Fault lines – Can City law face up to the challenges of mental health?
City lawyers have long been prone to burnout. Are changing attitudes seeing law firms finally face up to the challenges…
Linklaters, Bakers and Mills & Reeve all get a taste on $1.76bn Weetabix deal
St Louis-based consumer goods group Post Holdings is set to take on UK brand Weetabix Food Company for $1.76bn after…
Appeal dismissed: RPC newspaper clients lose ‘no win no fee’ decision in Supreme Court
National newspaper groups including the publishers of The Times, the Daily Mail and The Mirror, represented by RPC and Bates…
Baker McKenzie sees London revenue up to £176m as profits leap
Baker McKenzie‘s London office has seen its revenue jump by more than 20% in the firm’s LLP accounts, with turnover…
Hogan Lovells’ marriage has settled down but can the union blossom into global power couple?
As the Hogan Lovells union matures, Matthew Field and Victoria Young assess the global challenger’s prospects As partners in a…
Swoop to conquer – a turbulent year for US firms in London but no retreat
Legal Business‘s 15th annual Global London survey assesses the impact of a seismic year on the City’s leading US and…
‘Reputation is catching up with reality’: White & Case and Bakers enjoy City revenues gains as rivals stall
London turnover down at Akin Gump, Debevoise and Reed Smith The London outposts of leading international firms reported mixed results…
Focus: Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
London office headcount: 69 lawyers, 19 partners Fee-earner headcount change since 2011: n/a London head: Tim Frazer Office speciality: Life…
Baker McKenzie chair Rawlinson targets 250-strong New York office and launches new industrials sector group
With his international tour as global chair coming to a close, Baker McKenzie‘s new chief Paul Rawlinson is targeting renewed…
Nabarro posts perfect score as Camerons drags three-way trainee retention rate down to 84%
Trainees at Nabarro and Olswang certainly seem set on the prospect of a three way merger with CMS Cameron McKenna,…
Consolidation: CMS Olswang and Nabarro to cut roughly a third of support staff jobs ahead of merger
As the firms prepare for their three way merger, 300 support staff roles at CMS Cameron McKenna, Olswang and Nabarro…
Simmons lands Olswang heavyweight Michael Burdon in senior exit ahead of triple merger
Ahead of his firm’s triple merger with Nabarro and CMS Cameron McKenna, Olswang veteran Michael Burdon is to leave for…
‘Our business has evolved’: Burford Capital income rises by 60% as demand for litigation finance grows
Litigation finance outfit Burford Capital has seen its turnover soar 59% to $163.4m in a year which saw the financer…
Kirkland and Cravath pick up Misys mandate for C$4.8bn Canadian merger
Having backed out of its proposed London float late last year, UK headquartered software company Misys has merged with Canadian…
Dentons cuts 60 jobs across US offices as McKenna Long merger layoffs hit
While its merger driven expansion has made Dentons a global giant, integration across the firm’s US business has led to…
SRA gets secretive, blocking public and press access to board meetings
In an unusual break from its mantra of transparency, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has decided it will no longer…
Deus ex machina: Linklaters signs up Lloyds and RBS to ring-fencing software
Linklaters has launched a pair of artificial intelligence (AI) products in the latest innovation push for the Magic Circle firm,…
The arms race – City rivals ramp up AI tech for the battles ahead
After a 2016 inflection point for automation, which City players are going beyond the hype and pushing ahead in the…
Deus ex machina: Linklaters signs up Lloyds and RBS to ring-fencing software as firm develops brace of AI products
Linklaters has launched a pair of artificial intelligence (AI) products in the latest innovation push for the Magic Circle firm,…
‘Unclear how it works’: BLP launches challenge as business rates look set to top £1bn a year
Changes could mean a one-third increase for City offices With bank debt and real estate costs two of the most…