Taylor Wessing‘s co-head of international litigation Shane Gleghorn has been announced as the firm’s new managing partner. Gleghorn will take up the role on 1 October, replacing Tim Eyles. Last December, The Lawyer revealed Eyles would step down in June 2018 at the conclusion of his third term at the helm of the firm. Eyles […]
Most say the reason they work additional unpaid hours is because the solicitor does less than previously.
Zita Tulyahikayo and James Pereira QC discuss bullying and intimidating behaviour, and steps to take to change your role within this dynamic
Name: Michael Chissick Position: Managing partner Firm: Fieldfisher Trained at: Herbert Smith In the Hot 100 for: The transformation of Fieldfisher. Read his full Hot 100 profile. What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? The City in the 1980s was incredibly exciting. Thatcher’s ‘big bang’ had deregulated the financial markets and there was […]
Matrix Chambers has launched a new chambers-wide initiative designed to involve its barristers at an earlier stage to provide impartial advice during regulatory investigations. Integrity+ is a new service available to clients which will see Matrix barristers provide objective advice on issues such as the correct choice of law firm or accountant representation in the first […]
Emerging markets investment firm Leapfrog Investments has hired a new general counsel, three months after GC and Linklaters corporate partner Stuart Bedford exited to return to full-time private practice. Leapfrog has appointed Frances Holliday, who was general counsel at asset manager Kazimir Partners, to oversee the legal function of the London-based company. Holliday previously spent nearly a […]
Browne Jacobson has grown its top line by 9.2 per cent, rising from £66.8m to £73m in the 2017/18 financial year and mirroring its performance in 2015/16. With last year’s results, the firm has now grown its top line by £23m, or 46 per cent, since 2012/13 and its eighth consecutive year of revenue growth. […]
UBS EMEA head of litigation Susy Bullock is deliberating whether to formalise a legal panel for the investment bank’s work in the region to mirror those already in place the Americas and Asia Pacific. The panel would be Bullock’s first in the role after having joined UBS from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher as an associate […]
Clifford Chance has refocused its global innovation strategy around expanding on its network of innovation and delivery hubs around the world, The Lawyer can reveal. The hubs in Singapore, New York, Dubai and London will focus on key innovation points for the firm and will work alongside resource management, pricing and pitching support teams as well as assisting […]
Automotive and energy developments are joining technology as drivers of the Israeli economy.
University pension scheme lawyer Louise Howard talks about her job looking after the pensions of 350 higher education and research institutions
In a legal market where the word ‘innovation’ risks being devalued as a result of everyone jumping on the technology bandwagon, it is refreshing to learn that there are still some firms and individuals blazing a 21st century trail. The firms shortlisted for the Most Innovative Use of Technology category all display genuine ground-breaking thinking […]
Ahead of 2018 The Lawyer Awards in association with Travelers, Dentons UK and Middle East CEO Jeremy Cohen talks to The Lawyer about the impact of winning International Law Firm of the Year last year. What were the initiatives that led you to win International Law Firm of the Year? During the previous year we […]
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Greenberg Traurig picked up some top real estate talent when KWM collapsed. But how has it integrated its new stars into the firm?
A cohort of UK firms have entered into US mergers over the years, but did they lose their souls as well as their names?
As the road to partnership gets longer, some law firms are creating alternative career pathways to manage talent retention.
Critics insist Bird & Bird is a dictatorship, with CEO David Kerr ensconced at the top. It could make discussing succession a bit tricky
The day of the corporate big beast is over. What can the magic circle do to nurture its next crop of superstars?
What a way to go. If anyone was wondering what it would take for the global chair of a $3bn law firm to stand down from his position, yesterday’s shock revelation, which has since been updated as more details have emerged, provided the answer. For it to have happened to the global law’s golden firm […]
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has dismissed partner Mark Hastings without compensation following an investigation into two allegations of inappropriate behaviour, The Lawyer can reveal. The allegations first surfaced in February with Mishcon de Reya partner Alison Levitt QC drafted in to conduct the firm’s internal investigation. Following the presentation of Levitt’s findings, Hastings was dismissed […]
Linklaters has set up an external whistleblowing hotline for its staff in recognition that individuals can feel wary about reporting harassment concerns to people within the firm, The Lawyer has learned. The magic circle firm revealed its SpeakUp initiative to partners last week, and to the firm yesterday. It means that people will be able […]
Clifford Chance has launched a second investigation in under 12 months into the behaviour of a current partner, following allegations of sexual misconduct leaked to The Lawyer. The first allegations emerged in 2015 when the accused partner was based in one of the firm’s European offices, and include multiple allegations of sexual impropriety with staff in […]
Hogan Lovells gender pay gap results have shown that female partners receive more than their male counterparts on both a median and mean basis.
The catastrophic events of the evening of 14 June 2017 which led to the tragic loss of 71 lives at Grenfell Tower has cast a spotlight on the system relating to the design, construction and maintenance of high-rise and complex buildings. In the wake of the disaster, the government announced an independent review of building […]
A number of Dutch firms have announced they will work together to fight cybercrime and digital threats. This group, in the event of proven success, looks forward to connecting with other law firms…
Walker Morris’ Banking Litigation experts Andrew Beck and Sandip Singh review the eagerly awaited appeal in the Dreamvar and P&P Property conveyancing fraud claims and explain the practical implications for buyers, sellers, solicitors and insurers alike…
By Jo Pritchard In Aquinas Education Ltd v Miller & Ors [2018] EWHC 404 (QB), the Court held that a springboard injunction that prevented two former employees from setting up a competing business should be lifted…
By Fran Marwood and Umang Paw More and more companies are conducting complex investigations – often prompted by insider tip-offs. But are they looking at the right things in the right way?
