Two partners are set to leave Mishcon de Reya for Greenberg Traurig, in a rare loss for the City firm. Partners Masoud Zabeti and Mohammed Khamisa QC have been hired by the London office of Greenberg. Zabeti has been a longtime partner at the UK firm, having led its finance and banking litigation practice for more […]
There’s a fair wind behind Knights for 2020, as long as it keeps giving its investors that dopamine hit of acquisitions.
Linklaters has wrapped its first global crowdsourcing campaign, this time devoting £20,000 to the development of a new client tool designed by three of its associates. The campaign was first launched in late 2019, four months after the firm ran a similar effort that gathered 38 new ideas from its staff to improve delivery, technology […]
Sports Direct and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) are both seeking permission to appeal to the Supreme Court after judgment was handed down in a dispute over privilege. This case, which featured on The Lawyer’s Top 15 appeals for 2020, was the latest regulatory challenge on privilege and the first-ever proceedings brought by the FRC […]
Five international law firms have acted on the €7.5bn sale of Bombardier’s rail business to French company Alstom, one of the biggest European deals of the year so far. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton was the lead legal adviser to Alstom on the acquisition with a cross-Atlantic team, while Norton Rose Fulbright counseled the seller […]
Herbert Smith Freehills has been drafted in for the FX rigging dispute in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), as the bank acts for Japanese bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). The claim dates to 2013, when allegations of collusion and manipulation against banks in the US, Japan and Europe emerged. The Financial Conduct Authority fined […]
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Get the complete picture of the market; make better-informed decisions and win more work. The UK 200: Operational Health Check report is The Lawyer’s annual assessment of the best run law firms in the UK. The analysis is based on a number of key indicators and metrics that are collected from firms as part of […]
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OUT NOW Understand the market: In-house legal teams’ attitudes towards reducing their legal cost, looking at the roles of external legal providers and technology. Understand your competition: Research into which law firms are working with each of the 350 companies and on what types of matters. Historical use and future sector trends: Research on the […]
The Hot 100, in association with AlixPartners and Saunderson House, gathers together the profession’s brightest stars of 2020.
Criticised for being slow to react in 2018, traditional firms were, in fact, preparing their strategies and waiting to attack. Here’s what to expect in the next 12 months.
The world and everything in it is going through a period of unprecedented change, which means it has never been more difficult to devise a five-year strategy. For firms nearing the end of their 2020 vision, how did they fare?
A recent talent exodus, an all-but-invisible London office and a management team based in Ohio adds up to Squire Patton Boggs facing a mountain to climb to claim a place at the top table
Is the system conspiring against female barristers? We weigh up the evidence, using data on cases at both the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the Court of Appeal
Availability of financing, the rush to digitalisation and growth of renewables all ensure that the region will keep on growing in 2020
Once upon a time the high street was packed with household names. High footfall, consumer confidence and disposable income all made for fairy-tale returns for retailers and landlords alike. High streets are now experiencing unprecedented challenges and many former powerhouses of consumer retail parks now find themselves consigned to history with Mothercare and Thomas Cook […]
By Gwendoline Davies, Nick McQueen International arbitration: Pros and cybersecurity cons Arbitration has firmly established itself as a popular alternative form of dispute resolution to court litigation. It is more flexible and confidential than litigation and parties are free to choose, within their commercial contracts, the applicable law and jurisdiction to govern the arbitration. In […]
By John Binns The EU’s role in imposing sanctions As part of its Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), the EU imposes restrictive measures, such as asset freezes and travel bans (commonly called ‘sanctions’) on various individuals and organisations around the world. Some of the targets of such measures hold positions of power in countries […]
