After four years of costly legal sparring between Stewarts, Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the Tesco shareholder litigation has finally reached a full settlement. The deal comes one month prior to a significant trial that was set to take place in the High Court this October, which had previously been delayed for […]
There have been redundancies and office closures, yet as glossy financials emerge from the top of the profession, there’s a growing desire to return to some kind of normality.
The legal world is mourning the loss of one of its real estate stalwarts, Geoffrey Lander, who passed away on Saturday 12 September. The former Nabarro head of real estate and a prominent figure within the wider property community passed away while undergoing chemotherapy aged 69. Tributes recall Lander’s immense charisma and charm, as well […]
Keating Chambers has put forward £20,000 to help fund a criminal bar pupillage, in a bid to offset the financial impact of the pandemic on the criminal bar. The one-off fund will support one pupillage for an aspiring criminal barrister. Construction set Keating has pledged the money for a set that has had to withdraw […]
South-West firm Thrings has kicked off a redundancy consultation for around 20 roles and deferred the rent payment of two of its offices, part of an extensive set of measures implemented by the firm. The Bristol-headquartered outfit has taken the decision as it faces a fall across its financial metrics. Revenue in 2019/20 dropped 8 […]
After playing a key role in two of the most significant public law cases of the past 10 years, Tom Hickman QC certainly knows more than most when it comes to constitutional deadlock. On top of his appearances in Miller 1 and 2, the Blackstone silk was also recently made a Professor of Law at […]
Kettle Foods’ Kathy Atkinson on being approachable to colleagues at all levels, and throwing out the window the concept of “lawyers shouldn’t make decisions”.
Chris Kangis, consultant and former VP & general counsel at AEG Europe explains that the best way for lawyers to see the bigger picture, improve emotional intelligence and understand the business is to gain experience from outside the legal microclimate in which a lot of the industry spends their entire working lives. How did you get […]
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New security laws and a US-China trade war mean Western players will have to change the way their do business to compete with the PRC heavyweights
After almost 10 years spent banging at the door, waiting to enter the mainstream, litigation funding is now ready for its moment in the spotlight
The debate around structural racism has been heightened by the killing of George Floyd and the growing voice of the Black Lives Matter movement. Together, they reframe how we think of the history of the City, and by extension the commercial legal profession.
They qualified during the Great Recession – now they’re making partner during the Great Pandemic.
How have law firm leaders managed the coronavirus lockdown and what lessons have been learned from the global financial crisis?
After the Brexit transition period, EU sanctions will no longer apply in the UK. The UK’s various sanctions regimes will come into force in their place under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (the “SAMLA Act”). Gurpreet Chhokar looks at how the new sanctions will look in the post-Brexit world.
In 2020 remote collaboration using virtual workspaces has become the norm for many businesses across the world. Things look set to largely stay that way for the time being, but it’s interesting to think about how this could affect the legal sector going forward in a post-COVID world of work.
This case is a key test of technology of great interest to policing (and, no doubt, intelligence agencies), both in the UK and worldwide. The Court of Appeal gave a nod to the national security implications by their reference to the need to respect the well-established principle of “neither confirm nor deny”.
Epic wants to pay a lower commission. Apple and Google do not do without the 30%. The problem is that, on these matters, the EU competition authorities have avoided intervening.
TotallyMoney’s Sharon Evans on thinking about the business top to bottom, delivering the legal advice without burning out and always needing to be one step ahead.
Inmarsat’s Christian Fahey on getting comfortable with sharing your gut feeling on something and not being afraid to sell the benefits of your involvement in strategic business meetings.
Mercedes-Benz’s Jonathan Lipman on the importance of keeping up the team spirit, “corridor meetings” and embracing the new normal without loosing the good you already had.
Shell lawyer on recognising signs of burnout and rewiring your brain to think positive
