The Lawyer’s new home for 3rd party content and the place to build a community around the sector you work in
Legal guides, white papers and thought leadership from law firms and companies working in the legal sector
Rooms for our events where participants can view post-event content and join discussions
Information on subscription packages for companies wishing to host content on The Briefing Room
Set your content and newsletter preferences to stay up to date on the latest from our content partners
In-depth strategic insight and benchmarking of your markets, clients and competitors.
Latest news and analysis from Litigation Tracker, including In Court this Week and Judgments of Note.
Interrogate our database of structured Claims data from six courts since January 2020.
Access a search engine and database of judgments from 15 courts dating back to 2015.
Consult reports, Data Dive updates and court activity round-ups for the UK and global litigation markets.
In-depth strategic insight and benchmarking of your markets, clients and competitors.
Focused on issues facing the most active UK and US law firms in the City of London
Focused on the UK 200 and the evolving national market including the Big Four accountancy firms and largest law companies
Focused on the biggest law firms and their strategies in Europe and Asia, including China
Focused on the largest global and UK litigation and arbitration practices and top UK Chambers
The High Court has dismissed a multimillion-pound professional negligence lawsuit against Mishcon de Reya, after the judge stressed that “lawyers are not property developers”. The dispute centred around allegations by Aurium Real Estate London Ultra Prime, advised by Fieldfisher, that Mishcon de Reya provided negligent advice over demolishing a building connected to a real estate […]
There are still plenty of smaller firms populating the South East for now, but territorial warfare in the region is increasingly intense
Dentons has lengthened its flexible working trial until the end of 2022, as firms review how well their post-Covid-19 measures have been adopted over a year on. The Lawyer has learned the policy has been extended still as a trial rather than becoming permanent. This is understood to be in recognition that some people with […]
Mrs Justice Falk has decided that Mishcon de Reya should be able to recoup £5m worth of outstanding fees that had been held in connection with the sale of a £35m UK property. This is yet another hurdle in the longstanding and complicated dispute between Russian banker Georgy Bedzhamov, Vneshprombank and Russian-appointed bankruptcy trustee Lyubov […]
When Nicholas Golding joined Pandora as UK legal head in August 2018, the Copenhagen-headquartered retailer at the start of a two-year turnaround strategy which that would overhaul its operational structure. Having become the world’s largest jewellery retailer, Pandora was to now focus on profitability. “Pandora particularly attracted me because of the brand and the shape […]
The latest movers in the legal market.
Ahead of this year’s Smarter Working Week event, Thomson Reuters’ chief product officer LegalTech Kriti Sharma spoke with The Lawyer about the concept of smarter working and how this has evolved to become “more people-centric”. Working smarter is about creating experiences that “connect humans”, put people at the centre of businesses and create positive change. Tech is […]
As corporate developments around ESG and regulatory changes prompted by Brexit sweep across executive boardrooms, general counsels have never been closer to the highest ranks of their companies. The very role of the in-house lawyer is changing. “I’ve never seen such a time with so much change happening constantly,” says EY transactional partner Claire Scott-Priestly. […]
In-depth strategic insight and benchmarking of your markets, clients and competitors.
Law firm leaders are facing tough decisions as to how they respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The latest movers in the legal market.
When Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s Penny Madden QC met with government officials late last year to discuss then Iran captive Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, she detected an unfamiliar sense of optimism. “It felt like there was some scope for optimism but that it was very measured. And because there were so many false starts in the past, […]
Members of The Lawyer Hot 100 have just two things in common. The first is excellence. Every year, our Hot 100 covers an incredibly diverse mix of legal professionals: scrappers from the rough and tumble of criminal law; sharp-suited corporate dealmakers; intellectuals and silver-tongued advocates from barristers’ profession; the in-house counsel with the ear of their CEOs; […]
The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Last update: 25 April 2022 The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became the first firm to offer NQs £100,000 in London back in […]
This month’s publication of The Lawyer’s new US 50 ranking confirms that 2020 was yet another record year for US law firms in the UK. But while 23 firms saw a double digit rise in revenue and seven grew their turnover by 20 per cent or more, not every firm enjoyed such a barnstorming performance […]
On 9th-10th June, the Marketing Leadership Summit is bringing together the top marketing and business development leaders working in major law firms today. If you want to become a commercial partner with the Marketing Leadership Summit, simply click here to enquire about available sponsorship opportunities.
Today’s “Success Stories” case study features Alexia Tomazos, the head of legal and business affairs at Outbrain, a leading recommendation platform for the open web. In this short video, Tomazos talks about smarter ways of working and shares a couple of practical examples for increasing productivity and efficiency. TL Success Stories – Alexia Tomazos from […]
Case study on Scania’s use of legal tech to improve legal’s business engagement.
