Legal 500 acquires Mondaq News Editor Legal 500 is expanding its offering with the acquisition of professional services content marketing, data and analytics company Mondaq. The…
Slaughters, Gibson Dunn lead on Daily Mail’s £500m Telegraph Media Group acquisition Eliza Winter Slaughter and May is advising Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT) on its proposed acquisition of the Telegraph Media…
The rise of CLOs: how the structured finance niche became one of the hottest lateral markets Will Lewallen Collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) have been an important, if somewhat obscure, part of the finance ecosystem for many years. However,…
Paul Hastings makes fourth London lateral in November with funds finance partner Will Lewallen Paul Hastings has hired its fourth lateral partner in London this month, bringing over funds finance partner Jennifer Passagne from…
Revolving Doors: Latham hires real estate partner as HSF Kramer loses partners in London and Middle East Eliza Winter Leading the high profile hires this week, Latham & Watkins has continued its financial sector push with a notable partner…
‘There’s never been a merger of equals of firms this size’ – what the market thinks about Ashurst Perkins Coie Eliza Winter ‘Bringing together two firms with more than a billion dollars in revenue each has never been done before. There’s never…
Clifford Chance to cut 10% of London business support staff Eliza Winter Clifford Chance (CC) is set to cut around 10% of its business services staff in London, as part of a…
Revolving Doors: Proskauer boosts London finance team as Paul Weiss picks up another Kirkland partner Kate Peacock Proskauer has further expanded its London finance practice with its hire of Andrew Payne. Previously at Linklaters in Singapore, Payne…
Ashurst and Perkins set for $2.7bn transatlantic merger Georgina Stanley Perkins Coie and Ashurst are set to combine in a transatlantic merger that will create a top 20 global law…
Irwin Mitchell latest to restructure support function as it scraps litigation assistant role Will Lewallen Irwin Mitchell is set to scrap its litigation assistant role following a review of its legal support team, in a…
What a Cadwalader-Alston merger would look like: the key data points Alex Ryan Cadwalader has been the subject of much merger speculation in recent weeks, with Atlanta-based Alston & Bird one firm hotly…
Paul Hastings rebuilds City tax practice with double partner hire Will Lewallen Paul Hastings has hired two tax partners into its London office, building out its City tax offering following a pair…
Ropes London private equity exits continue with partner duo set for Akin Will Lewallen Ropes & Gray has seen two more departures from its London private equity practice, with partner duo Dan Oates and…
Revolving Doors: Bumper hiring week at Eversheds while Quinn brings on international arbitration heavyweight Theresa Hargreaves Quinn Emanuel has significantly bolstered its international arbitration practice in London, bringing over senior partner and practice co-lead Andrew Savage…
LB100 2025 Legal Business Main table LB’s 2025 ranking of the top 100 UK-headquartered firms in the world, ranked by revenue The £40bn club:…
LB100 2025: The largest UK-headquartered firms in the world by revenue Legal Business The full table of stats and data from the 2025 LB100 report, which ranks the top 100 UK-headquartered law firms…
McDermott continues post-merger expansion with DLA London hire Alex Ryan McDermott Will & Schulte has hired financial services regulatory partner Karen Butler from DLA Piper, as the firm continues to…
‘Absolutely crazy’ or ‘evolution’? GCs and partners react to Labour’s Employment Rights Bill Theresa Hargreaves ‘We are committed, like the government is, to growth and to employ more people,’ says Nigel Paterson, general counsel at…
Revolving Doors: Simpson Thacher swipes Kirkland PE partner as MoFo bolsters fintech Will Lewallen Simpson Thacher has built on recent hires in its corporate and finance practices with its hire of M&A private equity…
‘We’ve never seen anything like this in modern times’ – Adobe’s Karen Robinson on AI risk, regulation and opportunities Tom Cox ‘We’ve never seen anything like this in modern times. The pace of AI development over the past few years and…
