Hogan Lovells ousts NRF to join Bond Dickinson on Crown Estate energy portfolio Legal Business The Crown Estate has awarded the legal mandate for its energy, minerals and infrastructure portfolio to LB 100 firms Hogan…
Client profile: Margaret Cole, PwC UK Sarah Downey Once the chief enforcer for the City, the PwC UK general counsel discusses breaking balls and finding a silver lining…
The new black – the spin and substance behind collaboration Sarah Downey Collaboration has become the new innovation – the quality clients are supposed to want and progressive law firms strive to…
Simmons, BLP and Reed Smith win places on Lloyds’ specialist roster as bank gears up for commercial panel review Kathryn McCann Simmons & Simmons, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), Bond Dickinson and Reed Smith are among 24 firms to win a place…
Mishcon employment partner heads in-house in rare exit from City firm Sarah Downey Mishcon de Reya has seen a partner exit from its ranks, as it has emerged that employment lawyer Helen Croft…
The business and human rights debate: The new judges Mark McAteer With new legislation putting human rights on the business agenda, we teamed up with Herbert Smith Freehills to gather lawyers…
Deutsche Bank litigation costs jump as bank reports small profit Legal Business Deutsche Bank has increased its litigation provisions from €5.5bn to €5.9bn for the third quarter of this year, while the…
The Last Word – My way Legal Business ‘Do not come to a problem from dogma or rigid ideology.’ Tony West, PepsiCo As part of our Insight report…
Vinter is coming: Covington boosts projects offering as former BG GC returns to private practice Legal Business Covington & Burling has landed a heavyweight in-house veteran to boost its London project finance offering with the arrival of…
Preparing for the worst: legal costs spike as FTSE 100 sets aside £31bn Legal Business With corporate counsel consistently burdened by onerous cost constraints levied by their executive, the pressure to deliver efficiencies in-house may…
Costs of capital – senior counsel discuss hard lessons from the post-Lehman clampdown Legal Business With regulatory focus on financial services business unrelenting, effective risk management strategies are vital. We teamed up with Cornerstone Research…
Latham, Clifford Chance, Milbank and DLA win places on Swiss PE house’s first legal panel Legal Business Swiss private equity house Partners Group has picked Latham & Watkins, Clifford Chance, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Ropes &…
De Souza resurfaces as GC for Goldman Sachs-backed property firm Legal Business Former Land Securities Group general counsel and company secretary Adrian de Souza has joined student accommodation firm Vero Group as…
‘Sheer inadequacy’: Chakrabarti calls on Labour party to appoint GC in independent antisemitism review Kathryn McCann Shami Chakrabarti, the former director of Liberty, and the author of Labour’s report into antisemitism, has called on the party…
Barclays panel latest: More firms to pay up as bank extends value account scheme Legal Business Barclays is planning to extend the value account system it introduced in 2014, where law firms are required to pay…
Barclays to extend value accounts framework as part of latest panel review Legal Business More firms set to repay bank if targets missed Barclays is planning to extend the value account system it introduced…
Barclays restructures legal team in preparation for retail and investment split Kathryn McCann Barclays has restructured its legal team in preparation for ring-fencing reforms that will split the bank’s retail and investment arms.
RPC targets in-house lawyers with second management consultancy business Legal Business RPC has launched a management consultancy business in a bid to ‘help senior in-house lawyers improve their operational efficiency and…
In-house: Saudi Aramco names new general counsel as IPO looms Legal Business The world’s biggest oil company, Saudi Aramco, has appointed Nabeel Al Mansour (pictured) as its new general counsel ahead of…
Welcome to Tinder Law – LOD launches online matching service for clients wanting a legal hook-up Tom Moore There are websites to match people with food, taxis and dates, but the sharing economy has entered a new sphere…
