‘There will be pushback’: Dawn of pay-to-play tenders will stoke law firm tensions with GCs
Hamish McNicol assesses the adviser mood as clients flex buying power ‘Would I say it’s the norm? No. But would…
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Brexit vs Dicey – The constitutional lawyer’s view on these strange days
With Brexit entrenching divisions, Britain’s patchwork constitution is being increasingly pitted against political upheaval. Do legal experts see crisis brewing?…
Apathy and a multimillion-pound shortfall define beleaguered KWM Europe insolvency
Thomas Alan finds reality setting in for creditors and former partners more than two years on ‘My immediate thought was:…
‘No blueprint’: Looking back at Lehman’s wind-up
Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (LBIE)’s 5,500 employees left the London office at 25 Bank Street on Friday 12 September 2008…
Stars and stripes in their eyes – assessing the US ambitions of A&O and Freshfields
Nathalie Tidman looks at the struggle for the City elite as US players dominate home and away ‘People like me,…
Mega-deals and convergence stoke M&A but subdued volumes and volatile conditions linger
This time last year, a collective sigh of relief from City dealmakers was reverberating around the Square Mile as the…
LB100 case study: Clifford Chance
The only firm among London’s big four to have retained its position in the Legal Business 100 table, Clifford Chance…
LB100 case study: Taylor Wessing
Long-serving managing partner Tim Eyles (pictured) received a nice farewell gift in his last year at the helm of Taylor…
LB100 case study: Travers Smith
You can always rely on Travers Smith for revenue growth; the City independent has posted its ninth consecutive year of…
LB100 case study: Hill Dickinson
Things have gone from bad to worse at insurance and shipping specialist Hill Dickinson, as the firm recorded a second…
LB100 case study: Harbottle & Lewis
Harbottle & Lewis maintained its status as one of London’s fastest growing law firms last year, with the West End…
LB100 case study: Shepherd and Wedderburn
Scotland’s third-largest firm by revenue, Shepherd and Wedderburn, had largely been thought to have fallen behind Brodies and Burness Paull…
Going places: focus on Michelin
Leading a global legal team is a complex role and many general counsel (GCs) could be forgiven for spending all…
City’s mid-weight elite set blistering pace as Travers and Macfarlanes surge in 2017/18
Marco Cillario assesses the results amid another strong year for the City’s mid-tier The latest financial results by UK law…
Focus: Wild West or new frontier? Securities counsel divided as the cryptocurrency ‘float’ rears its blockchained head
Marco Cillario sizes up the pros and cons for legal advisers of the current ICO boom ‘We are in an…
Real estate, real estate, real estate: Bryan Cave? Questions surround BLP’s transatlantic union
Hamish McNicol and Thomas Alan canvass the market on the latest UK/US tie-up ‘Next year all our troubles will be…
‘It’s a promotion problem’: what the gender pay gap figures tell us so far
Marco Cillario rounds up the latest stats as the April deadline looms And so it begins. The first gender pay…
Collective shame as City law falls firmly under #MeToo spotlight
Thomas Alan finds profession facing tough questions over record on sexual harassment From the Presidents Club charity dinner to the…
‘Investments have come home’: City branches stand out in big year for US players
Marco Cillario finds City offices outpacing worldwide growth at many Global London firms 2017 was a boom year for many…
‘Incredibly strong’ – debt counsel gear up for another boom year in leveraged finance
Nathalie Tidman finds lawyers bemused by crazy pricing and a wall of debt ‘Short of Trump nuking North Korea, I…