Comment: Where do you want your firm to be in 2020? How short-termism has come to define the modern law firm Legal Business To judge from the way law firms behave – it’s helpfully instructive to ignore what they say – the answer…
Axiom hires new UK MD from LexisNexis in senior leadership reshuffle and BT fills competition GC role Legal Business In the wake of its latest high profile outsourcing deal with BT, Axiom, arguably the most touted alternative legal services…
FTSE 100 leadership: BG Group’s Vinter takes over as head of GC100 as Centrica’s Dawson steps down Legal Business Recognised as a heavyweight among in-house advisory and lobbying groups, BG Group’s general counsel (GC) Graham Vinter has taken over…
Guest post – Client retention: give credit where credit’s due Legal Business Winning a new client for the firm—there’s little that can match that for excitement, sense of accomplishment and visible contribution…
NRF unveils rise in bank loans to £55m but drop in net debt as South African partner appointed as global chair Legal Business Norton Rose’s last pre-Fulbright & Jaworski merger limited liability partnership accounts reveal that the top 10 LB100 firm’s bank loans rose…
In-house: Shell finds internal replacement for Rees as it picks Ching as legal head David Stevenson Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has this time found an in-house replacement legal director Peter Rees QC, today (10 February)…
Guest post: The New World of Legal Work vs Global Behemoths Legal Business There’s an interesting tension between Sir Nigel Knowles prediction of legal behemoths straddling the globe with investment bankers outriders (or…
DISSENT: Where do you want your firm to be in 2020? Legal Business Adam Smith, Esq’s Bruce MacEwen argues that short-termism and a lack of stewardship has come to define the modern law…
Leadership: Norman enters the fray as CC takes soundings for new global corporate chief Sarah Downey Clifford Chance (CC) has begun its nominations process for a potential successor to the role of global corporate chief following…
Cyber warfare – Norton Rose Fulbright hires global chief information security officer Sarah Downey Top ten LB100 firm Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has moved to further protect client information with the hire the former head…
CC formally launches ‘first-of-its-kind’ Saudi partnership but Riyadh remains a tough nut to crack Legal Business Clifford Chance today (6 January) formally announced the launch of its joint Saudi and foreign-owned law firm in Riyadh, boasting…
Post Clifford Chance role for Childs as Financial Reporting Council announce his appointment as Chair Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) outgoing managing partner David Childs has been appointed by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) as chair of its…
The Last Word: A year in review Legal Business Aside from bad knitwear and excessive alcohol consumption, Christmas is a time for reflection as well as looking ahead. With…
Merger talks: Dentons and McKenna Long partners say no to a tie-up Legal Business Just two days after Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and New York-headquartered Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman called off their potentially game…
Guest post: Time to face the dangerous delusion of the entrepreneurial lawyer Legal Business For years, I’ve been hearing law firms describe their cultures as ‘entrepreneurial’ and hardly the slightest attention. Like ‘collegial’ or…
Wragge & Co sees H1 revenues and profits up as Metcalfe to leave after end of MP term Legal Business Wragge & Co has named October 2013 as its highest billing month since the boom years as it joins the ranks…
Ashurst to lose another corporate partner in wake of Stephen Lloyd resignation Jaishree Kalia Having achieved a transcontinental full financial merger with Blake Dawson almost without drama there will be those who say Ashurst…
Ashurst corporate head Stephen Lloyd quits in set-back for Anglo-Australian giant Caroline Hill Ashurst global head of corporate Stephen Lloyd has resigned in a move that comes within weeks of a vote for full…
Davis Polk and Cleary act on big four Booz takeover as PwC re-shuffles legal leadership Legal Business Major accountancy and advisory groups are always nice clients for law firms to have so Davis Polk & Wardwell, Cleary…
Consolidation update – Dentons and McKenna chiefs back tie-up with November partner vote to follow Legal Business Dentons looks set to secure another substantive merger after management of the firm and US suitor McKenna Long & Aldridge…
