As partners at Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling prepare to weigh up the benefits (and challenges) of a merger, here are five charts showing what’s at stake. Drawing level on PEP A perennial problem for UK-headquartered firms looking to merge in the US is finding a partner of a similar profitability. Looking at […]
All the magic circle’s partner promotions are in for 2023, so what’s interesting about those made up in London this year? Here are a few points that jump out. The magic circle is even less Oxbridgey than ever Just 30 per cent of the 46 new magic circle partners this year hailed from Cambridge (seven) […]
The shortlist for The Lawyer Awards was unveiled last month, celebrating legal excellence across the profession. Today, we reveal the firms in the running for Law Firm of the Year. This year, nine firms have been shortlisted by The Lawyer as contenders for the most important trophy in the legal sector. The winner of Law Firm of the Year, […]
“My first thought on the Allen & Overy-Shearman merger was ‘this is exciting!’” says one in-houser, but then came the realisation. “Oh wait, which way will the fees go?” Money is often top of the list for in-housers when trying to pick external counsel, alongside factors that include quality of expertise and geographic scale. The […]
It looks set to be one of the most extraordinary deals in legal market history, ushering in a new era of global law, and so The Lawyer Podcast is here with an emergency edition to tell you what the A&O – Shearman & Sterling tie-up means. Hosts Catrin Griffiths, editor of The Lawyer, and Christian Smith, […]
Name: Lynn Dunne Organisation: Ashurst Role: Partner Year qualified: 2007 Read her Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a pupil? Although I have lots of good memories of my time as a pupil, two things really stand out for me and, while not the most uplifting, both helped shape my career. […]
Addleshaw Goddard and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom are among the firms that advised on Asda’s £2.3bn buyout of EG Group’s UK and Ireland businesses. The supermarket giant is buying EG’s operations that consist of 350 petrol stations and 1,000 food-to-go locations. The deal is expected to be funded by both debt and equity, […]
In this week’s edition: Chiomenti redefines its partnership through the ‘Three Speed Concept’, Setterwalls introduces what it believes is the Nordics first-ever India Desk, and why Danish firm Lundgrens stripped back its offering and refocused around four areas. Chiomenti’s partnership speed change In the very first edition of The Passport, we wrote about how Italian […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) is cutting roles in its business services teams globally after an internal audit. The firm is making 47 of its business services positions redundant. The majority of the roles are based in the US with 34 people being made redundant across 17 of its offices in the country. A further […]
This week saw a billionaire couple fail in bringing an injunction against The Sun on Sunday, Google throw out a huge class action, and Prince Harry fail in a claim against the Home Office. No injunction in PPE-billionaires’ privacy spat A married couple has failed to secure an injunction against The Sun on Sunday after […]
Welcome to The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. In this week’s edition, we break down the initial disputes implications for the merger of the decade: A&O and Shearman & Sterling. Plus, just in case you want a break from the merger news, we explain why Quinn Emanuel’s London office is breathing […]
The High Court will hear applications today in the first stage of a group action brought by students over Covid-19 and strike-related disruptions. Over 105,000 students have signed up to seek compensation from British universities in a case run by Harcus Parker partner Ryan Dunleavy and Asserson partner Shimon Goldwater. The case today (Wednesday) is […]
HSF leads in Whittington Hospital spin-off dispute Whittington Facilities Limited (WFL), a collapsed private finance initiative (PFI) company, has called upon Herbert Smith Freehills in its technology claim against consultancy company Currie & Brown. The claim has come mere months after WFL filed a £56m lawsuit against Whittington Health NHS Trust after a battle over […]
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