UK News
DWF snares DLA Piper corporate team following Glasgow closure
DWF is to take a team from DLA Piper following the latter’s wide-reaching restructuring, with a three-person corporate team in Edinburgh resigning to join the expansive firm.
Mills & Reeve picks up DLA insurance team in Birmingham
Mills & Reeve is taking a nine-strong insurance team from DLA Piper headed by the firm’s Birmingham insurance head Alan Jacobs.
Ashurst has its reasons for choosing Glasgow
There’s more to Ashurst’s Scottish venture than a quest for the lowest cost
Macfarlanes adds to lateral spree with Shearman real estate partner
Macfarlanes has continued its recent uptick in lateral partner hiring by taking on Shearman & Sterling real estate specialist Clare Breeze.
RPC revenue rises by 20 per cent as expansion strategy pays off
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has announced a revenue increase of more than 20 per cent from £68m in 2011/12 to £82.1m at the end of 2012/13.
UK Analysis
When the numbers don’t add up anymore
Redundancies are sweeping the legal industry as firms of all sizes adjust to a world of permanent price pressure - and partners are no longer secure in ivory towers
Commercial & Chancery Special Report: Staying Power
London has a deserved reputation as an axis for arbitral excellence, but reputation alone will not ensure its continued supremacy. By Khawar Qureshi
Who fits the bill? Apax on the hunt for unflappable GC
As private equity house Apax embarks on its search for a general counsel, the sector’s lawyers are abuzz with who might land the plum in-house role.
Special reports: Banking and Shipping
The crisis among financial institutions has created a dearth of groundbreaking and unique work for banking and finance lawyers, much of it coming from the regulators.
Managing property costs: Lease is the word
US firms prefer high-status locations in the City; UK firms, though, are getting better value out of their properties.
