Beyond expectations
Employers and employees must voice expectations at an early stage to avoid regret. By Shaw Chapman.
Employers and employees must voice expectations at an early stage to avoid regret. By Shaw Chapman.
Linklaters turnover hike” />Linklaters has continued to resurrect its financial performance, reporting a 16 per cent increase in turnover during the first half of the financial year. The magic circle giant claims to have made £438m in billings during the first six months of the 2005-06 financial year, compared with £376m for the same period […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has landed a plum role acting for a consortium of bidders on its ongoing negotiations over the possible acquisition of energy giant Drax. Partners Will Lawes and Karen Fountain are understood to be leading the work for consortium BCHP, which comprises energy solutions provider Constellation Energy and private equity firms Blackstone, Perry Capital Management and […]
Weil Gotshal & Manges has completed its first successful mandate for Lion Capital and Blackstone Group on their £1.27bn purchase of Cadbury Schweppes’ European drinks business. Blackstone Group and Lion Capital outbid a string of other private equity firms to buy the European beverages unit, which includes brands such as Schweppes, Orangina and Oasis. The […]
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The mammoth Russian aircraft claims are set to continue in England and Wales after today’s High Court judgment dismissed defendants’ applications to have the dispute heard in Russia. The Russian aviation claims are one of The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2024, seeing aircraft lessors take on their insurers for vessels trapped in Russia since […]
Travers Smith has been hit by a data subject access request (DSAR) from former UKIP leader Nigel Farage following the firm’s review into the controversial closure of the politician’s bank accounts at Coutts. In July last year, NatWest brought Travers in to investigate Coutts’ accounts closure policies after Farage’s accounts with the bank’s wealth management arm […]
The new episode of The Lawyer Podcast is out now! Grabbing the attention of aspiring solicitors and spectators alike, criticism of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination has torn through the media over the weeks following the most recent set of results. From City firms dropping training contracts from offer holders after failing on their first attempt, […]
Welcome to your weekly edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. Yesterday marked the last day of the Hilary Court term, so in this final edition of The Hearing before we take next week off, we take a look at the Supreme Court decision that has come as a relief […]
Trowers & Hamlins has become the latest firm to offer an innovation seat to its trainees as a part of its training contract. From the beginning of April, trainees at Trowers will have the option to sit in the innovation team and develop their competency in legal tech. Trowers’ training contract is divided into four […]
This report contains: an overview of the history of UK and US firm in Russia an analysis of the opportunities, challenges and litigation brought on by sanctions regimes a summary of the firms acting in Russian litigation in London
This report contains: an analysis of 15 UK firms’ cash flow management and lock-up trends over the past five years lock-up correlated with profitability to demonstrate the impact of strong financial management for firms’ bottom line details on the adoption of technology by firms to make their financial management more efficient
This report contains: an overview of the international strategies of the Iberian firms in The Lawyer‘s European 100 an analysis of the expansion strategies of Spanish and Portuguese-heritage firms in key jurisdictions outside of Iberia
This report contains: an analysis of the Scottish legal market as a whole, covering key locations and sectors the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the country analysis of the Scottish independent firms’ efficiency
This report contains: a look at the profitability and growth of Quinn Emanuel’s London office since its opening in 2008 an analysis of Quinn’s bench strength and how it weighs up against competitors an overview of Quinn’s practice in London
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How many trainees does it take to build a law firm? We welcome your suggestions for punchlines on that one (winner gets published in a future Horizon). But if one was inclined to think of a serious answer, one would naturally say that the larger the firm, the more graduates you need. After all, big […]
In the lower echelons of The Lawyer UK200, some firms are contending with major succession issues that could mean there is little option to find a merger deal whatever the cost. Growth is increasingly hard to come by for the Independent firms (ranked 101-200), but that doesn’t mean it’s all doom and gloom. Analysis by […]
The mammoth Russian aircraft claims are set to continue in England and Wales after today’s High Court judgment dismissed defendants’ applications to have the dispute heard in Russia. The Russian aviation claims are one of The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2024, seeing aircraft lessors take on their insurers for vessels trapped in Russia since […]
Travers Smith has been hit by a data subject access request (DSAR) from former UKIP leader Nigel Farage following the firm’s review into the controversial closure of the politician’s bank accounts at Coutts. In July last year, NatWest brought Travers in to investigate Coutts’ accounts closure policies after Farage’s accounts with the bank’s wealth management arm […]
The new episode of The Lawyer Podcast is out now! Grabbing the attention of aspiring solicitors and spectators alike, criticism of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination has torn through the media over the weeks following the most recent set of results. From City firms dropping training contracts from offer holders after failing on their first attempt, […]
Welcome to your weekly edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. Yesterday marked the last day of the Hilary Court term, so in this final edition of The Hearing before we take next week off, we take a look at the Supreme Court decision that has come as a relief […]
Trowers & Hamlins has become the latest firm to offer an innovation seat to its trainees as a part of its training contract. From the beginning of April, trainees at Trowers will have the option to sit in the innovation team and develop their competency in legal tech. Trowers’ training contract is divided into four […]
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