Tom Johnson, Federal Communications Commission Alex Speirs I have always been attracted to public service. A number of my colleagues from my time at Gibson Dunn had…
Corporations with benefits – Assessing the rise of US public benefit companies Alex Speirs When looking for good in the world, corporate governance law is not the most obvious place to train your eye.…
No alarms and no surprises – Behind the Mindful Business Charter Tom Baker Any lawyer of a certain vintage can recall the dawn of the BlackBerry age, the watershed moment at the turn…
Mind the gap(s) – more of the same old inequality and fudged statistics prevalent in Big Law Thomas Alan The second season of gender pay gap reporting has again laid bare the stark disparities between men and women throughout…
In-house round-up: New GCs for Royal Mail, Sky and Deliveroo Tom Baker Royal Mail has filled the void left following former general counsel (GC) Maaike de Bie’s departure to easyJet, hiring in-house…
Australia pull continues as Dentons, DWF and LOD announce expansion Marco Cillario Described in some quarters as an overlawyered market for a country with a population of 25 million, Australia continues to…
Global expansion: Fieldfisher picks Dublin for seventh office launch in a year Marco Cillario Fieldfisher continues to build on what managing partner Michael Chissick describes as a strategy to be ‘in every commercial capital…
Prestige meets hustle – Slaughters sends jolt through start-up community with launch of tech incubator Thomas Alan For years Slaughters epitomised City conservativism but, reports Thomas Alan, marquee clients and a clear structure mean its new law…
Significant hires Legal Business In April, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan reinforced its City competition practice with the hire of Elaine Whiteford from Covington…
A special situation – Macfarlanes overcomes lateral reluctance with rare spate of hires Thomas Alan Corporate partner Peter Baldwin joins the City outfit from Ropes & Gray Traditionally reticent to engage in the lateral recruitment…
