Is the system conspiring against female barristers? We weigh up the evidence, using data on cases at both the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the Court of Appeal
How have firms in the second half of The Lawyer UK Top 100 fared since the recession hit many of them so hard a decade ago? The Lawyer data shows the winners and losers in the mid-tier
The largest merger in the Italian legal market in over 30 years started out in the tiniest possible way. A casual conversation between Giuseppe Lombardi, founder of litigation boutique Lombardi e Associati, and Sergio Erede, one of the three lawyers who twenty years ago founded corporate powerhouse BonelliErede alongside Aurelio Pappalardo and the late Franco […]
David Pollitt is transforming DACB thanks to his style of cheery communication coupled with strict financial discipline.
A handful of firms have realised that effective alumni networks can help solve longstanding problems of resource allocation – and the likes of Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy are putting structures in place to mine it.
Firms are replacing years of traditional process with new ways of working
Several major court cases this year deal with the fallout from Britain’s EU departure, and barristers from Brick Court are playing a prominent role.
Clyde & Co’s recent international growth has been nothing short of phenomenal. Now it is turning its attention back to the UK
As austerity cuts and reforms continue to take chunks out of legal funding, ever-advancing technology provides the opportunity to plug the shortfalls
China’s litigation climate is now more attractive to clients due to greater independence and transparency. It’s creating a raft of opportunities for overseas law firms
Using Global 200 data, The Lawyer reveals which law firms have failed to keep pace with the global market, and what this group’s performance since 2008 can tell us about the future for the world’s top law firms
Litigation funders live and breathe disputes, but this was not the sort of dispute Burford Capital was used to. On August 8, Burford’s share price plunged 66 per cent after a ferocious attack from San Francisco-based hedge fund Muddy Waters, whose founder Carson Black questioned the accuracy of the funders accounting practices. Black described the […]
Just down the road from CMS and Linklaters,one of the most venerable firms in Lisbon is undergoing a shake-up that has left the local market dazed.
This summer has seen another round of big pay rises for newly qualified (NQ) solicitors: here’s the wider context.
Thomson Reuters’ acquisition of HighQ was the natural next step for a growing start-up and will be seen as the latest test case in legal tech consolidation.
There are five reasons why Mishcon is likely to opt for an IPO, and while it would certainly shift the firm away from its reliance on partner capital and bank debt, none of those reasons is actually about the availability of cash.
The case-funding world is a fiendishly complex one. The Lawyer hears from two industry figures who believe more should be done to educate legal teams about the benefits of this external help
As an incubator for legal tech and research, DWF Ventures has creativity at its core and with Jonathan Patterson as its leader, looks set to be a true sector disruptor
Acting for UK corporates is the biggest challenge for US outfits in the City, but for the meantime, they’re not breaking out of their lucrative PE bubble. This is in spite of firms such as White & Case and Latham & Watkins going out into the market and hiring big-name magic circle stars from public […]
Akin and Goodwin’s batches of hires last week have put both firms back on the City map, but barely move the dial in terms of London bench strength. Data from The Lawyer’s annual US Top 50 report confirms that a gap is opening up between the top five largest firms and the rest of the […]
Cyber threats, terrorism and sexual misconduct claims are all putting firms into the spotlight as they attempt to do the right thing, both for them and their clients
The departure of four Taylor Wessing partners last week to Goodwin Procter not only leaves a hole in the firm’s life sciences practice, but prompts questions about its longer-term international TMT strategy in light of its talks with Wilson Sonsini.
