The healthcare, life sciences and pharmaceutical sector yields an enormous amount of work for lawyers, both in-house and private practice, covering an array of corporate, commercial and contentious work. The Lawyer’s market intelligence tool, LMI, has assembled all public information on these firms.
Olswang and a group of its clients have launched a new network for technology, media and telecoms lawyers. The BBC, BBC Worldwide and Vodafone have partnered with the City firm to found the TMT peer network, which officially launched with a networking event earlier this autumn. The network is open to all TMT lawyers and can […]
Like a lot of GCs and purveyors of legal services, I’ve had arguably more than my fair share of attending in-house corporate counsel forums, conferences, roundtables and even grandly named summits. It’s easy to get battle-weary of these when one hears the regular call to arms to ‘be more commercial’, ‘get closer to the business’ […]
Seven months into his new role at Tullett Prebon, general counsel Philip Price was already finalising a deal with rival broker ICAP on the acquisition of its voice broking business. For Price, this was the first major transaction he was involved in since joining Tullett Prebon as its new group general counsel, having left his […]
On December 1st, pine needles could be seen strewn across the floors of many a law firm as Christmas trees were dragged indoors and decorated. Muckle: last year’s winner But which firm has the best tree? In 2014 Newcastle firm Muckle’s tree – constructed from old law textbooks – won by popular acclaim. Will there be […]
Shoosmiths has been ranked the 14th ‘best-connected’ law firm in terms of its ties with businesses in the FTSE250, according to a recent survey by The Lawyer. The firm has been recognised as one of the favourite law firms of mid-cap market companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, and the ranking reflects the firms’ […]
New research by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has revealed which law schools get the most students into pupillage. No law school has a particularly good record, but BPP’s London branch comes out on top, with 27 per cent of its 2011, 12 and 13 Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) students having since commenced pupillage. […]
Clifford Chance partner Simon Davis has been instructed by the Conservative party to oversee its investigation into allegations of bullying in the party. The instruction follows criticism the internal inquiry, previously led by barrister Edward Legard, was not independent. Davis has been brought in to oversee a new inquiry and report to the party board, […]
The optimum ratio of fee-earners to business services staff for UK-headquartered firms is 0.7:1, exclusive new research by The Lawyer has revealed. The data, which forms the basis of the new UK 200: Business Services report, highlights how firms across the market are finding ways of working more efficiently, including examining staffing ratios. It includes […]
How many back-office staff does it take to run a law firm? The answer needs specialist data and intensive analysis, as this preview of The Lawyer’s latest major report shows.
Before making radical changes based on the latest scare theory about the future of the legal profession, consider what is best for your firm and clients In recent years the legal sector has been carpet-bombed by supposedly knock-out theories about the future; Big Law is dead, you must be global or niche, partnerships are incapable […]
Together with the German-Macedonian Business Association, Karanović & Nikolić will be hosting a joint event on 26 November 2015 in Skopje. The presentation will focus on recent tax changes in Macedonia. Lawyers and tax experts Tanja Unguran and Ljupka Noveska will be lecturing on the issues of corporate income tax and double taxation treaties, outlining […]