UK firms chop staff space despite headcount growth
The UK’s largest law firms are slimming down on the amount of office space they allocate to each staff member, as agile working sweeps the legal market.
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What 30 years of The Lawyer tells us: feminist pressure worked
We can broadly divide the past 30 years of the UK legal sector into three phases: innocence and enthusiasm; expansion and over-reach; and chastened realism.
Lloyds instructed Linklaters one day before HBoS merger bid, witness reveals
Lloyds instructed Linklaters as its legal advisers just one day before it announced its controversial acquisition of Halifax Bank of Scotland, (HBoS) the High Court has heard.
The 60 second interview: The privilege gap is narrowing
Ahead of our Managing Risk and Litigation event, Jenner & Block’s Charlie Lightfoot talks about Brexit and the changing perceptions around legal privilege
FCA market study into wholesale insurance brokers
Updates on proportionality of costs in court proceedings
By Gwendoline Davies, Claire Acklam Anyone involved in the conduct of litigation will be aware that the ‘overriding objective’, at rule 1.1 (1) of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), requires cases to be dealt with “justly and at proportionate cost”. Unfortunately, the question of what is proportionate continues to cause confusion and dispute. In this latest […]
GDPR risks for retailers
By Jeanette Burgess, Gwendoline Davies Much of the focus in the retail and legal press in recent months has been on the eye-watering level of fines which data protection regulators can impose for infringements of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation. However in this mini-series Walker Morris’ Heads of Regulatory & Compliance and […]
A guide to revised UK IPO process
By Richard Naish, Daniel O’Gorman New rules in the Conduct of Business Sourcebook took effect in July leading to significant changes in the timing, sequencing and documents required in the UK IPO process. Guidance has now been published outlining how syndicate banks can facilitate access to prospective issuers for unconnected analysts. As reported in our […]
New corporate governance requirements for AIM companies
By Richard Naish, Daniel O’Gorman New corporate governance requirements for AIM companies come into effect on 28 September 2018. From that date, AIM companies will be required to disclose on their website details of the corporate governance code that they have decided to apply, explain how they comply with such code or provide an explanation for […]
High Court enforces drag-along provisions
By Richard Naish, Daniel O’Gorman A drag-along provision in a shareholders’ agreement has been enforced by a recent High Court decision and the shareholder in question ordered to transfer his shares. Where there are several shareholders in a company, a shareholders’ agreement is commonly used to regulate the relationship between the shareholders and to govern how […]
UK firms chop staff space despite headcount growth
The UK’s largest law firms are slimming down on the amount of office space they allocate to each staff member, as agile working sweeps the legal market.
1
What 30 years of The Lawyer tells us: feminist pressure worked
We can broadly divide the past 30 years of the UK legal sector into three phases: innocence and enthusiasm; expansion and over-reach; and chastened realism.
Lloyds instructed Linklaters one day before HBoS merger bid, witness reveals
Lloyds instructed Linklaters as its legal advisers just one day before it announced its controversial acquisition of Halifax Bank of Scotland, (HBoS) the High Court has heard.
The 60 second interview: The privilege gap is narrowing
Ahead of our Managing Risk and Litigation event, Jenner & Block’s Charlie Lightfoot talks about Brexit and the changing perceptions around legal privilege
Quinn Emanuel to appeal ruling in postponed £1bn Barclays dispute
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan client PCP Capital Partners is considering whether to launch an appeal against the decision to adjourn its £1.2bn dispute with Barclays until October next year.
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The speed read: the legal world’s key stories of last week
There are three things that keep City managing partners awake at night. First, the US firms. Second, tech and New Law. And third, Brexit. This week saw all three issues in the spotlight. The extent of US firms’ growth in London was shown by the unveiled City 50, The Lawyer’s ranking of US and UK […]
White & Case advises as CVC buys UnitedLex in biggest-ever legal market deal
CVC Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in alternative legal services provider UnitedLex in what is believed to be the largest investment in the legal market ever at $500m. UnitedLex CEO Dan Reed led negotiations in-house. The Lawyer can reveal that CVC was advised by a White & Case team led by New York-based partner […]
Orrick and Latham advise on FarFetch float
Orrick, Latham & Watkins and Fenwick & West have taken the lead advising on luxury online retailer FarFetch‘s IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Latham & Watkins is advising FarFetch, with a capital markets team led by New York partners Marc Jaffe and Ian Schuman, and London partner Joshua Kiernan. Orrick is acting for a […]
The 60 second interview: Need new ways to motivate your team? Ask them
GSK’s assistant general counsel talks to The Lawyer about the steps she takes to avoid disappointment in the mentor-mentee relationship.
Revealed: A&O’s IP reshuffle in the wake of Dagg’s Kirkland move
Former Allen & Overy (A&O) head of intellectual property Nicola Dagg was leading on 75 per cent of the firm’s cases in the sector before the announcement of her high-profile move to US firm Kirkland & Ellis earlier this year, data from The Lawyer can reveal. Data gathered for The Lawyer Litigation Tracker Q2 shows that of the firm’s four […]
LOD targets US as future biggest market in growth strategy
Flexible lawyering service Lawyers On Demand (LOD) has laid out its plans for significant growth in the US with hopes that it will become the provider’s biggest market in the next “few years”. In a bid to further its ambitions in the US, LOD co-founder John Knox relocated to the North Eastern state of Connecticut […]