Revolving doors: Cleary makes Bay Area move as HogLov and Squire enhance Africa offerings
In a bold Bay Area play, Cleary Gottlieb has announced that it is opening in California with the arrival of…
The Legal Business Awards and GC Powerlist UK 2021: Great to be back!
Pinsent Masons, Travers Smith and easyJet were among the major winners at the 2021 Legal Business Awards, which returned as…
LB100 Second 50: Regional View – Faster, higher, stronger
The regional and smaller national firms that sit in the 51-100 bracket of the Legal Business 100 (LB100) have again…
LB100 Second 50: City and Boutique – Percentage play
The 21 London-based firms that sit in the second half of the LB100, many of which are specialist, focused players,…
Pinsents, Travers Smith and easyJet the big winners as Legal Business Awards returns to Grosvenor House
Pinsent Masons, Travers Smith and easyJet were among the major winners at the 2021 Legal Business Awards, which returned as a…
Revolving doors: McDermott makes Paris antitrust move as HSF bolsters German corporate offering
The past week has seen a number of moves between Global 100 players in Europe, as well as some significant…
In memory of Stephen J Doggett
It is with tremendous sadness that we learned that our former colleague and friend, Stephen J Doggett, passed away on…
Financials 2020/21: Addleshaws to triple bonus provision following standout year
Addleshaw Goddard has kept pace with an emerging trend over the past month, posting robust financial results for 2020/21 following…
Financials 2020/21: RPC latest to shrug off lean spell to post robust financial growth
RPC is the latest LB100 firm to emerge from a ‘very challenging’ period to today (22 July) post exceptional financial…
Revolving Doors: HSF and RPC reunite with former London insurance specialists
Amid an uncharacteristically sluggish week for lateral hires, two top-50 Legal Business 100 firms have welcomed former colleagues back to…
Going viral – Risk management and professional indemnity survey 2021
Sponsored by After a succession of years in the public eye and with no lack of controversy in 2020, it…
Letting go: anathema to a control-freak partner
Two observations from the GC of BT Technology, Chris Fowler, stand out in our innovation feature, ‘Arrested development’. One: ‘If…
This time, walk the talk behind the ESG bandwagon
Three letters seem to be everywhere you look these days: ESG. Law firm after law firm seems to be offering…
Stevens & Bolton posts eleventh year of turnover growth in latest set of financials
LB100 firm Stevens & Bolton has unveiled solid financial results for 2020/2021, marking 11 consecutive years of revenue growth. In spite…
Revolving Doors: A&O makes US leveraged finance play as Latham strengthens Middle East offering
A number of Global 100 firms have made key hires from each other internationally in a busy week for lateral…
The work from home dilemma – get creative
If 2020 was about surviving coronavirus and lockdown, 2021 is most certainly about rebuilding and making up for lost time.…
Global London: Non-US firms in London – On standby
The issue on every European partner’s lips in our Global London report in 2016 was the outcome and fallout of…
300 not out…the story of Legal Business spanning three decades
‘In the course of the last 30 years, a lot has changed in the legal world but a lot has…
Learning from the ghosts of decades past
Although it seems like I’ve been around forever, I wasn’t here when Legal Business first hit desks in January 1990.…
The Euro Elite overview: Enduring endurance
Much of the narrative of Legal Business for the past 300 issues has involved the internationalisation – and the failed…