Norton Rose makes up 33 partners in latest promotions round
Norton Rose has promoted 33 lawyers to its global partnership ahead of its merger with US firm Fulbright & Jaworski…
Legal mergers
Lone star state of mind
Reed Smith’s assault on Houston is a brave move following its failed merger with Thompson & Knight three years ago.…
The Last Word
After a year of significant legal market consolidation in 2012, do you think we will see more mergers involving UK…
Consolidation changes the face of Scottish elite again
At the end of a dramatic year for the Scottish legal market, the recently announced union between Glasgow and Edinburgh…
Consolidation is the word of the day across Scotland’s firms
The Scottish market is awash with merger rumours. Perhaps the imminent tie-up between McGrigors and Pinsent Masons has kick-started the…
Major International – Wedding Bells
In comes a new peer group to the Legal Business 100. Thanks to a flurry of transatlantic marriages over the…
Insurance – Insuring the Future
This year was all about the urge to merge and this time next year the Insurance group will look very…
Emerging targets
Mourant Ozannes’ merger this summer created another large fish in the global offshore pond. Firms now have to focus on…
Out of the shadows
Michael Greville is the leader of Watson, Farley & Williams, an under-the-radar UK mid-market firm that has been going through…