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Allen & Overy
Allen & Overy is a leading commercial law firm. See the latest editorial coverage and find out more about its practice via The Lawyer Acumen.
Allen & Allen all Overy Singapore
Allen & Gledhill must be feeling pretty good about itself right now - the Singapore firm has two magic circle players vying for its affections.
Friendly fire
Translating Slaughter and May’s European best friends approach to Asia-Pacific faces major challenges...
Focus: Media law: Privacy on parade
Bindmans partner Tamsin Allen hopes to get to the bottom of the newspaper phone-hacking saga with a judicial review against the Metropolitan Police. She’s not the only one on a mission...
Allen wrenched
When news broke last November that Allen & Overy (A&O) was holding exploratory talks with Singapore firm Allen & Gledhill eyebrows were raised at A&O’s perceived brazenness.
Barclays' harvest
On a balmy day in July 2011 nearly 150 lawyers congregated on the fourth floor of 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf.
Hire plains drifters: how the top US firms are doing in London
US firms are on a hiring drive to gain clout in London and boost their English law capabilities, and the tactic is paying off...
Safety first for Barclays' quest
Bank tipped to replace GC Mark Harding with internal candidate after Libor scandal...
Judgment call 28th May 2012
A judgment creditor’s charging order did not have priority over an earlier unregistered equitable interest in the property as the charging order had not been made for valuable consideration.
The Lawyer Awards: the shortlist
Having sifted the hundreds of entries we received for this year’s The Lawyer Awards, we can now reveal the shortlist. With more entries than ever before, The Lawyer editorial team and our excellent judging panel had their work cut out whittling down each category. Hours of painstaking research has gone into compiling the shortlist, with our judges imparting the expert knowledge gained over years working in their fields. The standard of entries this year was exceptional - those making ...
The Riyadh dance
International firms taking a local Saudi partner is a common routine but is it always the best move for both parties?
LLP analysis: top firms' figures laid bare
The LLPs lay out the state of the market in black and white. It’s not always pretty reading...
The great Aussie merger mystery
In the past three years eight UK firms have launched Down Under, but only a couple have done it through full equity mergers. Read on to find out why...
Rage Against the Machines: European firm financials 2012
With financial results stagnant across Europe, only the strongest independent firms will survive the continuing onslaught of the inter national behemoths...
Linklaters and Allens Arthur Robinson to launch alliance
Congratulations to Linklaters, which has handily picked Shakespeare’s birthday to announce its alliance with Aussie firm Allens Arthur Robinson (AAR), but disappointingly, ditched the cross-dressing and the clowns.
Honour without cause
It’s time to make the honorary QC system more transparent or rethink the whole idea...
Linklaters looks for BFF
Slaughters would do well to heed the advice of some old sage about keeping its friends close.
Finance
Ropes & Gray finance partner Tania Bedi has had a great year since being promoted to partner at the beginning of 2011 – the firm’s first promotion since launching in the City in January 2010.
Feature: Herbies’ growing pains
Herbert Smith’s conservatism stops here, with the firm embracing Allen Hanen’s strategy to catch up to the magic circle on both profitability and international spread...
Quinn-win situation
Quinn Emanuel has taken the litigation market by storm since its City launch - but attaining the next level is going to be the real test for the US giant’s London outpost...
The Lawyer Awards 2011: Winners
Banking and Finance Team of the Year...

