Stewarts Law sues Orb v Ruhan client for £2m
Stewarts Law has launched a High Court claim against its former client Gail Cochrane to recoup more than £2m in owed fees, The Lawyer has learned.
Exclusive: Olswang Europe offices left out in the cold on three-way merger
Olswang’s continental European offices have been warned they will not be automatically included in the firm’s three-way merger with CMS and Nabarro, The Lawyer understands.
Maurice Allen: the exit interview
Serial legal entrepreneur Maurice Allen will retire from Ropes & Gray this year, although he’s widely tipped to emerge at another firm. He talks to The Lawyer editor Catrin Griffiths about a career building some of the City’s most impressive practices.
Pinsent Masons develops AI software to advise clients on Brexit issues
The firm has already used the software on a number of “multi-billion dollar transactions” for clients including Balfour Beatty and E.ON.
Stewarts Law sues Orb v Ruhan client for £2m
Stewarts Law has launched a High Court claim against its former client Gail Cochrane to recoup more than £2m in owed fees, The Lawyer has learned.
Exclusive: Olswang Europe offices left out in the cold on three-way merger
Olswang’s continental European offices have been warned they will not be automatically included in the firm’s three-way merger with CMS and Nabarro, The Lawyer understands.
Maurice Allen: the exit interview
Serial legal entrepreneur Maurice Allen will retire from Ropes & Gray this year, although he’s widely tipped to emerge at another firm. He talks to The Lawyer editor Catrin Griffiths about a career building some of the City’s most impressive practices.
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The DLA Piperisation of DWF
DWF’s board is filled with former DLA Piper leaders.
Slaughters’ property deal is not what it seems
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2021 will be Kirkland’s year – again
Kirkland & Ellis and Simpson Thacher are expected to deliver another strong set of results in coming weeks.
Revealed: Nearly a quarter of the Top 100 are still using furlough scheme
Firms including Trowers & Hamlins and TLT were among those that made claims through the UK Government’s coronavirus job retention scheme last month, according to new data released by HMRC. The data shows that 17 law firms from the top half of The Lawyer’s latest UK200 report were still making claims for furlough at the […]
Paul Hastings secures investigations duo from White & Case
Paul Hastings has hired two white-collar and investigations partners from White & Case, as US firms look to expand their City teams. The firm has brought in lawyers Jonathan Pickworth and Joanna Dimmock to the London office. They will join from White & Case, where Pickworth led the white-collar crime practice. Pickworth spent more than […]
White & Case litigator departs after three years
Another partner from White & Case’s disputes department is leaving, as Steven Baker exits the firm after three years. Baker joined White & Case in 2018 as part of an expansive lateral hiring strategy in the City. In 2018 Baker left Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft to join White & Case alongside international arbitration partner David […]
Shoosmiths appoints inaugural GC
Shoosmiths has appointed its head of personal advisory as its first general counsel (GC). Richard Follis takes on the inaugural GC role at the 196-partner firm, where he will enhance focus on managing the increasing compliance burden required to support business activity, as well as take on the quality and risk responsibilities that sit with […]
Ashurst to school students in NewLaw uni partnership
A team of lawyers and technologists from Ashurst’s NewLaw arm is set to take on teaching duties as part of a module launched by the firm with the University of Stirling in Scotland. The firm is working with the university on a strategic partnership aimed at cultivating talent that will be able to populate the […]
Magic circle CMO veteran leaves Freshfields after a decade
The chief marketing officer and executive board member of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is leaving the firm after 12 years. The departure of Lucy Murphy, chief marketing and business development officer at the magic circle firm, was announced internally in an email, sources told The Lawyer. Murphy had been in her role since 2015. Sitting on […]
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