Gibson Dunn confirms Weil co-managing partner among 120-strong transatlantic funds lift

‘If you can’t be yourself, it’s limiting’ – Justin D’Agostino on ambition, inclusion and leading HSF Kramer

HSF Kramer's global CEO talks to LB about everything from moving the boxes into HSF's building nearly 40 years ago, to sealing a transatlantic union and managing to squeeze in a very full life in between

Winston Taylor’s Emma Danks on coming up in PE, getting through the financial crisis, and backing herself

Now head of the UK corporate team at the merged Winston Taylor, Emma Danks talks building her practice, her biggest achievements - and how she still finds time for travel, ballet, and Made in Chelsea

Latham’s Oliver Felsenstein on The Godfather, client call car crashes and becoming a PE lawyer by accident

Germany private equity heavyweight Oliver Felsenstein reflects on decades of dealmaking, from dreams of becoming Don Corleone's consigliere to his retirement plans for a champagne bar

‘Full-service firms all say the same thing – but we’ve been opportunistic’ – John Quinn on AI, funding and suing banks

Quinn Emanuel founder John Quinn on starting his own firm, picking your adversaries, investment in law and how he almost joined the navy

Life During Law: Nick Vamos

Life During Law: Sandra Paul

Kingsley Napley’s Sandra Paul on tackling racism, the age of criminal responsibility and AI

‘Debunk assumptions by doing surprising things’ – Paul Weiss’s Nicole Kar on succeeding in City law

Ahead of International Women's Day Nicole Kar, global co-chair of antitrust at Paul Weiss, discusses thriving in the deep end and why there is still more room at the top for women in law

Life During Law: Jeroen Ouwehand

'I’d be asked: "Are you the guy from The Bold and the Beautiful?"'

Life During Law: Richard Lever

The Goodwin PE partner on being inspired by <em>The Godfather</em> and loving disco

Life During Law: Georgia Dawson

'The industry is evolving rapidly. Even before the pandemic you could see change coming through the profession.'

Life During Law: Karen Seward

Sidley leader Yvette Ostolaza on role models, ambition and private investment in law

Firm management committee chair talks LB through a lifetime of firsts

‘You have to go quickly’ – what’s next for Weil as it prepares to wind down

With Weil partners set to vote on the firm's dissolution, LB looks at the next steps in the firm's wind down - and the risks of a bankruptcy

Ampa Group appoints new CEO after former chief ousted

Shakespeare Martineau parent fills top spot after its previous CEO was removed following an independent investigation

‘This came from rainmakers upping and leaving’ – market reacts as Weil prepares for biggest law firm wind down in history

A day after Weil confirmed that it is calling time after 95 years, LB takes a look at what went wrong

Pinsents elects new managing partner in latest leadership change

Appointment comes two months after firm announced new senior partner

‘We’re not done’ – Hogan Lovells Cadwalader’s CEO on what comes after the biggest law firm merger in history

With the mega-merger now live, CEO Miguel Zaldivar talks about his ambitions for the new firm, why he doesn't care about PEP reporting, and leaving a leadership legacy for the next generation

‘We don’t think about where we came from’ – Clifford Chance’s plan to crack the transatlantic buyout market

As CC targets the top end of the sponsor market in the US, its private equity heads tell LB why the firm doesn't need headline-grabbing power plays to set its practice apart

Meet the female founders behind some of the UK’s top legal boutiques

Female law firm founders on building boutiques, creating an alternative culture and the scourge of mansplaining in the legal profession

Addleshaws leader on corporate ambitions, key clients and why a US merger isn’t part of the £1bn 2030 strategy

Addleshaw Goddard managing partner Andrew Johnston talks about international expansion, sticking to the strategy and the firm's new London office

Goodwin COO: ‘I want to disrupt not just scale a law firm’

Mary O'Carroll on bringing California's 'move fast and break things' ethos to law

Weil: Timeline of a collapse

As Weil announces plans to wind down, LB breaks down the key moments that led to this point

‘We want to be bigger, better, everywhere’ – John Quinn on why Quinn Emanuel isn’t slowing down

As Quinn Emanuel turns 40, its leader John Quinn talks to Legal Business about everything from the sectors driving its relentless growth, to reputation, talent wars, and the question of succession planning

Inside Ropes & Gray’s calculated European PE expansion

After 15 years in London, the Boston firm has been building a presence on the continent with a series of high-profile hires from firms including Linklaters and Latham