With a female partnership proportion of 41 per cent, Greenberg Traurig tops The Lawyer’s diversity rankings, yet with nine firms reporting a drop in women partner numbers and three featuring only men at the top level, progress still needs to be made
‘Going digital’ is a phrase buzzing around even the most technology-averse boardrooms. Businesses, including law firms, are recognising the threat presented by falling behind in an increasingly digital world, and they are mobilising accordingly. That is promising, but also missing the larger issue. Going digital in the legal industry means much more. Too many lawyers […]
When news first emerged that the SRA were planning to make changes to the way solicitors qualified in England and Wales, I was of the view that the system did not need changing and worked well. Indeed I had been through a very similar training system, as had my colleagues at major City and global […]
The new online recruitment portal launched recently by Rare Recruitment in collaboration with several top City law firms is undoubtedly a welcome initiative as pressure continues to mount on the legal profession to do more on diversity and social mobility. Launched last month, Vantage builds on Rare’s existing contextual recruitment software and uses advanced analytical […]
Description Do looming deadlines and a huge document corpus make review seem daunting? Curious about predictive coding but not sure how to set up a model? Learn how to leverage predictive coding on the Everlaw platform to make the review process more efficient and accurate. In this webinar, Kevin Kraft and Jennifer Roberts will address […]
By Geoffrey Tang What sectors in the region are you seeing experiencing a boom at the moment? As the number of listed companies from more established sectors increases, a number of jurisdictions in Asia have been expanding their listing regimes to facilitate the listing of companies from emerging and innovative sectors. Examples of this include […]
By Damian Evans A recent Privy Council decision relating to long-running Jersey proceedings (Volaw –v- Comptroller of Taxes [2019] UKPC 29) provides clarification on the extent to which a party to an action may resist disclosure notices from authorities by utilising the right of privilege against self-incrimination. What was the background to this judgment and what […]
By Will Austin-Vautier It is believed that Queen Elizabeth II employs more than 1,000 people in her household. Of Buckingham Palace’s 775 rooms, 188 are staff bedrooms. That the Queen and Prince Philip take their baths at exact water temperatures – painstakingly set by their servants – is probably more fact than fiction. Clearly the size, […]
This presentation has been prepared by Kılınç Law & Consulting in order to explain the step by step trademark application according to the Turkish laws and regulations. 1. Trademark Determination and Preliminary Similarity Survey 2. Determination of NICE Classes and Contents which the Trademark is Registered 3. Application for Trademark 4. Procedural Review Process 5. […]
On 19th August 2019, the Commission for State Aid Control of the Republic of Serbia (“CSAC”), assisted by the National Alliance for Local Economic Development (NALED), organized the third round of public discussions concerning the draft of the new State Aid Law (the “Law”) in Serbia. The preparation of the draft Law came as a result of various factors. First […]
By Bill MacGregor Companies and human resource managers need to be aware of the potential immigration implications that corporate changes, acquisitions or restructurings may have on temporary foreign workers (TFWs) that they employ in Canada. The immigration and work permit implications must be assessed before changes occur. Corporate immigration expertise is needed to avoid pitfalls and […]
By Lorne Rollheiser, Jay Lalach, Adriana Da Silva Bellini On August 15, 2019 Justice D. Blair Nixon gave oral reasons in response to an application for summary dismissal of the claim by PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. (“PwC”), the bankruptcy trustee for Sequoia Resources Corp. (“Sequoia”), against Perpetual Energy Inc. and its CEO, Susan Riddell Rose. You can find our prior […]
By Samantha Holland The growing popularity of electric vehicles, as well as the ongoing challenges around building the charging infrastructure necessary to make their widespread rollout possible, is challenging a range of sectors and services to show the model is a suitable fit for the future – and the insurance industry is no exception. James Roberts, […]
By John P Cooper, Ravi Randhawa, Kieran Laird Written by Gowling WLG’s team of public law and regulation experts, our case update offers a straightforward and concise overview of six recent important cases in public law and regulation and the key points which can be taken from them. In this edition, our experts examine the following cases: 1. […]
By Richard Naish The food and drink industry has always been a hot-bed of innovation and 2019 is proving to be no different. Two areas which are currently evolving very quickly are the search for plastic-free packaging and the growing trend to eat less meat. The answer to both could lie with plant-based alternatives. Plant-Based […]
By Marilia Frias, Tiago Sergio Cabral National Laws and Implementing Regulation 2019/947/EU Recently new rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft were approved by the Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/947/EU of 24 May 2019 (hereinafter “Drone Regulation”). The original legal basis for the Drone Regulation is Regulation 2018/1139/EU of the European Parliament and of […]
