Karen Kerrigan, chief legal officer at crowdfunding platform Seedrs, believes that building networks with other lawyers is the key to conquering the challenges that go with GC territory.
DWF has lost its place on the legal panel of the North of England NHS Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC), while Kennedys is one of a number of firms to have won a first-time spot.
Linklaters has defended house builder Bovis on a potential takeover offer by Galliford Try, winning the mandate over regular adviser Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Pinsent Masons London managing partner David Ryan has stepped down after 16 years in management, with head of pensions Carolyn Saunders set to take over in London from May.
DLA Piper has strengthened its footprint in the Nordics with a takeover of local Danish law firm LETT.
Ashurst is in the final stages to sub-let 115,000 sq ft of its new office at the London Fruit & Wool Exchange to technology-based company NEX group (formerly ICAP).
DLA Piper has opened its fifth office in Latin America, entering a cooperation agreement with Peruvian firm Pizarro Botto & Escobar Abogados.
Ashurst has hired two magic circle lawyers to boost its high yield finance practice in London.
DLA Piper joint managing director of Europe and the Middle East Olaf Schmidt told The Lawyer that the two recent office closures in Georgia and Berlin were caused by a lack of profitability.
Eversheds Sutherland CEO and longstanding partner Bryan Hughes will leave Eversheds Sutherland at the end of this year after leading the firm for eight years.
Debevoise & Plimpton’s global revenue has fallen by 3 per cent from a record level of $756.9m to $735m in 2016.
The Supreme Court has unanimously sided in favour of leading insurance company AIG Europe in interpreting the rules that govern the way insurers can combine multiple claims.