Start at the end: Why legal tech needs an end-user focus
Learn why individual productivity is the key to driving profitability; the key challenges to boosting productivity; and how an end-user approach to legal tech can improve your bottom line.
Stevens & Bolton’s investment in HighQ: a case study in service quality improvement
Stevens & Bolton LLP invested in HighQ in 2019 as part of its commitment to service quality improvement, and the firm is already seeing a number of benefits for its own business too. Adopting HighQ has resulted in process efficiencies, more engaged clients and new business opportunities, and this is just the beginning of the […]
[VIDEO] Solutions templating
Watch this video to learn how you can create new sites and projects with identical configurations, either in the same or in other HighQ instances.
[VIDEO] Document bundling – document metadata management
This video takes a deep dive look into how HighQ’s advanced document bundling system can help legal teams carry out post-completion administration tasks quickly and efficiently.
Keep your teams connected when working remote
Today’s legal teams are facing unprecedented challenges. As the world works to figure out how to keep businesses running, many law firms are moving to remote work for most employees. Learn how cloud collaboration platforms can help your firm stay connected and keep work moving forward no matter where your employees are. Download the eBook […]
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Men – it’s time for some self-care
The total number of callers to LawCare is up for a sixth successive year.
The DLA Piperisation of DWF
DWF’s board is filled with former DLA Piper leaders.
Slaughters’ property deal is not what it seems
A recent welter of City office moves and lease renegotiations limited Slaughters’ options.
Law firm mergers are dead: discuss
Strategic merger opportunities lie in the lower echelons of the UK Top 200.
Spreadsheet, spreadsheet, do a trawl – which is the hottest firm of all?
Which organisation has had most lawyers featured in the Hot 100 over the 20 years?
Come for the rugby, stay for the M&A
Revived interest in Japan from certain law firms may have something to do with the Rugby World Cup.
MoFo dishes out appreciation bonuses to UK associates
Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has rewarded its UK associates with a special appreciation bonus for the last financial year. The US firm has handed out an additional bonus to its associate workforce as a reward for a positive set of London financials in a turbulent year. It is understood that the payment was announced by […]
Centrica appoints interim GC
Centrica has appointed an interim general counsel four months after the departure of former legal chief Justine Campbell. Raj Roy, GC of the UK and Ireland, has stepped in to oversee Centrica group’s legal operations. At the beginning of the year, Campbell moved to National Grid to take on the GC and company secretary role, […]
Quartet set to pocket lion’s share of £37m G4S-Allied fees
Four firms, including Freshfields and Linklaters, are set to share in fees totalling over £37m if the sale of FTSE security company G4S goes ahead as planned. The fee estimates for legal advice are noted in Allied Universal’s offer document for G4S, released earlier this month. Since then both Allied and rival bidder GardaWorld have […]
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 […]
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 […]
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