Conflict prompts Moscow exodus for Global 100 firms as Ukraine crisis takes its toll
Charles Avery reports on the firms taking a stand as sanctions bite When news broke that Russia had invaded Ukraine,…
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Legal Business returns to anything but normal – new or otherwise
So, after a six-month hiatus we have returned and much has changed. Writing this as we enter a second national…
Comment: Allen & Overy’s election delivered an all-star line-up but have the big issues been resolved?
Towards the end of 2019, Legal Business remarked that the issue at the heart of Allen & Overy (A&O)’s looming…
Allen & Overy’s election delivered an all-star line-up but have the big issues been resolved?
Towards the end of 2019, Legal Business remarked that the issue at the heart of Allen & Overy (A&O)’s looming…
Comment: The 2010s marked an unsung crisis in law firm leadership
Astute readers will note that our cover feature on 2020 forecasts spends as much time casting its eye back on…
The 2010s marked an unsung crisis in law firm leadership
Astute readers will note that our cover feature on 2020 forecasts spends as much time casting its eye back on…
If A&O’s new team can’t get a mandate, who can?
Writing at the end of November, with this issue hitting desks only a day or two before the candidates for…
Dynamic forces – The Legal 500 UK launch unveils new approach
Late last month we published the first Legal 500 UK guide since I took over as editor. While changing something…
The end of A&O’s marathon O’Melveny merger bid reveals the stark choices facing the Magic Circle
This article sits in the news leader slot of our latest issue, but when considering Allen & Overy (A&O) and…
Comment: Global 100 reportcard – US leaders continue decade-long surge as City rivals dither
Judging the world’s largest law firms, it is becoming a familiar tradition after we unpack the results of the Global…
Global 100 results show US question looming ever more ominously
Judging the world’s largest law firms, it is becoming a familiar tradition after we unpack the results of the Global…
Cross-selling to glory will only get the Big Four so far
This title is on the record as having doubts regarding the Big Four’s legal ambitions, at least judged against claims…
Comment: Vital signs – the passing of old Ashurst holds surprising new life
Sometimes in institutional terms, something has to die before something new can live. The good news for Ashurst, as chronicled…
Vital signs – the passing of old Ashurst holds new life
Sometimes in institutional terms, something has to die before something new can live. The good news for Ashurst, as chronicled…
US firms in London – the new apex predators are here
There was never any doubt that 2018 would prove another good year for US law firms in London coming off…
Comment: Beyond barbarian – Another stride as Kirkland signs private equity’s most wanted
If the news in late 2017 that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer private equity veteran David Higgins was joining Kirkland & Ellis…
Beyond barbarian: Kirkland signs PE’s most wanted
If the news in late 2017 that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer private equity veteran David Higgins was joining Kirkland & Ellis…
City horizons: The Legal Business view on the profession for you to cut out and keep
On occasion, we are asked to give our house view at partner conferences and the like. Undertaking one such gig…
The great distraction – The innovation bandwagon has hobbled market forces
I used to believe the UK legal profession was more imaginative than it got credit for – now I find…
A decade since Lehman the profession still mired in the New Normal
Within days of this issue hitting desks, it will be ten years since Lehman Brothers’ collapse marked what swiftly became…