Taking over – one leader at HSF but is the culture clash over?
Five years since the turbulent union of Herbert Smith and Freehills, the global challenger has chosen Mark Rigotti as its…
HSF – At least one Down Under revolution worked
As Barclays sifts through the wreckage of King & Wood Mallesons’ European practice and claims of fresh departures swirl around…
There’s value in CMS’ purchase and one big hurdle ahead
In the wake of the eye-catching tie-up of CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang, Legal Business noted last year that the gnomic…
As KWM cracks, beware re-written history and schadenfreude
Happy New Year, profession. Barely have we gotten into 2017 and the inevitable has happened: the legacy SJ Berwin business…
Buck-passing and buyers’ remorse as KWM saga nears end
Though it will be outdated by the time this issue hits desks, I am professionally obligated I suppose to return…
Camerons’ double merger adds up but will it multiply?
Pity the poor pundit obliged to come up with an opinion on the obtusely-forged union of CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro…
Superstar clients and super-threats to global law
As Legal Business gathered a group of the legal elite at the top of Tower 42 to debate the issues…
Winning hearts and minds (but mainly hearts) at Linklaters
The best Freshfields corporate lawyer Silk Street ever produced is now leading Linklaters, with incoming senior partner Charlie Jacobs ushering…
Leader: A choppy disputes market and unease on the bench
Assessing the legal market for our third annual Disputes Yearbook there are many reasons for litigators to be bullish… and…
Comment: Looking forward to Ashurst’s decline – The outlook worsens for a proud City institution
You cannot change the past. Move forward. Be constructive. Focus on making things better. Pick your cliché. And, like most…
Looking forward to Ashurst’s decline
You cannot change the past. Move forward. Be constructive. Focus on making things better. Pick your cliché. And, like most…
The tiger that came to eat BLP’s culture for breakfast and other sorry tales
These are tough times for another house that Stanley Berwin built, with exhibit B being the acrimonious end of merger…
‘Not enough common ground’ – BLP and Greenberg call off transatlantic merger bid
It promised to create a property and disputes giant across the Atlantic and one of the most distinctive law firms…
Comment: Merging BLP and Greenberg Traurig – unique, compelling, bloody difficult
In the age of the anodyne corporate law firm, you can at least say a marriage of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)…
BLP/Greenberg: unique, compelling, bloody difficult
In the age of the anodyne corporate law firm, you can at least say a marriage of Berwin Leighton Paisner…
The limits of culture – WLG needs more than common ground to fulfil its ambitions
Let’s get this out of the way up front. The least expected new entrant to the Global 100, Gowling WLG,…
Comment: In-house counsel: more to do and happy about it
There are familiar themes and a few mixed messages from this year’s in-house lawyer survey but one obvious point to…
In-house counsel: more to do and happy about it
There are familiar themes and a few mixed messages from this year’s in-house lawyer survey but one obvious point to…
The cyber security roundtable: Victims and visions
As cyber security issues continue to dominate the headlines amid a fractious European backdrop, we assembled a group of senior…
It’s a people game – what PE lawyers can teach global law firms
If a good chunk of the latest issue of Legal Business is focused on technology and machines replacing lawyers, our…