CMS and Mayer Brown take the lead on Hollywood Bowl Group IPO
CMS and Mayer Brown have won the top roles on the London listing of ten-pin bowling operator Hollywood Bowl Group.
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My Pride Story: “The clerks knew long before I told the barristers”
In today’s Pride Story, Hardwicke’s Brie Stevens-Hoare QC acknowledges the ‘privileged’ position she finds herself in – but says it was not always the case.
Predictive coding: taming the data tiger
There is growing interest in predictive coding in the UK, with the first-ever judicial approval for its use during disclosure in English High Court proceedings coming in February, in the Pyrrho Investments case. In May The Lawyer’s live webcast, in association with FTI Consulting, examined issues raised by the case and assessed the impact it will have on the UK market for predictive coding.
Walker Morris appoints energy director
Kate Webster has been appointed as a Director to the Walker Morris Energy, Infrastructure & Government Team, reinforcing its position as a national leading public sector practice. With over nine years’ specialist experience, Kate has a strong track record working with both the public and private sectors advising on all aspects of complex contracts, particularly […]
Deloitte Legal: “We want to be the law firm of the future”
The story of the re-entry of the Big Four accountancy firms into legal services has occupied many minds in the last year or so. But in the UK, there is one notable absence – Deloitte. While its rivals EY, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers have all been busy hiring senior lawyers from top private practice firms Deloitte has stayed away from the UK market.
CMS and Mayer Brown take the lead on Hollywood Bowl Group IPO
CMS and Mayer Brown have won the top roles on the London listing of ten-pin bowling operator Hollywood Bowl Group.
1
My Pride Story: “The clerks knew long before I told the barristers”
In today’s Pride Story, Hardwicke’s Brie Stevens-Hoare QC acknowledges the ‘privileged’ position she finds herself in – but says it was not always the case.
Predictive coding: taming the data tiger
There is growing interest in predictive coding in the UK, with the first-ever judicial approval for its use during disclosure in English High Court proceedings coming in February, in the Pyrrho Investments case. In May The Lawyer’s live webcast, in association with FTI Consulting, examined issues raised by the case and assessed the impact it will have on the UK market for predictive coding.
Walker Morris appoints energy director
Kate Webster has been appointed as a Director to the Walker Morris Energy, Infrastructure & Government Team, reinforcing its position as a national leading public sector practice. With over nine years’ specialist experience, Kate has a strong track record working with both the public and private sectors advising on all aspects of complex contracts, particularly […]
How in-house legal teams can use tech to bridge the gap with compliance
Ahead of The Lawyer’s In-house Financial Services conference, Tsys lead counsel Solomon Osagie weighs in on how technology can provide a valuable link between in-house legal and compliance teams in The Lawyer’s latest banking and finance special report.
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Brexit survey: Majority back revocation as lawyers lose faith in Labour and Tories
In The Lawyer‘s survey of over 1,000 professionals in the legal sector, more than 50 per cent now back the revocation of the Article 50 notification to exit from the European Union. A total of 1,061 legal sector workers took part in the survey conducted between 22 and 25 March, which found that 12 per cent […]
Fieldfisher reorganises Condor leadership after exits
Fieldfisher is set to expand the offering of its alternative legal services and flexible resourcing division Condor, which is understood to have generated about £2.5m in the last financial year, as part of new investments to its broader finance practice. Condor, which was launched in 2017, is articulated into two strands: a technology platform used […]
BonelliErede in merger talks with 100-lawyer firm
BonelliErede is in discussions with local law firm Lombardi Segni, which could result in the first merger in the Italian market for more than three years.
Eversheds targets telecoms with senior real estate hire
Eversheds Sutherland has made a timely hire one year on from the introduction of the new Telecoms Code, taking on Fladgate’s head of real estate litigation and telecommunications specialist Thekla Fellas. Fellas joins Eversheds on 1 April to build a team around her specialism in “Telecoms Code” disputes. Her appointment follows the controversial Electronic Communications […]
Law firms fight for largest flex offering as Simmons revenues jump 230 per cent
The revenue of Simmons & Simmons’ flexible resourcing unit has grown 230 per cent to £10m in the space of one financial year, The Lawyer has learned. The Adaptive service, which was launched in 2014 following an uptick in work in London and growing demand for secondees and specialist lawyers involved in one-off projects, grossed […]
Therium secures $1bn war chest in latest funding round
Litigation funder Therium has secured $1.07bn (£816.6m) in its latest round of investment, making it the largest fund raised by the business in its 11-year history. The sum is five times higher than the amount it raised in February 2018 and includes investment from an unnamed sovereign wealth fund which is thought to make it […]