Coming off the naughty step: Bakers’ Jonathan Walsh charts the quiet rehabilitation of asset-backed lending Guest Blog Securitisation has taken a battering in recent years. A complex financing technique, little understood by the public, it was an…
Going native – ethics and the modern GC Legal Business The in-house profession has doubled in size in the UK over the last 15 years and gained once unthinkable levels…
Politics has changed – a high-stakes election for the nation and the City Legal Business On 7 May the nation faces one of the most unpredictable elections in recent history and one with high stakes…
Background and market factors Legal Business Richard McLerie of JLegal outlines the picture across the region. When trying to predict what the legal recruitment market will…
Comment: Politics has changed – a high-stakes election for the nation and the City Legal Business On 7 May the nation faces one of the most unpredictable elections in recent history and one with high stakes…
Guest post: The Conservative Party manifesto and human rights Legal Business The Conservative Party manifesto states that the terms of British EU membership will be renegotiated and an in/out referendum held.…
Guest post: Ed can enter No. 10 without Nicola’s keys Legal Business This election looks a close-run thing – very close run indeed. As I write, polls and forecasts suggest strongly that…
Guest post: A very brief glance at the Labour Party Manifesto Legal Business Here are some of the ‘justice highlights’ in the Labour Party Manifesto for the 2015 General Election. The full manifesto…
The future is not where it used to be: Ashurst’s Vickers and Burton on a seismic shift in Europe’s leveraged debt markets Guest Blog For many participants in Europe’s leveraged market, 2014 on first impressions heralded something approaching a new normal.
Comment: A new model, a new game as US firms secure a decisive victory Legal Business ‘We’re not a corporate firm, we’re an investors’ firm.’ That simple statement by one partner stood out more than any…
A new model, a new game as US firms secure a decisive victory Legal Business ‘We’re not a corporate firm, we’re an investors’ firm.’ That simple statement by one partner stood out more than any…
The Last Word: Players old and new Legal Business With the publication of our annual Global London report, leading figures at foreign firms in the City assess their performance…
Guest post: Despair and not a lot of hope … what the coalition has done to UK justice Legal Business Rarely, if ever, has a British government engaged in such an assault on justice than the present coalition. The brunt…
Guest post: What can IP offer Africa – and what can Africa offer IP? Legal Business A handsome book recently arrived on my crowded desk, demanding attention: it’s Innovation & Intellectual Property: Collaborative Dynamics in Africa,…
So much for the rule of law – Ted Greeno on court fees and undermining the City Legal Business Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan disputes veteran Ted Greeno (pictured) argues that a self-defeating stance on hiking court fees will undermine…
Comment: It’s the ‘decade of the lawyer’ – Law firms beware Legal Business Our third annual GC Power List report looks more like a state-of-the profession piece than its two predecessors. While the…
The Last Word – The Team Elite Legal Business To coincide with the annual launch of our GC Power List, we asked the City’s most experienced private practitioners: what…
So much for the rule of law – court fees and undermining the City Legal Business Quinn Emanuel disputes veteran Ted Greeno argues that a self-defeating stance on hiking court fees will undermine London In their…
Guest post: Can Big Firms Innovate – and if so how? Legal Business ‘Innovation’ seems to be on everyone’s lips these days. Among other things, the problems are: many people, lawyers in particular,…
Strangling the golden goose – Nigel Boardman on why English law needs reform Legal Business Slaughter and May‘s Nigel Boardman, James Shirbin and Andrew Blake argue that English law needs drastic reform to remain internationally…
