‘A big space to attack’ – how shifting markets are opening up opportunities for firms across the UK
When talking to managing partners at law firms based across the UK, one thing is clear – there’s no shortage…
Law firms
‘A clear shift toward fewer but larger deals’ – mega-deals fuel growth as partners predict 2025 M&A trends
Leading M&A partners are predicting an increase in deal activity in 2025 driven by sectors including tech, financial services and…
‘Everyone will be watching’: disputes partners pick out the trends to watch for 2025
If there’s one thing litigators aren’t disputing, it’s that workflow is not likely to drop as we settle into 2025.…
Revolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London moves
Revolving into 2025, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has bolstered its London leveraged finance practice hiring Bryan Robson and William…
‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetry
Paul Hastings finance partner Reena Gogna, who joined the firm from Weil in summer 2024, on coming into law, inspiring…
Five partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner
Simmons & Simmons has begun the process of electing a new managing partner, with the firm confirming that it expects to…
Former Freshfields senior partner among recipients in New Year Honours List
Former Freshfields senior partner Edward Braham is among the legal practitioners to have been recognised in the 2025 New Year…
‘It’s always a fight’ – US and UK funders on a busy year battling Davids, Goliaths and regulation
After a turbulent 2024 that at times saw the future of the funding industry called into question things are looking…
Talent wars, private equity and number crunching: LB’s most read features of 2024
From transatlantic mergers to dizzying new heights of competition in the war for talent at both associate and partner level,…
Youle, Dejonghe, Levine and the top women in private equity – LB’s most popular interviews of 2024
From high-profile managing partners to leading GCs and barristers, the LB team interviewed dozens of the leading names in law…
‘$20m isn’t much once you deduct the essentials’ – LB’s best quotes of the year
From bumper pay cheques to internal politics and an extremely competitive lateral recruitment market, 2024 hasn’t been short of legal…
‘You need people from different backgrounds in leadership positions’
Jay Sadanandan has arrived to our interview a few minutes late, armed with hot chocolates for everyone. It’s a thoughtful…
Kramer Levin’s Paris office joins Morgan Lewis amid HSF merger deal
A team from the Paris office of New York-based Kramer Levin is scheduled to join Morgan Lewis’ Paris office on 1…
Marking a merger: how is BCLP’s transatlantic tie-up faring?
Back in 2018, Therese Pritchard and Lisa Mayhew – then freshly appointed co-chairs of the first significant financially integrated transatlantic…
Transatlantic firms outstrip peers on five-year PEP growth, LB100 data reveals
While this year’s LB100 has found transatlantic law firms experiencing slower revenue growth than their more tightly focused peers, an…
Cleary and White & Case switch on for Canal+ £2.5bn IPO in London
Elite US firms played a key role as French broadcaster Canal+ made its debut on the London Stock Exchange, becoming…
Hogan Lovells joins top firms in £3.6bn Royal Mail takeover as UK govt approves bid
Hogan Lovells has secured a new role as adviser to the UK government on the £3.6bn acquisition of International Distribution Services…
A good time to be mid-tier: private equity interest on the rise as mid-market thrives
The LB100 results for 2023-24 are in, and while the demise of the mid-market has been long forecast, the numbers…
The LB100 ranked by PEP: firms push partner profits to new heights as associate pay debate rumbles on
The UK’s 100 largest law firms increased profit per equity partner (PEP) by an average of 13% during the last…