In transformation: KPMG’s Barton to rework legal team amid review of external firms
KPMG’s UK general counsel (GC) Jeremy Barton is leading a transformation of its legal team, while also reviewing the broad…
Restructuring
US focus: Columbia Threadneedle restructures legal division post-merger
Following its US merger, international asset manager Columbia Threadneedle has carried out a restructure of its UK legal team, scrapping…
Lloyds offers bonus for help filling senior legal roles amid shake-up
Unease over department restructuring continues Lloyds Banking Group is pushing an incentive scheme to its lawyers to secure new recruits…
DLA to cut 200 UK jobs as global firms trim support roles
Norton Rose and Dentons follow suit as offshoring takes flight DLA Piper is to cut 200 business support jobs in…
Lloyds offers bonus for help filling senior legal roles amid management shake-up
Lloyds Banking Group is pushing an incentive scheme to its lawyers to secure new recruits into senior legal roles following…
KWM cutbacks hit 37 support staff in the City
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has made 37 business services jobs redundant in London as part of wide-reaching cutbacks across…
Shell to cut back on project lawyers as it finalises legal structure post-BG merger
Royal Dutch Shell has announced its target operating model after finalising its £35bn takeover of BG Group in February, and…
KWM real estate duo land at Ashurst following restructure
With 24 partners on the market following King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) decision to axe 15% of its European and…
Comment: KWM – ultimately it comes down to a question of confidence
These are tough times for the house that Stanley Berwin built, with exhibit A being recent news that King &…
News in brief – April 2016
REED SMITH REPLACED AS SIEMENS REFRESHES PANEL Last month Eversheds and Osborne Clarke were reappointed to Siemens UK’s legal panel,…
KWM – ultimately a question of confidence
These are tough times for the house that Stanley Berwin built, with exhibit A being recent news that King &…
Reform underway as Dentons shakes up profit-sharing arrangement in China
Following its landmark combination with Dentons to create a 7,500-lawyer legal giant, legacy Dacheng is restructuring its practice to reduce…
Dentons shakes up profit-sharing arrangement in China
Following its landmark combination with Dentons to create a 7,500-lawyer legal giant, legacy Dacheng is restructuring its practice to reduce…
Shell starts panel review as BG Group legal team undergoes post-acquisition restructure
Royal Dutch Shell has kicked off a review of its external legal roster after finalising its £47bn takeover of BG…
Shell starts panel review as BG Group legal team undergoes post-acquisition restructure
Shell external roster set to dominate reconfigured in-house department Royal Dutch Shell has kicked off a review of its external…
KWM global revenue drops 1% as firm unveils 2020 strategy and restructures London practice
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) global revenue dropped 1% to $1.02bn in 2015 as the Hong Kong-headquartered firm unveiled a…
Colt Group legal chief Saphra departs following structural review
Colt Group’s longstanding group general counsel Robin Saphra (pictured) has left the company following an internal structural review. He is…
Parabis carved up in £50m pre-pack administration
One of the first firms to benefit from sweeping liberalisation of the legal services market in 2012, Parabis Group has…
‘Challenging to maintain’: German market has volatile November
Germany saw a flurry of activity last month, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and White & Case pulling out of several…
A royal departure: Crown Estate general counsel Vivienne King to leave amid business restructure
The Crown Estate’s high profile general counsel and director of business operations, Vivienne King is leaving as the company undergoes…