukhopadhyay, Hinduja Group:…
Disputes Eye: Witness statements – going loco with Acratopulo Tom Baker With the war to overhaul disclosure raging on, a new battleground already seems to be emerging. Leading the charge is…
Legal tech sponsored briefing: Law firms targeted by cyber criminals – six fundamental steps to being secure Guest Blog In the wake of several high-profile attacks on law firms, Kaspersky Lab’s principle security researcher David Emm describes key ways…
Legal tech sponsored briefing: GDPR – achieving business transparency in a changing world Guest Blog With GDPR now the new reality, Andrew Elcock from Xynomix explores how to encrypt and secure your data In 2017,…
Legal tech sponsored briefing: Turning words into action Guest Blog Andrew Whiteley explains how Lexacom’s latest innovations in speech recognition can provide solutions to law firms Lexacom is an advanced…
Client Intelligence Report: Data View – Middle East Focus David Burgess Demonstrating value is paramount for all in-house legal teams, concerned as it is with how legal work intersects with business…
Who Represents Who: The FTSE 100 clients using LB100 firms for work in Spain David Burgess ‘Off the Richter scale’ is a look at the Iberian legal market, so this month our data view takes a…
Virtual Fear and Loathing – Can GCs get law firms to collaborate on tech? Tom Baker Clichés abound over the stereotypical contrast between stuffy lawyers and progressive tech start-up gurus. Clearly law firms – whose liberal…
Life during law: Paul Maher Marco Cillario I grew up in North West London. My parents came from working-class, Irish Catholic backgrounds from Liverpool. Nobody had been…
Iberia: Off the Richter scale Marco Cillario ‘An earthquake’; ‘very shocking’; ‘difficult to understand’; ‘one of the most relevant moves in the market over the last few…
