‘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…
Comment: What I (very roughly) said about the future of law for the quality mid-pack player Legal Business From time to time, I am asked to talk at panels and conferences. Though I usually weasel out of such…
The Last Word: a year in review Legal Business Manchester, mergers and management merry-go-rounds – 2015 has been as tumultuous a year as any in recent memory. In our…
The In-House Lawyer Survey – More than a number Sarah Downey Our fourth annual client survey shows the maturing role of in-house counsel leading to greater job satisfaction. But in winning…
Microsoft general counsel promoted to president and chief legal officer Legal Business Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, has been appointed as the company’s president and chief legal officer in a rare move…
Comment: Leadership by soundbite is fuelling a well-being crisis for in-house counsel Legal Business As a consultant spending most of my professional time working with general counsel (GCs), so concerned have I become at…
The right questions – The client view on innovation Alex Novarese In a flagship report last year, we teamed up with BLP to assess the state of innovation in law –…
University of Law brings in Lord Grabiner as president following chief exec’s departure Kathryn McCann In its reshuffle of senior management, The University of Law (ULaw) has appointed Lord Grabiner QC (pictured) as president after…
Standard Chartered appoints acting global legal head while group GC Fein wins new role in management reshuffle Kathryn McCann Standard Chartered has appointed an acting global head of legal and compliance as incumbent Jamie Kelly goes on sabbatical while…
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…
