Douglas to step down as CLLS boss ahead of new era of legal regulation Legal Business Alasdair Douglas will step down as chair of the City of London Law Society (CLLS) later this year as the…
DLA Piper takes rainmaker from Linklaters alliance firm for South Africa managing partner role Legal Business DLA Piper has appointed Webber Wentzel corporate partner Johannes Gouws as South Africa managing partner.
‘It’s only right’: Major City firm leaders publicly pledge to tackle corruption ahead of summit Legal Business As the Panama Papers saga continues to dominate headlines around the world, a host of senior law firm leaders have…
University of Law appoints third chief executive in a year Legal Business The University of Law (ULaw) has appointed its third chief executive in less than a year, recruiting economist and lecturer…
None so zealous – how and why GCs fell in love with mentoring Legal Business In-house counsel are increasingly united on the benefits of mentoring programmes. Is there substance behind the corporate fad? ‘I believe…
The risk debate: The gate keepers’ burden Legal Business Our annual Legal Business/Marsh round table saw law firm risk managers debate their role in fighting on two fronts –…
News in brief – April 2016 Legal Business REED SMITH REPLACED AS SIEMENS REFRESHES PANEL Last month Eversheds and Osborne Clarke were reappointed to Siemens UK’s legal panel,…
Doughty Street Chambers barrister to take over civil rights group Liberty Legal Business Doughty Street Chambers barrister and human rights campaigner Martha Spurrier has been appointed as the new director of Liberty, where…
A&O names new corporate heads as Ballheimer prepares to join senior leadership Jaishree Kalia Within weeks of electing the firm’s new leadership, Allen & Overy has announced London corporate head Richard Browne has joined…
‘Experience and energy’: Corporate head Penney wins Addleshaws senior partner race Madeleine Farman Corporate head Charles Penney (pictured) has been appointed Addleshaw Goddard‘s new senior partner, replacing Monica Burch, who was first…
KWM restructures London as Europe managing partner returns to full-time fee-earning Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is restructuring its London teams, which has delayed the election of a new European managing…
‘We needed to move on’: Why Fieldfisher has turned its back on the dating game Legal Business Victoria Young speaks to the management duo about the transformed mid-market player ‘We’ll be the first to admit the firm…
News in brief – March 2016 Legal Business EE LEGAL HEAD REVEALS PLANS POST-TELCO MERGER Following BT’s high-profile £12.5bn takeover of UK mobile business EE, it has emerged…
City and Hong Kong members join Clifford Chance’s partnership council Jaishree Kalia Clifford Chance‘s partnership has elected City energy partner Jeremy Connick and corporate partner Neeraj Budhwani, who is based in Hong…
Slaughters elects new M&A head to replace incoming senior partner Cooke Legal Business Slaughter and May has chosen Roland Turnill (pictured) as head of the firm’s M&A practice, replacing new senior partner Steve…
Cooke: ‘Conveyor belt is not a phrase you will ever hear uttered at Slaughter and May’ Legal Business Corporate veteran vows to maintain City focus when he succeeds Saul in May The new senior partner at Slaughter and…
Myths and Millennials – the facts, fiction and hard realities of leading junior lawyers Jaishree Kalia Law firms are increasingly obsessed with the challenge of engaging their Millennial associates. Legal Business separates buzzword from BS Just…
The outlook for the quality UK mid-tier – the straight-up view from Legal Business Legal Business In discussion at a partnership conference, LB editor-in-chief Alex Novarese lays out the prospects for a UK mid-pack I recently…
The pitch – A new kind of global law firm emerges but can Dentons live up to the hype? Legal Business A dismissed also-ran, Dentons has improbably reinvented itself as a pioneer taking legal globalisation to new heights. Critics snipe but…
Colt Group legal chief Saphra departs following structural review Legal Business Colt Group’s longstanding group general counsel Robin Saphra (pictured) has left the company following an internal structural review. He is…
