This week, Hewlett-Packard begins its battle against two of Autonomy’s former directors, while the Ministry of Defence prepares to defend itself in a medical negligence case brought by a serviceman’s family. The first major case starting today is Autonomy & Ors v Lynch and Hussein. Sitting in the Chancery Division, this case will run for […]
Employment law takes centre stage this week, as Mishcon de Reya acts for Pimlico Plumbers in its latest court case, while BLM defends the Royal Opera House against a former musician. Firstly, our attention turns to Croydon. TMP Solicitors’ Jacqueline McGuigan bested Mishcon de Reya last year in the Supreme Court, securing a key decision […]
A heavily public law-focused week sees the UK Government fighting off three massive claims related to transport, pharmaceuticals and human rights. The battle over how Heathrow Airport gained permission to build a new runway has made national news, particularly after it edged out its South London counterpart Gatwick Airport to the the chagrin of campaigners […]
Was it the half-term effect? Last week saw a series of substantial judgments handed down. Clifford Chance, Brick Court, Wilberforce, RPC and Watson Farley & Williams all secured favourable decisions, while it was more a week to forget for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, DLA Piper, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Covington & Burling. This week […]
This week, Hewlett-Packard begins its battle against two of Autonomy’s former directors, while the Ministry of Defence prepares to defend itself in a medical negligence case brought by a serviceman’s family. The first major case starting today is Autonomy & Ors v Lynch and Hussein. Sitting in the Chancery Division, this case will run for […]
Employment law takes centre stage this week, as Mishcon de Reya acts for Pimlico Plumbers in its latest court case, while BLM defends the Royal Opera House against a former musician. Firstly, our attention turns to Croydon. TMP Solicitors’ Jacqueline McGuigan bested Mishcon de Reya last year in the Supreme Court, securing a key decision […]
A heavily public law-focused week sees the UK Government fighting off three massive claims related to transport, pharmaceuticals and human rights. The battle over how Heathrow Airport gained permission to build a new runway has made national news, particularly after it edged out its South London counterpart Gatwick Airport to the the chagrin of campaigners […]
Was it the half-term effect? Last week saw a series of substantial judgments handed down. Clifford Chance, Brick Court, Wilberforce, RPC and Watson Farley & Williams all secured favourable decisions, while it was more a week to forget for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, DLA Piper, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Covington & Burling. This week […]
Morrison & Foerster (MoFo)’s London office grossed over £30m in revenue last year, a 25 per cent increase from the £24m reached in 2017. The firm revealed its revenue went beyond £1bn in the past two years, with double-digit growth recorded in revenue per lawyer. Profits per partner hit almost £2m, accounting for the highest […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hooray, big-ticket M&A is having a mini-revival and so are the firms that make so much of their money out of it. Already in 2024, major European M&A deals to have been announced include International Paper’s £5.8bn planned acquisition of London-listed packaging company DS Smith, which trumped another offer from rival Mondi. Other significant matters […]
On Tuesday last week (9 April), the SRA sought to quell a rising tide of discontent around the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). In its most recent SQE annual report, SRA chief executive Paul Philip said the public and profession could have “confidence” in this “rigorous assessment”. That confidence was short-lived. Yesterday (15 April), Philip was […]
For one firm, the pan-Nordic dream is dead. For another, it’s just begun. Hannes Snellman’s announcement that its Stockholm and Helsinki offices will be going their separate ways later this year represented the end of a strategic gamble that started 16 years ago. Back then, its leadership bet that opening in Stockholm (2008) and Copenhagen […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made up 23 lawyers to partner globally in its smallest round for three years. Last year, the magic circle promoted 30 to partnership worldwide, with 27 making the grade in 2022. There were 22 elevations in 2021. As a result, the London set is also slightly smaller than in previous years. […]
The Lawyer‘s Christian Smith, Catrin Griffiths, Richard Simmons, Katy Dowell and Charlotte Lear are joined by College of Legal Practice CEO Giles Proctor for this emergency episode of The Lawyer Podcast as they discuss the latest Solicitors Qualification Exam debacle: marking errors that led to 175 students being incorrectly told they had failed. What went […]
Fieldfisher is bolstering its German presence with a sizeable team from local firm SKW Schwartz and a handful of other hires, in an effort to expand its media, technology and IP offerings. The firm has hired eight lawyers from SKW Schwarz including partners Martin Diesbach, Elisabeth Noltenius and Julia Schafdecker, all of whom specialise in […]
Debevoise & Plimpton is hiring from Goodwin Procter as it adds a new partner to its London investment funds team. Shawn D’Aguiar is switching to a new US firm in London eight years after joining Goodwin from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). He was part of a four-partner team move led by then funds head Michael […]
Barclays lost 44 lawyers in its legal team over 2023, almost four times the average number of leavers across the UK’s top banks. The banks with the second highest number of leavers is tied between HSBC and NatWest, with 12 lawyer exits each, according to indicative data. On the other end of the scale, Royal […]
