More heft needed for Bakers’ skinny M&A team
That quintessential London all-rounder, Baker McKenzie, has been prioritising corporate growth more than you realise.
Johnny Depp turns to Meghan Markle’s legal team after ditching Brown Rudnick
Schillings has been drafted in to represent Johnny Depp on his ongoing libel action against the publishers of The Sun, with the Hollywood film star bringing in the reputational specialists to replace Brown Rudnick. Depp’s change in lawyers was confirmed during a preliminary High Court hearing yesterday. It was also claimed that 70,000 text messages […]
Loving legal life: How to manage beginnings and endings in relationships
Spring: the season of new beginnings. In this week’s article systemic coaches Zita Tulyahikayo and James Pereira QC explore the hidden dynamics of leaving, endings and new beginnings.
Firms poised to pull out of Mipim as jitters over coronavirus escalate
Law firms are assessing whether to attend Mipim 2020 as the list of companies pulling out of the annual real estate conference rises over Coronavirus fears. Real estate lawyers have been talking with peers at other firms to gauge what they are doing and discuss the risks involved. Hogan Lovells will make a decision within […]
In court this week: Bloomberg, Phones 4U and the Bank of St Petersburg with RPC, Quinn and Clifford Chance
More heft needed for Bakers’ skinny M&A team
That quintessential London all-rounder, Baker McKenzie, has been prioritising corporate growth more than you realise.
Johnny Depp turns to Meghan Markle’s legal team after ditching Brown Rudnick
Schillings has been drafted in to represent Johnny Depp on his ongoing libel action against the publishers of The Sun, with the Hollywood film star bringing in the reputational specialists to replace Brown Rudnick. Depp’s change in lawyers was confirmed during a preliminary High Court hearing yesterday. It was also claimed that 70,000 text messages […]
Loving legal life: How to manage beginnings and endings in relationships
Spring: the season of new beginnings. In this week’s article systemic coaches Zita Tulyahikayo and James Pereira QC explore the hidden dynamics of leaving, endings and new beginnings.
Firms poised to pull out of Mipim as jitters over coronavirus escalate
Law firms are assessing whether to attend Mipim 2020 as the list of companies pulling out of the annual real estate conference rises over Coronavirus fears. Real estate lawyers have been talking with peers at other firms to gauge what they are doing and discuss the risks involved. Hogan Lovells will make a decision within […]
Kirkland and Linklaters act on €17bn sale of Thyssenkrupp’s elevator business
Kirkland & Ellis and Linklaters have landed the lead roles on what is regarded as the largest buyout transaction done in Europe since the financial crisis. The US firm led for the consortium of private equity houses Advent International, Cinven and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, which paid €17.2bn for Thyssenkrupp’s elevator business. This consortium […]
PE acquirers should target these three firms
Which law firms are private equity houses looking to invest in? The answer, if the conversations we’re having with managing partners are anything to go by, is ‘pretty much all of them’. Most regional firms of note have had speculative approaches at some time in the last five years or so, as private equity gradually […]
Who’s in and who’s out at Barclays
Barclays’ legal team was once among the most influential in the UK. That power has diminished over the last decade, yet the banking giant still packs a punch when it comes to talent management. Some 40 lawyers are understood to have left Barclays in the UK last year. There are cost-cutting measures at play here, […]
The platform firm has moved mainstream
Keystone Law, the poster child for the platform firm, is likely to break the psychologically important £100m revenue barrier in 2025. The success of this firm has spawned a new market, which is challenging traditional firms on the talent front. More than 3,500 lawyers now work across a variety of fee-sharing outfits, research from Atlas […]
Don’t wait for the climate crisis to come to you
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Gowling WLG and Norton Rose Fulbright’s London offices will all be under water in a few decades. This trio shares idyllic views overlooking the Thames, but they will all be submerged in the river by the year 2100 as climate change-induced sea level rises occur. And this is based on the […]
Welcome to your TikTok legal career
Talent churn is accelerating among the junior ranks with today’s associates more mobile than the generations before them. The concept of long-term professional loyalty is fading as Gen Z rises. These lawyers ask not what they can do for you, but what your firm can do for them. This generational shift in working attitudes is […]
CMS’s outgoing senior partner to join World Bank
CMS senior partner Penelope Warne has revealed her next steps ahead of her departure from the firm at the end of the month. After 10 years at the helm, Warne is spearheading a project that she founded at the World Bank, which promotes the rule of law and access to justice, connecting law societies with […]
Freshfields partner to join Slaughters’ pensions team
Slaughter and May is to add another senior lawyer to its pensions team in the City, this time from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Charles Magoffin, a partner at Freshfields since 2010, is joining Slaughters as a senior counsel from September. Slaughters has still only ever made one lateral hire in the City, also into its pensions […]
Post Office scandal sparks review of litigation funding
Litigation funders will be keeping a close eye on an upcoming review into third-party funding regulation, proposed caps on returns, as well as litigation costs. The Civil Justice Council is looking to produce a full report by the summer of 2025. The review follows an increased focus on litigation funders and their role in disputes, […]
Ashurst promotions: Eight City lawyers make the grade
In its largest promotions round ever, Ashurst has elevated eight London lawyers to partner out of 30 worldwide. The firm has made up eight lawyers in London, as well as seven in Sydney. In total, 17 promotions were made in Ashurst’s Australian offices, meaning just five were made outside of either London or Australia. Loans […]
SQE shambles: Candidates lambast pricey appeals process
Frustrated Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) candidates are calling on the SRA to increase accessibility to the appeals process after a results error saw 175 candidates mistakenly told they had failed their exams. On Monday last week, the SRA announced that 175 candidates who sat SQE1 in January and were told they had failed on 14 […]
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