Scottish GCs – The pressure is on Legal Business As part of our Regional Insight series, we met with senior in-house lawyers and partners from Brodies in Edinburgh to…
News in brief – October 2015 Legal Business FIRST-TIME GC FOR BRITISH LAND Property developer British Land has hired HSBC deputy company secretary and former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer…
Hogan Lovells energy team exits continue as partner Levin takes up Nekton Group GC role Legal Business Hogan Lovells has confirmed the departure of leading corporate energy partner David Levin to energy merchant business Nekton Group, months…
SRA promises new in-house rules by April 2016 as LSB gathers thoughts on reform Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has laid out its timetable to overhaul rules for in-house lawyers in a response to…
Baker & McKenzie bolsters disputes with ex-Barclays financial crime chief Jonathan Peddie Tom Moore Jonathan Peddie, charged with handling Barclays’ raft of litigation and government investigations work in the aftermath of the financial crisis,…
News in brief – July 2015 Legal Business FRESHFIELDS BREAKS CITY LOCKSTEP TO BRING IN KIRKLAND’S McKIMM Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s hire of Kirkland & Ellis high-yield heavyweight Ward…
Guest post: Corporate lawyers under the microscope – the ‘more for less’ delusion and City firms as risk canaries Legal Business Last week I attended a Symposium on Corporate Lawyers organised by Steven Vaughan and his colleagues at the Centre for…
News in brief – May 2015 Legal Business WHITTAKER STEPS DOWN AS LLOYDS GC Group general counsel (GC) Andrew Whittaker is stepping down from his role at Lloyds…
‘The conversation we never had’ – SRA to give handbook in-house makeover as UCL unveils ethics research Alex Novarese It’s been the debate the profession has avoided over the last decade, but one that finally appears to be stirring.…
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…
News in brief – March 2015 Legal Business JP MORGAN TURNS TO GOLDMAN SACHS FOR NEW EMEA GC JP Morgan Chase hired heavyweight counsel, and former lawyer at…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in February 2015 Legal Business SKADDEN, FRESHFIELDS AND SLAUGHTERS LAND KEY ROLES ON £4.3BN CAN MAKER TIE-UP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised Ball…
Revolving Doors: Management hires for K&L Gates and Eversheds plus a high-profile GC appointment Kathryn McCann Last week’s laterals saw a focus on hiring management with K&L Gates bringing in a new finance head in Sydney,…
‘An opportunity to look at things differently’: AXA UK to review international firms after efficiency drive Legal Business The UK legal arm of French insurer AXA is set to look at its relationships with Magic Circle and international…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in February 2015 Legal Business FRESHFIELDS, CC AND NRF CALLED IN ON BT’S £12.5BN PURCHASE OF EE Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised telecoms giant BT as…
The national market – brutally competitive but opportunity abounds Legal Business At one point in our Regional Insight report – a major collaboration with our colleagues at The Legal 500 included…
Insight report on cyber security – Anatomy of a breach Chris Crowe With breaches impossible to stop, companies are focusing on managing the huge risks of a major cyber incident. We teamed up…
Partner exits mount: Edwards Wildman loses commercial litigation partner to GlaxoSmithKline Legal Business Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is the latest to dip into the dwindling partnership at Edwards Wildman Palmer’s London office as…
Cutting the roster: After major acquisitions, Cofely set to create first legal panel Legal Business Cofely, a subsidiary of French energy giant GDF Suez, is to establish its first legal panel in a bid to…
After major acquisitions, Cofely set to create first legal panel Legal Business Cofely, a subsidiary of French energy giant GDF Suez, is to establish its first legal panel in a bid to…
