The business of saving lives
‘Every week two women are killed by their partners and three commit suicide due to domestic abuse.’ With such a…
‘A big deal’: Harrison sets out strategy for building a thoroughly modern law firm
Undaunted by a hectic few days in which details of Natasha Harrison’s new firm Pallas Partners hit the headlines, the…
Harrison leads Boies Schiller team exodus to set up rival firm
Natasha Harrison has left Boies Schiller to set up a rival firm in the City, with five other partners also…
Life During Law: Tihir Sarkar
I grew up in the Midlands in the ̒80s. It was hard hit by the recession. My dad lost his…
Welcome to the Renaissance
A senior legal headhunter friend, who could easily be described as a Renaissance Man, recently confided that one of the…
Global 100: Goodwin – No guts, no glory
The Zoom call with Gemma Roberts, private equity partner and recently-appointed co-chair of Goodwin’s London office, has not got off…
Kirkland shortens equity track as it wages intensified war for talent
Kirkland & Ellis has shortened its path to equity partnership by a year in another audacious move that will doubtless…
LB100 Overview: Marathon, not a sprint
The phrase has long been a cliché among industry circles, but no-one is better at being cautiously optimistic than a…
LB100 proves pacier than hoped but there’s plenty of ground still to cover
While commentary from LB100 leaders in recent years may have occasionally sounded like a broken record, with gingerly repeated soundbites…
‘Similar but different’: Osborne Clarke’s veteran senior partner Saul hands the baton to Clough
Having overseen a time of significant growth for Osborne Clarke, Andrew Saul (pictured) is making way for Peter Clough to…
Dealwatch: Golden ticket for Skadden and Taylor Wessing as they lead on Netflix’s Roald Dahl acquisition
Pundits on the apparently unceasingly bullish deal markets have become well-versed in pointing to sectors that have particularly been stoked by…
Kirkland breaks own record again to make up 151 new partners and 19 in London
With the boldness the market has come to expect from the world’s highest-grossing law firm, Kirkland & Ellis has again…
Rare blow for Cravath as Freshfields hires Zoubek to co-head Wall Street M&A team
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Cravath M&A partner Damien Zoubek to co-head its New York corporate practice alongside Ethan Klinsberg,…
Slaughters galvanises succession to name Finkler and Turnill its next generation leaders
In an unusual display of forward planning for a City leader, Slaughter and May has already earmarked Roland Turnill (pictured)…
Dealwatch: Latham and Linklaters bet on £2.2bn William Hill disposal as £1.2bn easyJet rights issue flies
While it could hardly be said to have slowed down over summer, the deal market has nevertheless ramped up since the…
Women leaders: Women of the revolution
‘There’s finally a new wave of senior leadership and it’s in the form of smart women. Whatever the reason, I…
Life During Law: Adam Plainer
I didn’t want to be a lawyer. My father wouldn’t let me go to RADA. Acting is what I wanted…
Time to stop sneering at the leaders recognising the value of humanity
It is hard to introduce a column on female leaders without sounding trite or – as a woman – vaguely…
Financial results 2020/21: Travers overcomes Covid blip as revenue spikes 15% and PEP surges 22%
The financial performance of Travers Smith has seen a dramatic double-digit bounce-back as turnover increased 15% to £185.7m and profit…
Financials 2020/21: ‘Tremendous resilience’ from Freshfields yields 5% turnover and profit growth
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has weathered the coronavirus crisis to report a 5% addition to its top line and profit per…