Ireland’s biggest firms appeared on the shortlist for the Irish Firm of the Year category at The Lawyer European Awards, each showcasing their differing strategies and visions in what turned out to be a record year for many. With previous winners including A&L Goodbody, Arthur Cox and Matheson, 2016 turned out to be McCann FitzGerald’s […]
Shami Chakrabarti says she was surprised that the 13 January announcement of her imminent departure from civil rights charity Liberty attracted so much attention. Sandwiched between the deaths of celebrities David Bowie and Alan Rickman, the news still made the front page of several national newspapers, notably left-leaning The Guardian and The Independent
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The legal world’s appetite for energy work is more ravenous than ever. As the sector grapples with low oil and gas prices law firms are enjoying the work, with an abundance of high-value projects and M&A activity.
East Africa’s M&A market has grown in recent years as dealmakers flock to the region to get a slice of growing business and lawyers are starting to follow. A number of multinationals have been making major bids from African nations over the last 18 months.
Dallas-based Accudyne Industries is a manufacturer of engineered pumps and compressors, with 18 manufacturing facilities based across five continents. As the first and only lawyer for EMEA and India, head counsel Mark Collins is a busy man. However, he has a trick: to let the business do the work
Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired Simmons & Simmons partner Marjan Noor, giving the magic circle firm a sixth intellectual property partner in London
Payments company PaySafe UK has a unique approach to dealing with regulatory change. Instead of investing in costly external advisers, the company has created a regulatory function that operates like an internal law firm to deal with major issues ahead
The Travers Smith Art Programme is at the heart of our new corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme.
Renewable energy is big business for European law firms. Picture the development of a typical wind or solar farm and you can see why. It involves a series of steps that need specialist legal advice from nearly every practice area. At the outset, securing land rights and planning permission for a project requires real estate […]
There is growing interest in predictive coding in the UK, with the first-ever judicial approval for its use during disclosure in English High Court proceedings coming in February, in the Pyrrho Investments case. In May The Lawyer’s live webcast, in association with FTI Consulting, examined issues raised by the case and assessed the impact it will have on the UK market for predictive coding.
As the first-ever Global 200 report, published next week, will highlight, while London remains one of the world’s legal market magnets many US firms either choose or are forced to remain small in the City and below the radar.