Laws of attraction – how elite firms are ramping up their talent retention tactics
‘There’s a bunch of defensive mechanisms firms are using to shore up their stars – they could be lost to…
Competition
To live or die in DC – getting deals done amid US antitrust crackdown
In many ways, the deal is the easy part. Financing in place, subclauses, choosing exactly the right type of pen…
The Legal 500: Competition: Close competition
‘Brexit was a big moment,’ notes Allen & Overy (A&O) London antitrust group head Mark Friend. ‘It has big ramifications…
£14bn Mastercard group action claim to proceed following historic Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court has today (11 December) dismissed Mastercard’s efforts to thwart former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks’ £14bn group action…
Guest post: Coronavirus tears up competition regimes for foreign investments as Europe struggles to shield reeling economies
COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc with the global economy, disrupting all manner of business throughout the world. Stock markets have…
Letter from… Brussels: Brexit convulsions prove no problem for Brussels hands as the age of tough antitrust enforcement proves a boon
In mid-October, when Legal Business decided it would dedicate this column to analysing the Belgian legal market, there was still…
Tougher competition – the growing impact of antitrust marquee deals
A key morning session of our 2019 Corporate and M&A Summit saw Linklaters London competition head Nicole Kar chair a…
Market Report: Competition Litigation – Healthy competition
With the trickle of follow-on damages claims after high-profile competition investigations threatening to become a flood, Dominic Carman examines how…
Sponsored briefing: The future of competition and consumer litigation – a brave new world?
Francesca Richmond discusses recent developments in EU competition litigation Litigation of claims to recover cartel damage is now a standard…
Rising Stars: Retail
Anna Lawrence Legal director, offer and supply chain KINGFISHER Anna Lawrence is legal director of Kingfisher’s offer and supply chain…
Magic Circle duo land £2.2bn energy deal as antitrust concerns surface
Linklaters and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles as UK energy services giant Wood Group is to acquire its…
Dentons makes competition play with Skadden veteran Venit
European competition veteran James Venit is to leave Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to join Dentons in Brussels after…
KWM competition trio defects to Macfarlanes in rare lateral play by City thoroughbred
City firm Macfarlanes has made a rare triple lateral hire with three partners from King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) European…
City firms react as government pushes ahead European Unified Patent Court despite Brexit fears
The UK is to ratify the Europe-wide Unified Patent Court (UPC) agreement and set up a court in London despite…
Willkie Farr takes top KWM biller to launch competition practice in the City
King and Wood Mallesons (KWM) has lost another heavy-hitter as competition partner Philipp Girardet exits the firm to set up…
‘Milan is a natural candidate’: Italian IP lawyers target London patents court post Brexit
Italy’s intellectual property (IP) lawyers are eyeing up London’s branch of the Unified Patents Court (UPC) in the wake of…
Clifford Chance rebuilds competition team with plum hire from the CMA
Just one week after losing star competition partner Alastair Mordaunt to Magic Circle rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance has…
Freshfields makes key competition hire as Clifford Chance City partner to relocate to lead Hong Kong practice
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Clifford Chance’s Alastair Mordaunt to become the new competition head of its Hong Kong practice.
Betting on Brussels: Sheppard Mullin takes Hogan Lovells partner in competition law play
US firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has taken competition lawyer Jacques Derenne from Hogan Lovells’ Brussels office to launch an…
‘A hole in the market’: Scott + Scott opens in the City with plans to exploit conflicts and cash in on competition class actions
In anticipation of a boom in competition-based disputes as the Consumer Rights Act comes into force, US firm Scott+Scott is…