Hot 100 alumni: Ashley Katz, Fried Frank
At the start of 2016 restructuring partner Ashley Katz became the latest big-hitter to move over to Fried Frank Shriver Harris & Jacobson’s growing London base.
Exclusive: CMS overhauls work allocation for corporate associates
CMS Cameron McKenna is piloting a new system of allocating work to its associates in a bid to increase efficiency when doling out mandates.
Mills & Reeve turnover grows 7% to record high £87.2m
Mills & Reeve has achieved record-breaking turnover of £87.2m during the 2015/16 financial year, after revenue increased 6.9 per cent from £81.6m. The increase is considerably larger than during the previous financial year when turnover grew 2.6 per cent from £79.5m. As a result of the strong performance the firm announced it would be issuing its […]
A&O and Latham win lead roles on Thomson Reuters’ $3.5bn sale
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Latham & Watkins secured top mandates on the $3.55bn (£2.73bn) sale of Thomson Reuters’ intellectual property and science business to Onex and Baring.
Latham set for double blow as German teams exit for US rivals
Latham & Watkins is set to lose two teams in Germany, hitting the firm’s restructuring and equity capital markets capabilities in Hamburg and Frankfurt. The Lawyer understands that a two-partner restructuring team will leave to join Willkie, while a separate two-partner team is joining White & Case strengthening the latter’s equity capital markets practice. White & […]
Freshfields takes the lead on Cazoo administration
Freshfields has been appointed as the lead law firm acting on the administration of online car company Cazoo. Advising joint administrators Matthew Mawhinney and David Soden from Teneo Financial Advisory, the magic circle finds itself sorting out the collapse of one of its longstanding retail clients. It was announced this week that the retailer had […]
Travers spins out AI group to cash in on tech
Travers Smith is spinning out its artificial intelligence (AI) division into a separate entity, enabling products to be sold to external companies. Known as Jylo, it will operate independently from the firm, led by Travers’ director of legal technology Shawn Curran as its CEO. Curran is moving his team into new digs in Shoreditch. At […]
Eversheds set to close Berlin office
Eversheds Sutherland is set to close in Berlin after a thorough review of its German business. Berlin is a relatively small office for Eversheds, housing 14 lawyers and business services staff in total. Of those, two are partners in Carsten Brüninghaus (tax) and Christian Hilpert (restructuring, and banking and finance). Hilpert is not a full-time […]
Mishcon’s arbitration head exits for the Bar
Mishcon de Reya’s head of international arbitration, Louis Flannery KC, is set to move to Littleton Chambers in August 2024. Flannery, who was appointed as a silk in 2018 as one of a few international arbitration solicitor practitioners, joined Mishcon’s partnership in May 2020. At the time of his joining, the practice was led by […]
The new wave of litigation boutiques
This report contains: an overview of the litigation boutiques that have opened in the past six years a deep dive into the challenges that litigation boutiques face profiles for all firms shortlisted for this year’s The Lawyer Awards litigation boutique firm of the year.
Litigation Tracker: Q1 2024 (Claims)
This dashboard: contains an overview of the claims at a selection of courts in the UK. allows you to compare activity at the courts in Q1 2024 against Q1 2023.
Building Ukraine back better
This report outlines: different roles being played by the international and regional CEE firms in cases related to Ukraine how firms approach the tricky subject of pricing matters relating to Ukraine
Litigation Tracker: Q1 2024 (Judgments)
This dashboard: contains an overview of the judgments at a selection of courts in the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai during Q1 of 2024. allows you to compare activity at the courts in Q1 2024 against Q1 2023.
The judges of the Commercial Court
This report contains: an overview of the current Commercial Court judges and the duties they carry out individual profiles outlining each judge’s career path and an analysis of the cases they advocated on and heard
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No one should write off a challenger brand
Danish firm Accura posted its financials last week and in doing so two significant milestones were passed. Firstly, Accura posted a psychologically important 10-digit revenue figure in Danish Kroner for the first time to slightly above 1bn kr (£114.5m) (2022: 863.8m kr (£98.9m)). Secondly, for the first time in Danish legal history all five major […]
The mid-tier strikes back
Deloitte Legal likes to make a lot of noise about its dabbling in the legal sphere. The 2020 acquisition of Kemp Little was proclaimed as “ground-breaking” by the auditing giant. More recently, the 2023 hire of a four-partner real estate team from Shoosmiths suggested a significant gearshift in its legal operations. Pre-pandemic, such a move […]
Eversheds has a secret love
Any firm that has occupied the national scene will know that the multiple office network can be politically charged. Management might talk about ‘one firm, one culture’, but most lawyers are aware of a pecking order with London in lead position. The annual promotions season provides a snapshot of how firms are prioritising those networks, […]
There aren’t enough PRs, say PRs
Journalists aren’t natural champions of PRs, but sometimes we sympathise. Cleaning up the mess of lawyers behaving badly. Calming down those who haven’t been ranked in the latest directory release. Trying to pitch tedious not-quite-scholarly articles to uninterested reporters. Getting asked ‘can we just have a leaflet?’ by people who don’t comprehend the breadth of […]
Your clients are in crisis
In-house lawyers are contending with major resourcing issues that is preventing them from doing their job effectively. This is the conclusion of major new research from alternative legal provider, Axiom, which found the in-house market stacked with challenges. In the wake of the Post Office Horizon Public Inquiry, which has put the reputation of the […]
CMS introduces foster care policy for staff
As UK law firms continue to review their family support packages for staff, CMS has introduced a foster care policy for its UK employees and widened its family support initiatives. The policy offers up to 10 days’ leave for planned permanent placements to help children settle into their new homes and up to five days’ […]
Clifford Chance and Slaughters win spots on British Business Bank panel
Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May are among the firms to have been appointed to a new legal roster announced by Government-owned British Business Bank, which provides support to small businesses. Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May have made the list on the specific structured finance panel, alongside Ashurst, Norton Rose Fulbright and Simmons and […]
Bankruptcy order granted against ex-Axiom Ince boss
The High Court has approved a bankruptcy order against the former boss of collapsed firm Axiom Ince, following a final hearing this morning. The administrators of the Ince Gordon Dadds entity, known as IGD Realisations, filed a creditors’ bankruptcy petition last month against Axiom Ince’s former managing partner Pragnesh Modhwadia. Ince Gordon Dadds was bought out […]
“Outright lies”: Judge slams Craig Wright in bitcoin inventor case
The full judgment in the case over Dr Craig Wright’s claim that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of Bitcoin, has been released today with scathing comments from the judge. The Australian computer scientist has long contended he is the pseudonymous individual who invented Bitcoin and wrote the Bitcoin White Paper, the foundational text of […]
Browne Jacobson hires EY team as it aims to double London headcount
Browne Jacobson has taken a team of five lawyers, including two partners, from EY in London as it looks to grow in the UK capital. Rowan Armstrong and Alex Mason are both commercial tech specialists. They are set to join Browne Jacobson in June, along with a legal director and two associates. Both Armstrong and Mason […]
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