Top 50 US law firms in London
Kirkland and Latham top the US 50 law firms in London table in 2021.
Dear law firms: Seven pandemic love letters from your clients
Seven in-house lawyers express their gratitude to external advisers for helping them through the pandemic, while giving pointers on how to move forward.
Tech Pioneers: Meet Addleshaws’ trainee innovators
A group of trainees and associates brimming with innovative tech ideas is being given the opportunity to take the reins, collaborate with partners and revolutionise how firms work
The Lawyer’s top 200 UK law firms revealed
The largest 200 UK law firms are revealed in The Lawyer’s UK 200 latest report.
Barrister of the week: The One Pump Court junior helping Afghan refugees
Allan Briddock recently teamed up with others to form an online group for lawyers looking to assist those fleeing Afghanistan.
Top 50 US law firms in London
Kirkland and Latham top the US 50 law firms in London table in 2021.
Dear law firms: Seven pandemic love letters from your clients
Seven in-house lawyers express their gratitude to external advisers for helping them through the pandemic, while giving pointers on how to move forward.
Tech Pioneers: Meet Addleshaws’ trainee innovators
A group of trainees and associates brimming with innovative tech ideas is being given the opportunity to take the reins, collaborate with partners and revolutionise how firms work
The Lawyer’s top 200 UK law firms revealed
The largest 200 UK law firms are revealed in The Lawyer’s UK 200 latest report.
Monzo set for in-house overhaul after GC hire
Monzo’s new general counsel has outlined her plans to re-engineer the challenger bank’s lawyers to equip them for digital disruption. Stephanie Pagni joined Monzo from Barclays in March as its GC and company secretary, filling a void left by the departure of head of legal James Sullivan. Founded six years ago, Monzo was the UK’s […]
Ashurst will be next
You need a couple of attempts to crack America. For Allen & Overy, the O’Melveny negotiation was simply the appetiser before the main course. Ashurst, though, has had a few too many sharing plates. Who can forget the rejection of Latham? The talks with Fried Frank that led to the Ashurst managing partner defecting to […]
Less time for dirty laundry
Hybrid working has been a significant success for Big Law, with lawyers now used to being able to switch between meetings and the domestic chores. Yes, the working day might be longer, but it’s been more productive for both home and work life. Sadly, the washing may begin to pile up again, as new research […]
Four things we learnt from the magic circle’s promotions this year
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) […]
DACB should take a gamble on Vegas
Dodgy-looking characters losing thousands in the casino, sky-high fountain displays dancing in front of glitzy hotels, and George Clooney with his 11-strong mob breaking into vaults are sights you expect to witness in Las Vegas. And a recent holiday to Sin City did not disappoint – except the Clooney part, unfortunately. What was unexpected was […]
Is this all, Alex Chalk?
Access to justice remains a neglected ideal for this Government
The Passport: Chiomenti revamps partnership after McKinsey review
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 […]
Addleshaws, K&E and Skadden line up on Asda’s £2.3bn petrol station deal
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, […]
A&O Shearman: Five charts that tell us more
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 […]
City talk: A&O’s Access win captures levfin lawyers’ attention
Few deals last year got the market talking as much as Access Group’s private debt refinancing, a bumper transaction involving 16 credit funds. In the past month, it emerged the software group had called in advisers again for a follow-on deal. The Lawyer understands that this time it was Allen & Overy that got the […]
BCLP makes global cuts in business services
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 […]
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