Clydes sets sights on Seattle and Texas growth as US long game continues to pay off
Earlier this month, Clyde & Co launched in Texas, the latest step in a two-decades-long journey into North America which has…
Hogan Lovells and Akin announce 2025 partner promotions
Hogan Lovells and Akin became the two latest firms to announce their 2025 partner promotions last week, with 28 and…
‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the Midwest
Following last month’s release of Legal 500’s first US city elite rankings, Legal Business checked in with the newly ranked Chicago lawyers…
Transatlantic firms outstrip peers on five-year PEP growth, LB100 data reveals
While this year’s LB100 has found transatlantic law firms experiencing slower revenue growth than their more tightly focused peers, an…
The LB100 ranked by PEP: firms push partner profits to new heights as associate pay debate rumbles on
The UK’s 100 largest law firms increased profit per equity partner (PEP) by an average of 13% during the last…
Revenue generated by UK legal services rises almost 8% to £47bn, report finds
The total revenue generated by UK-based legal services increased by 7.7% last year to a total of £47.1bn, according to a…
Lewis Silkin brought in for high-profile investigation into MasterChef’s Wallace
Lewis Silkin has been appointed to lead an investigation into TV presenter Gregg Wallace, after historical allegations of misconduct were…
Proskauer continues finance build out with former A&O Shearman and Milbank hire
Proskauer announced today that it has hired former A&O Shearman and Milbank partner John Goldfinch into its global finance practice.…
‘Everybody wanted to be on that bus’: Baker Botts on its award-winning Saudi green hydrogen deal
Baker Botts walked away from this year’s Legal Business Awards with the trophy for energy/infrastructure team of the year, in…
Getting to know Kramer Levin – a guide to HSF’s merger partner
While Herbert Smith Freehills is one of the best-known legal brands in the UK, it is fair to say that Kramer Levin…
Global 100 Overview: G100 defy gloom to pass $150bn
‘It looked like we were in for a rough time – but the markets stood up well.’ DLA Piper global…
‘More uncertainty than any other recent election’ – US partners on what the Trump-Harris race means for Big Law
The comparison between City partners’ attitudes to the UK general election in July and US partners’ attitudes to next Tuesday’s…
‘What sort of profession do we want to have?’ – young Black lawyers on diversity, inclusion, and what needs to be done
‘There’s lawyers all over the world. The question isn’t whether or not Black people can be lawyers. The question is,…
‘Freeths who?’ no more: LB’s firm of the year on brand revolution, their ‘watershed’ win – and what’s next
Last month, Freeths was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards, capping off a remarkable period for…
‘Private credit are the new banks’: Proskauer’s A&O and Cahill hires on the US firm’s ambitious finance push
Speak to almost any major firm active in the finance space and you’ll hear about private credit. The industry matured…
A&O Shearman Johannesburg team heads for Bowmans after office closure
African firm Bowmans announced today (3 October) that it has hired all the lawyers from A&O Shearman’s shuttered Johannesburg office,…
‘Ready to set the stage’: Freeths posts 13% revenue growth in 2023-24 financials
Freeths has revealed its results for the 2023-24 financial year, with double-digit increases to both revenue and PEP.
Life During Law: former A&O chief Wim Dejonghe
Former Allen & Overy senior partner Wim Dejonghe was named Management Partner of the Year at the Legal Business Awards…
A&O Shearman to cut partnership by 10% and close Johannesburg base in post-merger shake-up
A&O Shearman is set to cut 10% of its partnership, close its South Africa office and end its consulting business,…
Disputes specialist firm Seladore Legal opens in Milan
Seladore Legal announced today (5 September) that it has opened its first international office in Milan. The office will be led…