Revolving doors: Morrison & Foerster makes City move as Fieldfisher and Reed Smith develop international practices
US player Morrison & Foerster emerged as the only firm to make a significant lateral hire in the City last…
Scotland: All our yesterdays
Change always creates opportunities,’ says Nick Scott, the new managing partner at Brodies, when asked about this year’s departure of…
Lucky seven: Stevens & Bolton reveals seventh year of growth and posts record partner profits
Continuing its consistently impressive organic growth, South East heavyweight Stevens & Bolton has posted a 9% hike in turnover to a…
Revolving Doors: Baker Botts takes Kirkland capital markets partner in Houston as Cooley adds tax partner and DLA makes litigation play in LA
City laterals stayed quiet last week continuing a recent hiatus while the US was the centre of attention internationally with…
‘Continued growth an excellent result’: year of investment brings slowdown for Pinsents
Pinsent Masons has recorded slower revenue growth for the 2017/18 financial year, with turnover increasing by 6% to £449.8m compared…
Paul Hastings doubles up in the City as A&O loses global IP head to Kirkland
Paul Hastings pulled off two headline lateral hires in London in a week as the US firm strengthens its corporate…
Fieldfisher continues European push with Luxembourg and Frankfurt offices
Legal Business 100 pacesetter Fieldfisher has further extended its European reach with the opening of a new office in Luxembourg,…
Global elite joins Japanese and offshore heavyweights as Takeda persists with Shire bid
Life sciences giant puts £46bn offer on table for Irish rival Magic Circle duo Slaughter and May and Linklaters have…
Slaughters confirms highly-symbolic legal tech incubator launch as another start-up secures $13m investment
The burgeoning legal technology scene has seen Slaughter and May confirm it will launch a legal technology incubator in the next…
Revolving Doors: City laterals flat as DLA and Shoosmiths hire in the regions while CMS and CC go global
Regional and international hires dominated lateral recruitment in the last week as City hiring stalled, with DLA Piper bringing on a…
Associate pay: Freshfields joins salary race as global firms jostle for talent in US
More details are emerging on associate pay at Magic Circle firms as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has joined the list of firms…
Linklaters legal AI partner ropes in market-leading £13m investment
An artificial intelligence (AI) company boasting Linklaters as one of its key clients is targeting the world’s biggest firms after securing…
Revolving Doors: Paul Hastings lands Bakers FinReg veteran as Reed Smith hires City IP expert and Mayer Brown appoints Fried Frank’s UK finance head
In what has otherwise been a relatively subdued week for City laterals, Paul Hastings, Reed Smith and Mayer Brown have bolstered their…
‘A sufficient war chest’: Knights turn to IPO for acquisition agenda
One of the earliest adopters of the Alternative Business Structure (ABS) model is turning to the public capital markets to…
Revolving Doors: DWF and Fladgate bolster City recruitment as Ashurst goes large internationally
City recruitment was strong last week as DWF and Fladgate followed headline laterals at White & Case and Ashurst with London plays. International…
White & Case makes another City litigation play with Addleshaw Goddard hire
Expansive US firm White & Case is continuing to walk the talk on its going ‘toe to toe with the…
New Law pioneer LOD primed for growth as BCLP sells to buyout house
Lawyers On Demand (LOD) has secured new private equity backers in place of parent Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) as…
Revolving Doors: City laterals pick up pace as Baker McKenzie and DWF make moves while Reed Smith expands in the US
City recruitment kept pace last week as a trio of firms made City hires, led by Baker McKenzie’s corporate hire…
Government backs ‘under-funded’ legal AI and data technology with £20m contestable R&D fund
A £20m government fund for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analysis in law, accounting and insurance is…
Revolving Doors: City laterals pick up with hires at Dentons and Eversheds as international moves maintain momentum
City recruitment picked up after a lull last week as Dentons strengthened its bench in London at the hand of Eversheds…