On 13 October, I published a short piece on the Legal Feminist blog entitled I’d like to have an argument, please. It was an invitation to any practising or academic lawyer who disagrees with my “gender critical” stance on the interaction of trans rights and women’s rights to enter into a relaxed and mutually respectful […]
Slaughters is once again shaping Government policy after netting a series of profitable opportunities.
Five years ago, LexisNexis asked the University of Cambridge business school a simple question on resistance to change: “Why is it that law firms are not changing as fast as some clients and some partners want?” The research revealed the most agile firms benefitted from leveraging the voice of the client. Not only was internal […]
Travers Smith has elected its new managing partner, as David Patient prepares to step down after six years in charge. The firm has given the role to partner Edmund Reed, who will take the post in July 2021. A member of the firm’s private equity and financial sponsors group, he advises on corporate and M&A […]
The webinar covers many hot topics that HR professionals and business owners face on a daily basis, and examines managing a remote workforce, staffing challenges during COVID-19, mental health, legal developments of 2020 and what’s coming in 2021.
Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision sets a significant precedent in international sport.
Last month, Canada’s Climate Plan made headlines for its pledges to accelerate the national carbon price to $170/tonne by 2030 and to invest heavily in low-carbon technologies and projects.
The Prime Minister’s message of “work from home if you can” changed to only go into a workplace “if you absolutely cannot work from home”, but what does this change of emphasis mean?
On 17 December 2020, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published its new Data Sharing Code of Practice (“Code”), a practical guide for organisations on how to share personal data in compliance with the data protection law.
5G is perhaps the most fundamental technological development in a generation. It is the profound combination of human capability, artificial intelligence, smart devices and connectivity that will come to define a world in which businesses must be innovative, resilient and competitive.
On 13 October, I published a short piece on the Legal Feminist blog entitled I’d like to have an argument, please. It was an invitation to any practising or academic lawyer who disagrees with my “gender critical” stance on the interaction of trans rights and women’s rights to enter into a relaxed and mutually respectful […]
Slaughters is once again shaping Government policy after netting a series of profitable opportunities.
Five years ago, LexisNexis asked the University of Cambridge business school a simple question on resistance to change: “Why is it that law firms are not changing as fast as some clients and some partners want?” The research revealed the most agile firms benefitted from leveraging the voice of the client. Not only was internal […]
Travers Smith has elected its new managing partner, as David Patient prepares to step down after six years in charge. The firm has given the role to partner Edmund Reed, who will take the post in July 2021. A member of the firm’s private equity and financial sponsors group, he advises on corporate and M&A […]
Firms increasingly want exceptional talent who think outside the box yet are reluctant to endorse this operating model in practice. How do you get the right people doing the tech and innovation jobs, and with enough sway to really spark a change?
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Firms must once again turn their attentions towards servicing current clients for a lower cost.
The world is becoming a more open place to travel based on the Henley Passport Index.
In recent months there has been a glut of senior associate hires.
The most successful US firm in London in terms of sheer growth is Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
The job losses in the legal sector last year give us a good inkling of where the most profound changes are likely in 2021
With Paul Dolman’s hire, Latham is targeting the mid-market PE opportunities.
Mayer Brown is the latest firm to rethink its strategy in South East Asia, with its lead partner in Thailand joining a rival US outfit in the country. Local partner in charge Maythawee Sarathai has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth, as Mayer Brown closed its Bangkok operations. The Bangkok office was acquired by Mayer Brown following […]
Clifford Chance was on call for Alter Domus, as it agreed an acquisition deal that takes its assets under administration to $1tr. Clifford Chance supported Alter Domus as it completed the purchase of fellow business Strata Fund Solutions. The deal makes Alter Domus one of the largest private asset servicers for PE and venture capital […]
Telecoms giant BT has called on Simmons & Simmons as it faces a multimillion-pound claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal. The claim is brought by Justin La Patourel, founder of Collective Action on Landlines (CALL), and Mishcon de Reya’s Rob Murray. The dispute relates to BT allegedly overcharging customers for its landline subscription. In 2017, […]
Clifford Chance is representing the studio behind hit game Fortnite in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) after Epic Games launched legal action against Apple and Google. The dispute concerns the defendants’ decision to remove Fortnite from their respective app stores in August 2020, which has spawned abuse of dominance claims from Epic which now seeks […]
Simmons & Simmons has successfully struck out a fraud claim from a litigant in person who accused the firm of dishonesty and had lodged a complaint to the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT). David Hinkel’s claim was dismissed by the High Court on Friday, during which proceedings revealed that the SDT had rejected the appellant’s complaints […]
Slaughter and May advised the Department for Transport on a £600,000 mandate around a financial package to protect freight routes during the Covid-19 pandemic, building on a string of profitable public work mandates. A response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed that the firm advised on a £35m financial aid package approved by […]
