A&O and Freshfields win work on Bwin’s bidding battle Legal Business 888 looks set to strike £900m deal Deal lawyers took little respite over the summer as the traditional lull failed…
Putting things in context: Magic Circle commits to social mobility tool after highly critical report Tom Moore Eight elite City firms have adopted a contextual recruitment tool designed to boost social mobility in their ranks after a…
Global 100 Overview – Heavyweights Tom Moore A busy US deal market saw rainmakers pack a bigger punch than ever at the world’s largest law firms but…
The Global 100: so much for the City comeback as US leaders land the big blows Legal Business Having spent a reasonable chunk of my pundit duties over the last three years noting significant shifts against London’s elite…
A&O leads City’s big four amid subdued results Kathryn McCann Firm posts 8% PEP hike and 4% revenue increase With all of the Magic Circle financial results in, Allen &…
Slaughters starts salary race with £70k for NQs Legal Business The yearly contest to attract new talent has started with Magic Circle duo Slaughter and May and Linklaters both making…
A&O, Freshfields and Slaughters land key roles on biggest-ever all-UK deal Legal Business Shell offers £47bn for BG Group The proposed £47bn acquisition of BG Group by fellow energy major Shell saw a…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in April 2015 Legal Business GE RESTRUCTURING BRINGS IN RAFT OF ADVISERS A host of firms picked up work on General Electric (GE)’s restructuring, fielding…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in March 2015 Legal Business CC, LINKLATERS AND LATHAM & WATKINS WIN KEY ROLES ON PIRELLI TAKEOVER Advised by Clifford Chance (CC), China National Chemical…
Revolving doors: Magic Circle loses partners in Europe and Asia while Bakers hires in Africa Legal Business Last week saw both Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) lose partners in Europe while, in Hong Kong, Linklaters lost…
Growing confidence and smaller intakes boost Magic Circle’s trainee retention rates Kathryn McCann February saw a flurry of trainee retention rates announced, with the Magic Circle and top-tier firms posting higher rates than…
A robust year for M&A shows challenge for City leaders in competing with US rivals Legal Business With no single UK law firm having made a significant impact on the US market, it was no surprise that…
League Tables: Gap between US firms and Magic Circle widens as UK firms slump in 2014 deal rankings Legal Business The Magic Circle lost ground in the global M&A rankings as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Allen & Overy (A&O) and…
Comment: The cost of culture – HSF finds mega-mergers always come at a price Legal Business This month’s cover feature on Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) looks in hindsight like the end of an informal trilogy on…
The cost of culture – HSF finds mega-mergers always come at a price Legal Business This month’s cover feature on Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) looks in hindsight like an informal trilogy on storied London firms…
Magic Circle real estate withdrawal isn’t a myth, but it’s not that simple Legal Business In a 2011 piece on the decimated real estate market in the City, we noted that few senior property partners…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in October 2014 Jaishree Kalia MAGIC CIRCLE DUO TAKE KEY ROLES ON MULTIBILLION TRAIN LEASE COMPANY SALE Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer acted for the sellers, a…
LB100 2014: Statistically speaking, you may not need a bigger boat Legal Business Last year delivering our annual results issue Legal Business remarked that the age of turbulence facing law firms since the…
‘Clifford Chance is brave to be looking at these things’: City giant mulls move towards all-equity Legal Business Latest proposed changes by Magic Circle firm after recent overhaul of governance structure Having taken the summer to vote through…
Women in law – rising up the agenda but female lawyer numbers continue to slide at elite UK law firms Legal Business Even for the most jaded denizen of the City legal community it’s been hard to avoid noticing the greater emphasis…
