The energy and renewables debate: Power shifts
Eric Knai, Eversheds Sutherland: If you look back at 2023, we have had a very depressed M&A market other than…
‘Feels good to be bold’ – Freshfields executes on New York private capital ambitions with hire of Latham PE pair
In what will be viewed by rivals as a further shot across the bows, Freshfields has continued to make determined…
Euro Elite 2024: Ireland – Under pressure
Despite recent laments from London corporate pundits over a depressed deals market, the view of many is that the Irish…
No shoo-ins at the Legal Business Awards, and beware the perils of TL;DR
Awards season. It should be viewed as a time of joy and anticipation, when law firms clamour to showcase their…
Reasons to be cheerful: the hustle is back for 2024
Whether it is the prospect of another few weeks still left of winter, many law firm leaders seem to have…
Global 100: When the music stops – it’s time for the global elite to play a different record
It has long been a peccadillo of business publishers to measure financial performance in five-year increments and for this, our…
Life During Law: Natasha Luther-Jones
When I was 12, I was a competitive swimmer, and I used to swim every morning before school. If you’re…
The Global 100 debate: Going hard and betting long
Nathalie Tidman, Legal Business: How have your businesses been performing over the last year? What have been the highlights? Deborah…
The in-house debate: Look to the future now
David Halliwell, Pinsent Masons Vario: The world is now seen through a ‘VUCA’ lens – it’s Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and…
Doing the robot – Five years on, the same old AI debate rages on
‘It is very difficult to see how AI competes with what David Higgins does.’ Looking back five years to our…
The onslaught continues: Paul Weiss raids Kirkland again to hire City IP partner
Just when the market thought Paul Weiss had eased up on its hiring spree in the run-up to Christmas, the…
The Ireland debate: Don’t fear the robots
Nathalie Tidman, Legal Business: Welcome everyone. We have a fantastic panel of extremely talented and insightful people here this evening.…
ChatGPT has drunk the Kool-Aid on A&O Shearman – let’s see what it makes of Paul Weiss
So much ink has been spilled over game-changing developments in recent weeks – namely the partnership vote in favour of…
Silence is not golden as Legal Business 100 firms need a different tune
A glance at our Legal Business 100 table this year shows the post-Covid, frothy corporate market conditions have finally come…
Ireland focus: No line on the horizon
‘What’s happening with Kirkland would make a great Netflix documentary, although maybe a bit niche,’ quips one managing partner of…
The in-house debate: Time for a quick Chat(GPT)?
Nathalie Tidman, Legal Business: How much access do you have to the board? How intrinsic are you to the decision-making…
Women deal stars prove you can have it all – but don’t worry men, you are Kenough
Chatting with a male managing partner recently about – what else – the hire of Kirkland’s debt superstar Neel Sachdev…
Paul Weiss’ hire of Kirkland rock star is the shake-up we didn’t know we needed
‘Paul Weiss hasn’t got enough partners in London for doubles ping pong!’ scoffed a senior source at the beginning of…
‘The raconteur’s raconteur par excellence’: Industry mourns loss of ESG luminary Paul Watchman
‘Have I told you my friend’s story about being a munchkin in The Wizard of Oz in Aberdeen in the…
One in, one out: Deal star Johnson to exit Kirkland as Membrillera joins from Paul Weiss
Roger Johnson, among the first wave private equity stars to defect to Kirkland & Ellis from the Magic Circle, has…