‘Impossible to predict’ coronavirus fallout sees Gateley cancel £3m dividend and suspend guidance
Listed law firm Gateley has withheld more than £3m in shareholder payouts to keep hold of cash with activity dented…
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‘Doesn’t fit a law firm’: Kennedys looks to prove smarts with IQ technology arm spin-off
Kennedys has become the latest firm to spin off part of its services offering and open up to external investment in…
Axiom break-off rebrands after failing to find a buyer as LOD launches second German hub
Axiom Managed Solutions (AMS) has abandoned efforts to sell to new investors following its split from Axiom, instead rebranding as…
Ince stock plummets as firm seeks £16m from shareholders
Shares in listed law firm Ince Group fell drastically today (15 January) after the company called for an additional £16m in…
Sponsored briefing: Legal tech – Too much of a good thing?
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Pinsents launches flexi-lawyering brand Vario in Germany following New Law acquisitions
Pinsent Masons has finalised two alternative legal services acquisitions, enabling the firm to launch its flexible lawyering business Vario in…
‘Dynamic and excellent’: A&O chooses Johannesburg for second cost-saving hub as Steptoe launches in Hong Kong with CC pair
Allen & Overy has built on the success of its Belfast cost-saving centre with the launch of another in Johannesburg as…
Ashurst joins flexible lawyering bandwagon as DWF completes BT Law acquisition
Ashurst has teamed up with US-based law company Elevate and Cognia Law to offer clients flexible lawyering through the firm’s…
‘Not a chance’: Reed Smith rules out a listing as it lands ABS licence approval
Reed Smith has made good on its plans to secure an alternative business structure (ABS) licence from the Solicitors Regulation…
New tricks – Can law firms beat New Law disruptors at their own game?
Lee Ranson was restless. It was late 2018 and Eversheds Sutherland’s co-chief needed something different: a viable plan to double…
Growth and investment define New Law as frontrunners make big gains
Industry pioneers are attracting public and private interest in alternative models While many lofty predictions of New Law’s rise remain…
Practice management tech: Made to measure
The successful application of technology to a law firm’s business ultimately hinges on one key question: is it technology that…
E-discovery: Cloud atlas
No matter how much technology accelerates cumbersome processes like document review, the human element must always be hovering in the…
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Government backs University of Oxford legal tech research as Magic Circle trio form data consortium
The University of Oxford has been awarded £213,000 to fund a study into the legal tech ecosystem as a trio…
Conference Sketch – Thousands flock to law tech showcase but echo chamber concerns creep in
Walking trees. High-fives. A cinema. Virtual reality headsets. Arcade games. Disco balls. General counsel (GCs) dressed as Willy Wonka. Filing…
Adoption is accelerating: legal tech start-up investment more than doubles to £61m in 2018
Cash flowing into UK legal tech start-ups rose to £61m in 2018, a considerable increase on the previous year’s £22m,…
Riverview Law and Pangea3 brands to be dropped following EY acquisition
Big Four accountancy firm EY is finalising the combination of its two high-profile acquisitions, Riverview Law and Pangea3, into one…
Stake in the ground: Pinsents bolsters alternative services with project management division
Pinsent Masons has launched a client and legal project management division as it continues to ramp up investment in non-legal…
New Law, new money: UnitedLex turnover hits $350m with UK expansion on the cards
US New Law provider UnitedLex has bolstered its total revenue to $350m in its most recent financial results, with expansion…