New law, new business models: four trends that will shape 2020
Criticised for being slow to react in 2018, traditional firms were, in fact, preparing their strategies and waiting to attack. Here’s what to expect in the next 12 months.
By royal appointment: the monarchy’s go-to lawyers
With Harry and Meghan announcing they will step back as senior royals and work to become financially independent, The Lawyer looks back at the royal family’s legal representation. Farrer & Co Farrer & Co has been the royal’s established advisers since the 1930s – Sir Leslie Farrer was the personal adviser to George VI and […]
CRS to overhaul City premises in most significant move since merger
Charles Russell Speechlys is in the process of overhauling its City headquarters as the lease for one of its two current offices approaches. The merged firm, which for the last four years has been based across two buildings in 5 Fleet Place and 10 Fleet Place, is giving up on the latter as its lease […]
Clifford Chance wins role on Apple’s licensing agreement with UK chip maker
A partner duo from Clifford Chance has taken legal duties for UK chip designer Imagination Technologies as part of a license contract with Apple that will revive a relationship that ended a few years ago. The multi-year license agreement marks a new collaboration between Apple and Imagination Technologies, which in the past provided graphic chips […]
Linklaters’ head of real estate disputes moves to Addleshaws
New law, new business models: four trends that will shape 2020
Criticised for being slow to react in 2018, traditional firms were, in fact, preparing their strategies and waiting to attack. Here’s what to expect in the next 12 months.
By royal appointment: the monarchy’s go-to lawyers
With Harry and Meghan announcing they will step back as senior royals and work to become financially independent, The Lawyer looks back at the royal family’s legal representation. Farrer & Co Farrer & Co has been the royal’s established advisers since the 1930s – Sir Leslie Farrer was the personal adviser to George VI and […]
CRS to overhaul City premises in most significant move since merger
Charles Russell Speechlys is in the process of overhauling its City headquarters as the lease for one of its two current offices approaches. The merged firm, which for the last four years has been based across two buildings in 5 Fleet Place and 10 Fleet Place, is giving up on the latter as its lease […]
Clifford Chance wins role on Apple’s licensing agreement with UK chip maker
A partner duo from Clifford Chance has taken legal duties for UK chip designer Imagination Technologies as part of a license contract with Apple that will revive a relationship that ended a few years ago. The multi-year license agreement marks a new collaboration between Apple and Imagination Technologies, which in the past provided graphic chips […]
Axiom launches LinkedIn-style talent platform after PE cash injection
Axiom has created a new platform to manage its growing pool of flexible lawyers, marking the provider’s first tech output since receiving a significant private equity investment that put an end to its plans to IPO last autumn. The provider has developed a new platform called Axiom for Talent, which will be used to map […]
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CMS’s private equity head exits for Goodwin
Goodwin Procter’s private equity group in London have secured the hire of CMS’s practice head James Grimwood. Grimwood has been a partner at CMS Cameron McKenna since 2007 and played a pivotal role in the setting up of the firm’s Mayfair office. Appearing in The Lawyer Hot 100 for 2016, Grimwood saw an opportunity to grow […]
HSF transfers German offices to UK LLP to fend off Brexit concerns
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has incorporated its German arm into its UK limited liability partnership so it can continue to operate as an international business in the jurisdiction after Brexit. The change, which took place at the end of 2019, was implemented because, in a Brexit scenario, the firm could not operate in the country […]
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Era of borrowing ends as firms hoard cash in hand
The average level of borrowings at a cross-section of UK 200 firms fell for the first time in at least five years despite the cost of debt, often used to fund strategic goals such as office openings and lateral hires, remaining at record low levels. In 2017/18 the average amount borrowed by a representative sample […]
CMS, DLA and Osborne Clarke lead on CityFibre’s £200m acquisition
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, DLA Piper and Osborne Clarke have all bagged roles in CityFibre’s latest acquisition in the network infrastructure sector. CMS advised the buyer on the acquisition of FibreNation from telecoms and network provider TalkTalk Group, which was in turn counselled by teams from DLA and Osborne Clarke. Corporate partner Katie Nagy […]
DACB raids Spanish firm for 20-lawyer group hire
DAC Beachcroft continues its Spanish expansion, as it gains a 20-lawyer team in Madrid from local firm Asjusa Abogados. The firm has integrated its Spanish office with lawyers joining from Asjusa, a boutique insurance and civil responsibility firm – specialising in Spanish healthcare law. Three partners and 20 lawyers – specialising in professional liability and […]
Do lawyers and elite athletes have anything in common? Eversheds thinks so.
Eversheds Sutherland is to roll out a new programme to help lawyers maximise their output by learning how to respond to pressure in the same way elite athletes do. The programme, called ‘sustainable peak performance’, will be led by the firm’s managing partner Keith Froud. Starting in the spring, it will consist of workshops held […]