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Disputes perspectives: Sir David Green QC
Looking back, I spent 25% of my time at the Serious Fraud Office reacting to a campaign against the SFO…
Disputes perspectives: Jolyon Maugham QC
One of the things about being a barrister is that you’re independently-minded, which means all the big Remain campaigns find…
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The quality of life report: Perspectives – Richard Martin, Byrne Dean
‘It’s the stigma that stops people talking and that same stigma prevents anyone else from learning.’ In 2011,…
The quality of life report: Pursuits – Ian Bagshaw, White & Case
‘This is a hard career, but everything’s hard. Work hard, be the better you and enjoy yourself.’ In…
The quality of life report: Pursuits – Steve Cooke, Slaughter and May
‘We have a reasonable word-of-mouth reputation as purveyors of miserable music for gut-wrenching films.’ Many City lawyers have outside…
The quality of life report: Pursuits – Edward Braham, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
‘What makes a photograph is the light – you’ve got to get everything else there, but if the light isn’t…
The quality of life report: Perspectives – Samantha Brown, Herbert Smith Freehills
‘Being open about my experience has not held back my career. If anything, it’s enhanced my relationship with my colleagues…
Q&A: Latham’s Sophie Lamb on life in chambers, practice and the danger of post-Brexit immigration policy
Latham & Watkins’ global co-head of international arbitration Sophie Lamb (pictured) discusses Lord Goldsmith, Latham and the impact of Brexit…
Client profile: Margaret Cole, PwC UK
Once the chief enforcer for the City, the PwC UK general counsel discusses breaking balls and finding a silver lining…
Is Kennedys keeping up? Insurance player claims innovation and expansion provide the right cover
Kathryn McCann and Victoria Young discuss Kennedys’ prospects with longstanding senior partner Nick Thomas ‘I’d like to tell you that…
Perspectives: Mark Hastings
I always wanted to be a criminal barrister. I grew up watching Rumpole. At university I read classics, did the…
Q&A: David Collins – Dentons UK corporate head on a fresh start, deals gone wrong and life after BLP
After his move from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) to Dentons as the new head of UK corporate and co-chair of…
The pitch – A new kind of global law firm emerges but can Dentons live up to the hype?
A dismissed also-ran, Dentons has improbably reinvented itself as a pioneer taking legal globalisation to new heights. Critics snipe but…
Q&A with Clifford Chance’s Jonny Myers and Oliver Felsenstein
Jonny Myers and Oliver Felsenstein (pictured), global co-heads of private equity at Clifford Chance (CC) speak to Legal Business about…
Q&A with Blake Morgan’s Walter Cha
The merger between Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole went live on 1 July to create Blake Morgan. The firm’s managing…
PROFILE: Terry Miller, LOCOG
When the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)’s general counsel (GC) Terry Miller won Legal Business…
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Father of five, two-time Hawaiian Iron Man competitor, climber, trial lawyer extraordinaire and co-founder of what can legitimately claim to…