Reed Smith has kicked off a series of initiatives to figure out an approach to its real estate footprint, as talks around the future of its London HQ get underway. Early this year, the firm sent out a detailed survey to examine the ideal office environment its staff wish to see in the future. The […]
Anderson Strathern and Allen & Overy’s growth strategies have a few similarities.
Latham & Watkins and Slaughter and May are among the firms to have won spots on Vodafone’s revamped panel. The telecoms giant has wrapped a review of its roster of legal advisers, which started at the end of last year. The assessment focused on diversity and inclusion as well as ESG credentials, with general counsel […]
Allen & Overy has joined the slew of firms handing out Covid-19 bonuses, while employees at Slaughter and May will not be receiving one. A&O is handing Covid-19 bonuses of 5 per cent, following the likes of Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Herbert Smith Freehills, which have rewarded staff in recognition of their hard work over the past year. […]
Reed Smith has kicked off a series of initiatives to figure out an approach to its real estate footprint, as talks around the future of its London HQ get underway. Early this year, the firm sent out a detailed survey to examine the ideal office environment its staff wish to see in the future. The […]
Anderson Strathern and Allen & Overy’s growth strategies have a few similarities.
Latham & Watkins and Slaughter and May are among the firms to have won spots on Vodafone’s revamped panel. The telecoms giant has wrapped a review of its roster of legal advisers, which started at the end of last year. The assessment focused on diversity and inclusion as well as ESG credentials, with general counsel […]
Allen & Overy has joined the slew of firms handing out Covid-19 bonuses, while employees at Slaughter and May will not be receiving one. A&O is handing Covid-19 bonuses of 5 per cent, following the likes of Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Herbert Smith Freehills, which have rewarded staff in recognition of their hard work over the past year. […]
Ashurst has won a lead counsel position for private equity firm Hamilton Investment Management. Global head of legal and compliance Ehsan Haque has picked Ashurst as Hamilton’s chosen adviser. Addleshaw Goddard has meanwhile been selected on employment matters, led by partner Shakeel Dad and Mills & Reeve on GDPR (international head of IT Jagvinder Singh […]
1 May is a big day for many in the legal industry, not just the thousands of people at Allen & Overy and Shearman who have now combined officially. Scores of lawyers become partners today after a wave of promotions, meaning that also – in the great circle of life – plenty of veterans are […]
The significance of the unstoppable growth of US-headquartered firms in London isn’t solely about jaw-dropping scale, although the size of headcount and revenue at some of these big City beasts is truly head-turning. Notably, several US firms have doubled down on their investment in London of late, and not just Paul Weiss. While the New […]
It has been over four years since the UK first went into lockdown because of the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s four years since the world went crazy and stocked up on toilet roll, since staff had to bundle up their laptops and work on makeshift garden furniture desks, and since most of the nation actually looked […]
We’re all watching eagerly for the changes coming at Allen & Overy on 1 May as its merger with Shearman & Sterling finally goes live. But Addleshaws has its own significant change that day. Next Wednesday, Andrew Johnston will officially kick off his tenure as managing partner with longstanding incumbent John Joyce stepping aside. Addleshaws […]
There’s no doubt that firms are using non-UK growth to power their global figures. Of the 35 Top 50 firms for which The Lawyer has historical global revenue data, all but four saw higher growth outside the UK in the five years since 2019. Included in this group is Herbert Smith Freehillls (HSF), where London remains […]
Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling have unveiled two additional leadership roles ahead of their merger tomorrow. Denise Gibson, A&O’s leveraged finance co-head, becomes the managing partner for the UK business. A&O’s Dave Lewis meanwhile has been named as co-managing partner of the US along with Shearman’s Doreen Lilienfeld. Shearman’s senior partner Adam Hakki […]
Concerns are growing among the residents of the Barbican Estate over Linklaters’ generator, which they claim was replaced by a noisier alternative last week.
Herbert Smith Freehills has combined its teams focused on alternative legal services and delivery, creating a one-stop shop for clients seeking clarity on the firm’s tech offering. Led by partner Libby Jackson, who will work closely with the firm’s new chief technology officer David Turner, the digital legal delivery practice will be made up of […]
The head of Shearman & Sterling’s association firm in Italy has left to join White & Case.
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this edition we have four stories for you as we increase the volume and scope of our European content. Focus this week turns to CEE stalwart Kinstellar; Stockholm’s newly-founded finance boutique Re:Fi; a hire for […]
