Working the mechanics: Camerons, Nabarro and Olswang’s leaders on finalising the merger
Having announced an audacious union yesterday (10 October) management at CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang are set to kick…
Perspectives: Mark Hastings
I always wanted to be a criminal barrister. I grew up watching Rumpole. At university I read classics, did the…
Rack and ruin – the 2016 judicial survey
Funding cuts are putting the judiciary’s status as a world leader under pressure. Canvassing the profession, we find deep concern…
Clifford Chance scoops Murdoch hacking litigation from Linklaters
Clifford Chance has won the high-profile instruction to defend Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) in its hacking litigation from…
Dismissed: Junior doctors lose High Court challenge to new contracts
Junior doctors have suffered a major blow after the High Court yesterday (28 September) rejected a judicial review challenging the…
‘A great enhancement to our practice’: Quinn lures Macfarlanes’ Berman in latest City hire
In a rare defection from Macfarlanes, financial services head David Berman is set to join Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
Travers, Debevoise and Freshfields provide cover for $1.1bn Ascot insurance deal
Usual suspects Travers Smith, Debevoise & Plimpton, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have been gifted with advisory roles on the latest…
Backlash begins for new Lord Chancellor Truss over fixed costs proposals on high-value cases
Recently-appointed Lord Chancellor Liz Truss is facing mounting backlash from the profession after unveiling proposals to extend the recoverable costs…
Cleary taps A&O for Frankfurt M&A hire as US law firms sustain Euro push
Top 25 Global law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has bolstered its ranks in Frankfurt with the hire of…
‘Adapt or die’ – K&L’s outspoken chief Kalis to stand down after 20 years at the helm of US giant
He has been one of the longest-serving and most outspoken law firm leaders in the conservative US legal market but…
Life during law: Guy Norman, Clifford Chance
It’s been a long career. I’m amazed at being here 27 years. People think that must be dull but I’ve…
The LB100: The second quartile – Short changed
After years of strong growth, the City’s mid-tier saw more mixed results in 2016 With Brexit looming large over the…
The new order – the first response for GCs to the post-Brexit environment
A post-Brexit landscape poses many legal hurdles for corporates operating within the UK. Legal Business asks senior in-house counsel how…
Clifford Chance reworks Saudi arrangements with new association
Following talk of contention with local authorities over the legality of its Saudi Arabia office, Clifford Chance (CC) has reworked…
Media musical chairs: Schillings takes celebrity threesome case from Carter-Ruck
Having successfully won a privacy battle at the Supreme Court in May, celebrity threesome couple PJS and YMA has dropped…
Revolving doors: Clydes, Paul Weiss and Halebury strengthen offerings with international hires
Last week saw a trio of firms bolster their international offerings through lateral hires, including Clyde & Co, US firm…
SABMiller legal chief Davidson to stand down as mega beer merger finalises
Brewing giant SABMiller’s general counsel (GC) John Davidson will stand down in six months’ time following a post-acquisition review by…
Plugging the leak: Ashurst approves lockstep overhaul to retain high performers
Amid a turbulent period of lawyer exits and poor financial performance, Ashurst partners have voted through fundamental changes to its…
Cracking the whip: Addleshaws Joyce forced into action to push through recent partnership changes
Noted for introducing a more assertive style of management to Addleshaw Goddard since being elected as managing partner two years…
Berezovsky settlement revealed as ‘fee uplift’ to Addleshaws revenues
An uplift of between £5-10m from a settlement relating to the long-running Berezovsky litigation helped bump Addleshaw Goddard over the…