Ogier has advised a long-term private equity real estate client in connection with its £103m sale of the Woolwich Estate in south-east London. The 4.9-acre site, which comprises several clusters of buildings around Powis Street in the heart of the town centre, was sold to British Land. Undergoing a period of significant regeneration, Woolwich will […]
Baker McKenzie and Clifford Chance are advising Macquarie Group on the $6.6bn takeover offer for Danish telecommunications company TDC.
Ofcom can press ahead with the auction of spectrum for 4G and 5G services after the Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge by Three and BT on the first day of a two-day appeal.
Zaiwalla & Co has replaced Hogan Lovells in an ongoing spat between two Ukrainian oligarchs, The Lawyer can reveal.
Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) corporate crime and investigations head Aaron Stephens is moving to King & Spalding, The Lawyer can reveal.
Boodle Hatfield has joined a raft of firms that have confirmed they will be switching their financial year-end to 31 March due to HMRC’s new tax rules, joining Mishcon de Reya, Macfarlanes, Burness Paul and Weightmans. The new rules will cause administrative headaches for finance teams as they enable HMRC to tax a business’ profits in the […]
Three years after pledging to reward a panel firm for its diversity efforts, BT has made good on its promise and automatically reappointed one of its advisers. BT Group has crowned Addleshaw Goddard as having the best diversity and inclusion (D&I) track record among its existing legal panel, which automatically wins the firm a spot […]
Magic circle firm Allen & Overy is mulling a sale of its legal risk management division prior to its merger with Shearman & Sterling. Aosphere is part of A&O’s advanced delivery and solutions offering, which also includes A&O consulting and flexi-lawyer business Peerpoint. Divisions performed well over the last financial year, with revenue across this […]
Addleshaw Goddard’s longstanding managing partner is to stand down from his leadership role one year early. John Joyce, the firm’s former head of business support and restructuring, has led the firm since 2014. He was re-elected for a second term in 2017 and then a third term was obtained during the Covid-19 pandemic. Joyce was always […]
The Republic of Mozambique has succeeded in keeping its litigation over the ‘tuna bonds’ scandal alive amid an attempt by Privinvest Shipbuilding to seek a partial stay of proceedings. The shipbuilding company was funded by a range of creditors, including Credit Suisse, to develop an exclusive economic zone around the Mozambique coast to develop tuna […]
This report contains: ranking of the top 50 firms based on their global litigation revenue generated in the last financial year analysis of financials and headcount growth global trends in litigation over the past year
This report contains: a stratification of the 30 largest global law firms in Continental Europe based on partner headcount a look at what proportion of global partnerships are concentrated in Europe an analysis of firms’ presence in Europe’s five key financial centres
Read this report in order to understand: How key changes in the market are transforming the role of in-house teams Current attitudes and level of adoption of artificial intelligence tools Organisations’ approach to a flexible working culture Projected spend on external legal counsel over the next five years Feedback on quality of service received from […]
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This report contains: an overview of the UK corporate market in 2022 analysis of financial performance at the top 50 City firms ranked by UK-generated corporate revenue a focus on the energy and infrastructure (E&I) sector which remains active during a year of deals slowdown
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A period of radical change has descended on the profession, with firms contending with a raft of organisational challenges. Major tax reforms are underway for the 2023/24 year, with many firms expected to issue cash calls to satisfy the income tax bills from HM Revenue & Customs. But this one-off hit is little compared with […]
How many people does it take to keep lawyers honest? For the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) the answer is 646. That’s how many people were employed by the body that regulates solicitors across England and Wales as of October 2022, with headcount having grown by nearly 50 since 2018. In turn, those 646 members of […]
The reimagining of the office is a hallmark of the post-pandemic era. In 2022, law firms took 1.5m sq ft of space in London, a new record, according to Knight Frank. And this isn’t a phenomenon confined to the capital: from Glasgow to Plymouth, law firms are leading the climate-friendly office revolution. The upcoming The […]
Firms are starting to pour investment into legal tech, but the same cannot be said for their clients
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Boodle Hatfield has joined a raft of firms that have confirmed they will be switching their financial year-end to 31 March due to HMRC’s new tax rules, joining Mishcon de Reya, Macfarlanes, Burness Paul and Weightmans. The new rules will cause administrative headaches for finance teams as they enable HMRC to tax a business’ profits in the […]
Three years after pledging to reward a panel firm for its diversity efforts, BT has made good on its promise and automatically reappointed one of its advisers. BT Group has crowned Addleshaw Goddard as having the best diversity and inclusion (D&I) track record among its existing legal panel, which automatically wins the firm a spot […]
Magic circle firm Allen & Overy is mulling a sale of its legal risk management division prior to its merger with Shearman & Sterling. Aosphere is part of A&O’s advanced delivery and solutions offering, which also includes A&O consulting and flexi-lawyer business Peerpoint. Divisions performed well over the last financial year, with revenue across this […]
Addleshaw Goddard’s longstanding managing partner is to stand down from his leadership role one year early. John Joyce, the firm’s former head of business support and restructuring, has led the firm since 2014. He was re-elected for a second term in 2017 and then a third term was obtained during the Covid-19 pandemic. Joyce was always […]
The Republic of Mozambique has succeeded in keeping its litigation over the ‘tuna bonds’ scandal alive amid an attempt by Privinvest Shipbuilding to seek a partial stay of proceedings. The shipbuilding company was funded by a range of creditors, including Credit Suisse, to develop an exclusive economic zone around the Mozambique coast to develop tuna […]
