Q&A: CMS Cameron McKenna managing partner Weston on ‘making sure high quality firms understand what CMS is’ Legal Business With an election for the top leadership job looming at CMS Cameron McKenna, the firm’s incumbent managing partner Duncan Weston…
‘There are still things I want to achieve’: Q&A with former law firm leader Tony Angel Tom Moore Tom Moore talks to Tony Angel, the former Linklaters managing partner who stepped down as global co-chair of DLA Piper…
Q&A: Dechert’s Miriam González Durántez on how City firms missed a trick on EU law, the WTO legacy and ‘Inspiring Women’ Legal Business Miriam González Durántez’s profile is sky-high. She’s one of the most successful EU lawyers in the City, has persuaded over…
Q&A: Pinsents new managing partner Cleland on priorities, understanding the numbers and what he will miss most Kathryn McCann Pinsent Masons‘ John Cleland (pictured) takes up the reins as the firm’s new managing partner today (Friday 1 May). He…
Q&A: Shearman’s Nick Buckworth talks keeping a focused business, peer pressure and climbing Mont Blanc Legal Business Shearman & Sterling’s London office has outpaced the rest of the firm, with revenue last year growing 7% in the City…
Q&A: A long-term commitment – Severn Trent’s in-house team share the thinking behind the new five-year sole adviser mandate with Eversheds Kathryn McCann FTSE 100 water company Severn Trent recently re-appointed Eversheds as its sole adviser for a five-year term, commencing 1 April.…
Q&A: New IBA president Rivkin talks protecting legal privilege and tackling judicial corruption Legal Business Debevoise & Plimpton co-head of arbitration David Rivkin has set himself up for a busy two years as the president…
Q&A: Heath Tarbert, US banking partner at A&O, talks competing for regulatory work and if US regulators are setting the pace Jaishree Kalia A year on from his move to Allen & Overy (A&O) from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, US bank regulatory head Heath…
Q&A: A year on – Shell’s legal director Donny Ching on handling oil industry pressures and a 1000-strong team Kathryn McCann Donny Ching (pictured) replaced Peter Rees as Royal Dutch Shell’s legal director in February 2014. After almost a year in the…
Q&A: Heineken UK’s Graeme Colquhoun and DLA Piper’s John McKinlay talk sole adviser mandates Legal Business Having appointed DLA Piper as principal legal adviser this month (January) in a bid to cut down on external spend,…
‘A watershed moment’: Q&A with Cooley’s CEO on the firm’s London launch and philosophical decisions Legal Business Joe Conroy, chief executive of tech focused Californian firm Cooley, talks to Tom Moore on why it was harder to…
‘You don’t have them at hello’: Linklaters London corporate chief talks getting the right people in the room and tackling the US Legal Business Stuart Bedford became head of corporate at Linklaters‘ London HQ in September after his predecessor, Sarah Wiggins, was promoted to…
Q&A: A&O capital markets co-heads talk innovative solutions and sharing leadership Jaishree Kalia Six months on from being elected co-heads of Allen & Overy’s (A&O) capital markets global team, David Benton and Simon Hill…
‘Chinese law firms are underestimated’: Q&A with Roger Parker, managing partner for EMEA at Reed Smith Legal Business Reed Smith’s managing partner for Europe, Middle East and Asia, Roger Parker, discusses international expansion, Chinese law firms and trying…
Q&A with Hogan Lovells new chief executive Steve Immelt Legal Business As Washington DC-based Steve Immelt next month takes over the reins from Hogan Lovells co-chief executives David Harris and Warren…
