With the first half-term of the year already upon us, there comes the inevitable pause in the courts. Yet while the caseload has temporarily diminished, the intrigue involved in them has not. One of this year’s most complex and bizarre Top 20 cases of 2019 kicks off on Monday for a 12-week Commercial Court hearing. […]
As far as hearings to kick off a week go, Linklaters‘ injunction hearing against former global head of business development and marketing Frank Mellish is a juicy way to start. The Lawyer broke the news that the magic circle firm had gained a temporary injunction against Mellish’s threat of publishing documents he said would expose […]
With January now in the rear-view mirror, the courts are properly back in full swing with litigants ramping up their efforts significantly. This week sees a host of fascinating cases with an African nation suing one of the world’s largest investment banks and an enormous follow-on damages claim seeking to get off the ground. Russian […]
We preview the most significant cases to be heard in court over the next seven days.
With the first half-term of the year already upon us, there comes the inevitable pause in the courts. Yet while the caseload has temporarily diminished, the intrigue involved in them has not. One of this year’s most complex and bizarre Top 20 cases of 2019 kicks off on Monday for a 12-week Commercial Court hearing. […]
As far as hearings to kick off a week go, Linklaters‘ injunction hearing against former global head of business development and marketing Frank Mellish is a juicy way to start. The Lawyer broke the news that the magic circle firm had gained a temporary injunction against Mellish’s threat of publishing documents he said would expose […]
With January now in the rear-view mirror, the courts are properly back in full swing with litigants ramping up their efforts significantly. This week sees a host of fascinating cases with an African nation suing one of the world’s largest investment banks and an enormous follow-on damages claim seeking to get off the ground. Russian […]
We preview the most significant cases to be heard in court over the next seven days.
In what is thought to be the first senior move from law to public affairs, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer competition veteran John Davies is to leave the magic circle firm in April to join Brunswick Group as a senior adviser. ‘I’ve seen how competition investigations into both deals and corporate behaviour are becoming more “political“ as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Northern firm Ward Hadaway is actively exploring mergers and expansion opportunities in England as it targets £100m revenue by 2034. The firm generated approximately £48m in the 2023/24 financial year, which means it is looking to grow approximately 100 per cent within a decade. A shorter term target of reaching £75m by 2029 has also […]
Linklaters and Slaughter and May are leading on BHP’s mega-offer for rival mining company Anglo American. It emerged this morning that Australian giant BHP had put forward an unsolicited proposal to Anglo American If the deal went ahead, it would be valued at around £31bn. Linklaters is on call for Anglo American as it discusses […]
The ex-general counsel of Haleon has announced that he has joined energy and chemicals business Aramco, which is based in Saudi Arabia. Bjarne Tellman was hired by GSK four years ago to prepare the company for the creation of Haleon, one of the UK’s largest corporate demergers in 20 years. The purpose of the demerger […]
The wait is finally over. In just under a week, the transformational merger between Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling will go live. But while the deal is done, the job is only just beginning. On this episode of The Lawyer Podcast, editor Catrin Griffiths and litigation editor Christian Smith look at how the […]
A duo from Travers Smith is leaving for Goodwin Procter, as exits from the UK firm’s corporate team continue. Partners Ian Keefe and George Weavil are joining Goodwin’s private equity team. Their arrivals follow the exit of a team from Goodwin to Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, led by partner Christian Iwasko. Both Weavil […]
