Revolving Doors: Gibson Dunn hires Latham energy M&A partner as Kirkland PE partner heads to Willkie Tom Cox Gibson Dunn has tapped Latham & Watkins for energy M&A partner Simon Tysoe, a Legal 500 leading partner in London…
Former Paul Hastings London head joins White & Case in double partner move Will Lewallen Paul Hastings has seen two more senior departures in London, with White & Case recruiting a tax duo including former…
Revolving Doors: Proskauer, Mayer Brown and Pinsents hire in PE as A&O Shearman loses German arbitration head Will Lewallen Martin Graham has joined Proskauer’s private equity and M&A team in London, returning to private practice after 18 years at…
Revealed: The UK’s top general counsel 2025 Theresa Hargreaves Heavyweight GCs including HSBC’s Bob Hoyt, Vodafone’s Maaike de Bie, BT’s Sabine Chalmers and BAE Systems’ Ed Gelsthorpe are among…
The $3bn McDermott Will & Schulte merger: four things the data tells us Alex Ryan The headline figures for the McDermott Will & Schulte merger speak for themselves – combined revenue of $3bn, and more…
A&O Shearman’s hard reset: 170 partner departures and counting Bertie Ford More than 170 legacy Allen & Overy (A&O) and Shearman & Sterling partners have left or retired since the two…
Ranking progress – how many women have made the grade to secure a UK L500 ranking this year Amy Ulliott Women now make up 43% of all individual lawyer rankings in the UK Legal 500 Solicitors research, according to new…
Caught on camera: the Legal Business Awards in pictures News Editor Latham & Watkins, Linklaters and Burges Salmon were just some of the firms who went home from this Tuesday’s Legal…
Client feedback hits record high in new Legal 500 rankings Cameron Purse Nearly 1,200 law firms have secured a place in the new Legal 500 UK rankings, which were revealed yesterday (1…
Revolving Doors: Latham boosts London life sciences as Weil hires German PE partners Will Lewallen Latham & Watkins has hired intellectual property and life sciences partner Lydia Torne to its office in London. Torne, who is…
Latham, BT, Burges Salmon and Freshfields among winners at Legal Business Awards Theresa Hargreaves BT, Latham & Watkins, Burges Salmon, Freshfields and Sidley Austin picked up some of the big prizes at this year’s…
Firm favourites: the eight contenders for LB Awards Law Firm of the Year Legal Business Tonight (30 September), the legal profession’s finest will once again gather at the Grosvenor House Hotel to celebrate their achievements…
LB Awards 2025: From top brands to the biggest banks – meet the In-House Team of the Year contenders Theresa Hargreaves Next Tuesday (30 September), the great and the good of the legal profession will gather at the Grosvenor House Hotel…
Revolving Doors: Eversheds hires in London and Frankfurt while Simpson Thacher and Cadwalader build in finance Theresa Hargreaves Eversheds Sutherland has strengthened its tax department in London with the addition of Kevin Cummings from McDermott Will & Schulte.…
Betting big on the US: HSF Kramer chiefs on what’s next for their $2bn merger Georgina Stanley ‘Often when you put two businesses together, you’re looking for ways to streamline, and for ways to cut. For us,…
From Credit Suisse to the credit crunch: UBS’s Simon Croxford on a career of unprecedented moments Theresa Hargreaves From the global financial crisis to the Credit Suisse rescue, it’s safe to say that UBS Investment Bank and EMEA…
Revolving Doors: Hogan Lovells picks up Paul Hastings PE duo as Cadwalader hires from Katten Alex Ryan Hogan Lovells has bolstered its London private equity offering with the hire of real estate-focused PE partners Michael James and…
Ex-Clifford Chance partner exits Arsenal in board shakeup Will Lewallen Arsenal executive vice chair and former Clifford Chance partner Tim Lewis has parted ways from the North London football club,…
LB Awards Law Firm of the Year 2025 – why Freshfields is a contender Will Lewallen Of the UK-heritage firms in the running for Law Firm of the Year at the LB Awards, Freshfields stands out…
GC Pulse 2025: just under half of GCs still at the starting line for legal tech Tom Cox GC Pulse 2025, a survey of more than 150 GCs conducted by Legal Business in association with Thomson Reuters, has…
