Grieve on Brexit: No great advantage Alex Speirs Alex Speirs: Now less than a year out from the UK’s scheduled withdrawal from the EU, how would you characterise…
The talent debate: The war rages on Alex Novarese James Tsolakis, NatWest: One of the great challenges setting this up with Alex is in the long period I have…
Letter from… Moscow: Apocalypse now beckons as sanctions and turmoil batter foreign lawyers in Russia Marco Cillario Remember the days when Russia was the El Dorado of the Western legal elite? Potent New York outfits like Cleary…
Enterprise GC 2018: Tumbling into crisis Catherine Wycherley Corporate crises are on the upswing. A faster-paced R&D cycle, improved but riskier technology, 24-hour news… the list of triggers…
The LB interview: Gowling WLG Hamish McNicol LB: What’s been happening in the two years since the Canada tie-up? David Fennell (DF), chief executive: One of the…
Mega-deals and convergence stoke M&A but subdued volumes and volatile conditions linger Nathalie Tidman This time last year, a collective sigh of relief from City dealmakers was reverberating around the Square Mile as the…
Who Represents Who: The data behind the story David Burgess LB100: The rise of Freeths Freeths has seen revenue almost double over the past five years (see Legal Business 100…
Client profile: Julie Smyth, BAE Systems Air Hamish McNicol ‘My husband has virtually no understanding of what I do,’ admits BAE Systems Air chief counsel Julie Smyth. ‘He thinks…
A decade since Lehman the profession still mired in the New Normal Alex Novarese Within days of this issue hitting desks, it will be ten years since Lehman Brothers’ collapse marked what swiftly became…
The LB100 overview: Crisis? What crisis? Marco Cillario Brexit negotiations stalling, trade wars looming, the high street hit by a raft of collapses – at first sight, there…
LB100 case study: Clifford Chance Legal Business The only firm among London’s big four to have retained its position in the Legal Business 100 table, Clifford Chance…
LB100 case study: Taylor Wessing Legal Business Long-serving managing partner Tim Eyles (pictured) received a nice farewell gift in his last year at the helm of Taylor…
Draining the swamp – Do NDAs represent a #MeToo problem for the profession? Nathalie Tidman A light has lately shone on a legal document which, by definition, should never bask in the sunshine. The saga,…
LB100 Second 25: The ex-pistols Tom Baker The story of last year’s Legal Business 100 (LB100) was the emergence of a group of mobile mid-tier outfits that…
LB100 case study: Travers Smith Legal Business You can always rely on Travers Smith for revenue growth; the City independent has posted its ninth consecutive year of…
LB100 case study: Hill Dickinson Legal Business Things have gone from bad to worse at insurance and shipping specialist Hill Dickinson, as the firm recorded a second…
