King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has launched a review of its capital contributions structure in order to ease cashflow, stop repeated delays to profit distributions and stem the flow of exits by “frustrated” partners. The review could see its UK partners being asked to pay higher contributions to the firm in return for more units […]
US firm Cooley has continued its rapid UK expansion with the hire of Sullivan & Cromwell white collar crime specialist Louise Delahunty.
The property world is a small one. So much so that the legal chief of skyscraper owner Almacantar sometimes hires firms he has encountered on the other side of deals
Burford Capital and the Lawyer Research Service, a division of The Lawyer, have collaborated to produce a series of reports on the UK litigation financing market. This report, the second in the series, focuses on some of the more complex and less well understood funding structures available for companies and law firms involved in the […]
The legal industry is woefully unfamiliar with the wide range of financing solutions offered by litigation funders, resulting in claimants, defendants and law firms tying up more capital and assuming more risk than is necessary during cases. That was the main finding of a survey undertaken by The Lawyer Research Service and Burford Capital late last year…
The Lawyer Research Service and Burford Capital UK litigation and arbitration funding barometer – Issue 1. Only three years ago, litigation financing in the UK was poorly understood, rarely discussed and even less frequently used. According to a survey undertaken by The Lawyer Research Service and Burford Capital, it is today regarded by the UK’s […]
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has launched a review of its capital contributions structure in order to ease cashflow, stop repeated delays to profit distributions and stem the flow of exits by “frustrated” partners. The review could see its UK partners being asked to pay higher contributions to the firm in return for more units […]
US firm Cooley has continued its rapid UK expansion with the hire of Sullivan & Cromwell white collar crime specialist Louise Delahunty.
The property world is a small one. So much so that the legal chief of skyscraper owner Almacantar sometimes hires firms he has encountered on the other side of deals
Bracewell & Giuliani name partner Rudolph Giuliani has exited the firm as of today (19 January) to join Greenberg Traurig as global chair of its cybersecurity and crisis management practice.
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Flybmi has become the latest airline to enter into administration, with the company citing Brexit uncertainty as one of the main reasons for its collapse. DWF is acting for the administrators BDO, with a team led by Leeds-based associate partner Matthew Brown. The airline cancelled all flights over the weekend with immediate effect. DWF is understood to […]
In a move that furthers the UK firm’s reach on the West Coast, Taylor Wessing has entered into a non-exclusive joint relationship agreement with California’s Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. The relationship, which is not exclusive, means Taylor Wessing and Wilson Sonsini can support each other on life sciences and tech deals in particular. Some […]
Former Linklaters marketing head Frank Mellish has agreed to destroy documents shared between him and the firm, in relation to matters he said would expose “the ongoing struggle [the firm] has with women in the workplace”.
After identifying London and New York as key offices for expansion, King & Spalding has revealed that City turnover increased by 12 per cent to over $48m in 2018. King & Spalding’s City figures have been up and down in the last few years, with turnover rising 14 per cent over 2015 only to fall […]
K&L Gates is considering closing its office in Warsaw, The Lawyer understands, mirroring similar strategic reviews held at other US firms with outposts in the CEE region. A management meeting is understood to have been set up for this week to discuss plans around a potential pull-out from the city. The firm declined to comment on the […]
In our latest 60 second interview, Brewin Dolphin head of legal Alissa Foale talks to The Lawyer about her function’s biggest challenges, necessary skills to successfully manage change and how she thinks financial services will transform in the coming years ahead of her session at this year’s In-house Financial Services conference. How do you think […]
