In an uncontested election, risk and insurance-focused law firm BLM has unanimously re-elected its senior partner, Mike Brown, for a further three-year appointment.
Transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells has become the latest to publish its limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts for the 2013/14 financial year, and has recorded a 3.9% revenue boost in its International LLP from £581m to £604m.
Hundreds of workers at motorway service operator Roadchef are set to share a windfall after a 17-year long legal battle against the company’s former chief executive regarding an employee share option scheme.
Latham & Watkins has strengthened its corporate bench in Germany with the hire of Clifford Chance’s (CC) co-head of private equity Oliver Felsenstein and partner Burc Hesse.
A public inquiry into the London death of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has opened at the High Court this morning (27 January), with Fieldfisher partner Martin Smith serving as lead solicitor.
US heavyweight Davis Polk & Wardwell, Dutch firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek and Magic Circle firm Linklaters have all scored roles advising on the €1bn Dutch IPO of Grand Vision, the world’s biggest opticians and owner of Vision Express.
Companies House has today (26 January) lost a major argument at the High Court after a Cardiff businessman argued a blunder over a single letter on a document caused his 124-year old business Taylor and Sons’ to go into administration.
Clifford Chance has started a review of its remuneration system at management level, a move which could see the firm deploy a more flexible lockstep to retain star partners.
Nearly three decades have passed since the game changing union of Coward Chance and Clifford Turner – a watershed moment in the evolution of global law famously executed by figureheads, Sir Max Williams and Geoffrey Howe. This week the firm’s managing partner Matthew Layton unveiled a strategy which will attempt to revive that audacious vision …
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Dentons is set to create the biggest law firm in the world by lawyer headcount through a combination with leading Chinese firm Dacheng, a move that will establish a 6,600-lawyer giant operating under a Swiss verein structure.
