The profession reels as shock Brexit vote sends UK crashing out of EU… and into years of uncertainty
European integration was the bedrock for City law firms’ dramatic globalisation during the 1990s and 2000s but yesterday’s shock vote…
Freshfields loses executive from leadership quartet as Michael Lacovara joins Latham
Michael Lacovara, executive partner at Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has quit to join Latham & Watkins.
Shearman ramps up associate pay as war for talent intensifies
Newly-qualified UK lawyers at Shearman & Sterling will see salaries pushed up £7,000 to £95,000 this year as City salaries…
Continued integration: Akin Gump solidifies takeover of Bingham’s London outpost with office move
More than 18 months since combining in the City, the 21-partner team that left now defunct US law firm Bingham…
Welcome to Tinder Law – LOD launches online matching service for clients wanting a legal hook-up
There are websites to match people with food, taxis and dates, but the sharing economy has entered a new sphere…
Nokia appoints first global legal panel
Shearman, Reed Smith, Dentons and Eversheds among firms to win places Shearman & Sterling, Reed Smith, Dentons and Eversheds are…
Ringing the changes – Nokia appoints first global legal panel
Shearman & Sterling, Reed Smith, Dentons and Eversheds are among the firms appointed to Nokia’s newly-created global legal panel.
Kirkland takes fourth Linklaters City partner in a year, appointing PE partner Holdsworth
Kirkland & Ellis has returned to Magic Circle firm Linklaters for one of its last remaining private equity heavyweights in…
Expansive White & Case taps Ashurst for the second time in two weeks for disputes partner
Within weeks of securing Ashurst equity capital markets partner Jonathan Parry, White & Case has tapped the Anglo-Australian firm again…
Weir Group names Morgan its next general counsel
London-listed engineering business Weir Group has named its deputy general counsel, Christopher Morgan, its new general counsel and company secretary…
DLA Piper doubles City promotions amid 48-strong round
London was home to eight of DLA Piper’s expanded partner promotions round, double the number made up last year as the…
HSF leaders plot China launch and US merger amid new strategy
‘Could we have a 1,000 lawyers in China? We could,’ Herbert Smith Freehills‘ (HSF) co-chief executive Mark Rigotti said. ‘But…
White & Case hiring spree continues with appointment of Ashurst capital markets partner
As White & Case aims to build a 500-lawyer practice in the City by 2020, its recruitment spree has continued…
Baker & McKenzie lands another Barclays lawyer with global competition head hire
Less than a year after it hired Barclays Bank’s global head of financial crime Jonathan Peddie, Baker & McKenzie has…
‘Growing confidence’: Linklaters and A&O lead on biggest post-crisis RMBS transaction
Magic Circle firms Linklaters and Allen & Overy were instructed on the £6.1bn securitisation of UK mortgages by private equity…
KWM real estate duo land at Ashurst following restructure
With 24 partners on the market following King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) decision to axe 15% of its European and…
City duo in four-strong group running to replace Leite at helm of global giant Baker & McKenzie
With Eduardo Leite set to step down as Baker & McKenzie‘s global chair at the end of October after six…
Reed Smith enters merger discussions with Pepper Hamilton
As a sluggish US legal market drives consolidation, Reed Smith is lining up a merger with smaller American firm Pepper…
Leadership, strategy and culture: behind the failed merger discussions between BLP and Greenberg
Following the fallout of failed merger talks between Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Greenberg Traurig, it has emerged the UK…
Global London: The Barbarians storming the gate of City deal work
Mainstream M&A has for decades been the stronghold of the City elite… and the ground US law firms struggled to…