Guest post: Corporate lawyers under the microscope – the ‘more for less’ delusion and City firms as risk canaries
Last week I attended a Symposium on Corporate Lawyers organised by Steven Vaughan and his colleagues at the Centre for…
Regulatory
US firms step up in the City with new practices
Goodwin Procter and Ropes & Gray launch in PE and ComLit International firms in the City maintained their expansive form…
Hunting Dragons – Anti-corruption in Asia
Once a byword for bribery, the Asia region has toughened anti-corruption measures in recent years, but enforcement remains hard to…
Hunting Dragons – Anti-corruption in Asia
Once a byword for bribery, the Asia region has toughened anti-corruption measures in recent years, but enforcement remains hard to…
Guest post: How do law firms stay alive?
As the global financial crisis bit, and (in England and Wales at least) the regulatory landscape shifted for law firms,…
Lateral hire: Pinsents lures Addleshaws financial regulation head
Pinsent Masons has today (3 March) announced the hire of respected Addleshaw Goddard financial regulation head David Heffron.
City comp scheme to create first panel
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the UK’s statutory compensation scheme for customers of authorised financial services firms, is currently…
‘A step backwards’: Home Secretary weighs in on SFO’s future with proposal to abolish
When Legal Business queried in September whether the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was finally turning a corner after a year…
The Last Word – The client’s view
Interviewed for our annual in-house report, general counsel (GCs) at leading companies give us their views on panels, pricing, regulation…
‘We have dodged huge expense and uncertainty for businesses’: early partner reaction as Scotland says ‘no’
Scotland voted no to independence yesterday by a wider margin than many had expected, providing certainty to a legal market…
Short-term boom but long-term questions loom for lawyers if Scotland votes to go it alone
Michael West finds mixed feelings on independence from Scotland’s bloodied legal profession It’s long been a hoary cliché to say…
Know your client – Home Office targets professional advisers with tougher organised crime laws
City law firms may face increased red tape when accepting new clients onto their books after the Home Office today…
Guest post: Cooperation. Cooperation. Cooperation. The name of the game if you want a DPA
‘Cooperation, cooperation, cooperation’ is the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)’s message to corporates looking to enter into new US-style plea bargains…
Risk and regulatory: NRF launches a 600-lawyer global regulation and investigations practice
The increasingly wide-ranging and cross-departmental regulatory needs of clients sees Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) today (3 February) launch a 600-lawyer international…
Hunting titans – the disputes outlook as watchdogs and claimants target banking giants
As banks remain in the crosshairs of regulators and claimants, Legal Business teamed up with Stephenson Harwood to seek the…
Former Times head of legal Alastair Brett to face hearing for misleading court
The former head of legal for The Times newspaper, Alastair Brett, will appear before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) tomorrow…
Guest post: Independence matters – banking and big law in the news
Lawyers and banks are in the news again. Lawrence Tomlinson, Entrepreneur in Residence at the Department for Business, Innovation and…
Water regulator seeks to fill newly-created GC role as sector overhaul looms
Following proposals for the first major reform of the water and waste sectors since privatisation in the 90s, industry regulator Ofwat…
Barristers free to conduct litigation as Bar watchdog ushers in new ‘risk-based’ conduct regime
While the post-Legal Services Act (LSA) shake-up moves far more slowly for barristers than their solicitor cousins, the Bar continues…
CC to boost London corporate and regulatory insurance capability with hire of NRF’s Ashley Prebble
Clifford Chance (CC) has hired Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) corporate insurance partner Ashley Prebble as the Magic Circle firm aims…