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Barclays is looking to appoint a new panel entirely made up of alternative legal services providers. The process will kick off in the coming months and is expected to be completed by the end of the year subject to the current Covid-19 situation. For the first time, the bank is looking to include companies such […]
The co-founders of flexible lawyering group Halebury, which last year was acquired by provider Elevate, have both left the company. Denise Nurse and Janvi Patel, who founded Halebury fourteen years ago, have left the business after the end of the integration process that followed the acquisition. Halebury was purchased in 2019 by Elevate as part […]
Herbert Smith Freehills has promoted the largest number of partners since its merger in 2012, with 26 lawyers making the grade. The firm has added the most lawyers in Australia, with a total of eight, while seven have been made up in London. There are six partners in HSf’s continental European offices and four in […]
Robert McNamara was one of America’s best and brightest. Having risen meteorically to the top of the Ford Motor company, he gave the job up weeks later to be President Kennedy’s Secretary of Defence. That meant he was responsible for the conduct of the Vietnam war, so he asked soldiers to compile body count reports, […]
The full list of the UK firms ranked 101-200 by revenue in 2023.
Pinsent Masons is appointing AI champions within every office, creating 11 different “communities” of employees participating in data product testing. The firm wants to make support around AI-related initiatives locally accessible by establishing advanced delivery teams for each practice group, as well as function-focused communities to test the capabilities of Microsoft 365 Copilot. The 11 […]
Clifford Chance and Latham & Watkins have scored mandates on the acquisition of a stake in Heathrow Airport by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF and Ardian. The Lawyer has learnt that Latham advised its long-standing client, the PIF. The Lawyer understands the relationship manager for the PIF is UAE-based finance partner Harj Rai, who […]
Working alongside seven lawyers, Mondelez’s chief counsel for Northern Europe has a team covering everything from marketing to contracts, to ESG and M&A, at the snack giant.
Simmons & Simmons has developed its own generative AI (genAI) tool, with its workforce encouraged to train up and think about how new technologies can help in their daily life. The firm has called its genAI tool “Percy” – named after one of the twin brothers who co-founded Simmons in 1896. While Percy is powered […]
This report contains: An overview of cases at a selection of courts in Singapore and Hong Kong Jurisdiction specific profiles Please note that an updated report with Dubai courts will be published at a later date.
This report contains: the second half of the top 200 UK firms (101-200) ranked by firmwide revenue analysis of the overall health of the market in 2023 key trends that firms in this tier are facing interactive, firm specific profiles of the firms’ financial overview, business mix and operations
This report contains : firms’ investments in GenAI startups and the growth potential in the sector the challenges firms may face in pricing GenAI-handled tasks AI investment at the Big Four analysis of UK 200 firms’ concerns on a range of risks
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This report contains: analysis of financial performance in 2022 five-year trends in revenue and headcount metrics regional analysis gender diversity in the Euro 100 partnerships
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Listed firms once claimed to be pioneering a new style of firm. But the four outfits currently in this misshapen gang (and former members DWF and Ince Group), have had their fair share of shakes and wobbles. They must satisfy two distinct audiences. On one hand there are equity partners, and on the other the […]
If you haven’t got a head of sustainability, you’re increasingly in the minority. For the last three years, law firms have been jumping on this trend: since 2021, no fewer than 27 firms have appointed a sustainability or ESG leader. Looking at where all these green gurus have come from is an interesting exercise in […]
Law folklore dictates that any indication of a transactional slowdown will see a growth in contentious business. But despite economic fragility, partner hiring has favoured corporate and finance stars rather than litigators for much of 2023. The US firms are, as always, to blame for this. Indicative data from Atlas by Codex Edge shows that […]
Today would have been deadline day for Allen & Overy (A&O). You’ll recall that earlier this month (9 November), the firm was targeted by a cyber-attack. This, it said, was “a data incident impacting a small number of storage servers”. In contrast, the Russian LockBit ransomware group that claimed responsibility, and which is understood to […]
The elite US firms are reshaping the City landscape with their demands for climate-friendly Grade A space. Rents are rising too; a top floor at some of London’s newest buildings commands rents above £100 per sq ft – compare that with Glasgow where occupier adviser DeVono put prime rents at £36 per sq ft earlier […]
The full list of the UK firms ranked 101-200 by revenue in 2023.
Pinsent Masons is appointing AI champions within every office, creating 11 different “communities” of employees participating in data product testing. The firm wants to make support around AI-related initiatives locally accessible by establishing advanced delivery teams for each practice group, as well as function-focused communities to test the capabilities of Microsoft 365 Copilot. The 11 […]
Clifford Chance and Latham & Watkins have scored mandates on the acquisition of a stake in Heathrow Airport by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF and Ardian. The Lawyer has learnt that Latham advised its long-standing client, the PIF. The Lawyer understands the relationship manager for the PIF is UAE-based finance partner Harj Rai, who […]
Working alongside seven lawyers, Mondelez’s chief counsel for Northern Europe has a team covering everything from marketing to contracts, to ESG and M&A, at the snack giant.
Simmons & Simmons has developed its own generative AI (genAI) tool, with its workforce encouraged to train up and think about how new technologies can help in their daily life. The firm has called its genAI tool “Percy” – named after one of the twin brothers who co-founded Simmons in 1896. While Percy is powered […]
