PwC Legal head to stand down after four years
PwC Legal head Shirley Brookes is to stand down from her role, handing over the reins to partner Ed Stacey.
PwC Legal takes first steps in US with firm launch
PwC Legal is expanding into the US through the launch of a new law firm in Washington DC.
PwC Legal adds two partners in Singapore
PwC Legal has hired two partners from Ashurst and Taylor Vinters to join its Singapore office.
The mid-tier is right to fear PwC
You can’t fault PwC’s chutzpah. Last week it announced that it was taking on half of GE’s worldwide tax team in a managed services deal that was described by Harvard Law’s David Wilkins as another example of ‘the rapid blurring of the boundaries between what used to be thought of as separate and distinct professional […]
Exclusive: PwC’s UK legal revenue tops £70m
Investigations need firm foundations – Don’t build yours on sand
By Fran Marwood and Umang Paw More and more companies are conducting complex investigations – often prompted by insider tip-offs. But are they looking at the right things in the right way?
Tackling a business crisis: the expanding role of general counsel
By Umang Paw and Fran Marwood The widening of the GC’s strategic remit means that when a crisis strikes, it’s down to them to investigate. So knowing what to do, and what skills to develop in preparation, is vital…
Are you optimising tech to create a leading legal team?
Law firms and in-house teams are bombarded with new technologies. Here’s how to see through the fog and lay the foundations to build your future-focused legal team By Craig McKeown, Umang Paw For legal teams – whether in law firms or working in-house – technology is more front-of-mind than ever before. It’s not hard to […]
PwC Legal head to stand down after four years
PwC Legal head Shirley Brookes is to stand down from her role, handing over the reins to partner Ed Stacey.
PwC Legal takes first steps in US with firm launch
PwC Legal is expanding into the US through the launch of a new law firm in Washington DC.
PwC Legal adds two partners in Singapore
PwC Legal has hired two partners from Ashurst and Taylor Vinters to join its Singapore office.
The mid-tier is right to fear PwC
You can’t fault PwC’s chutzpah. Last week it announced that it was taking on half of GE’s worldwide tax team in a managed services deal that was described by Harvard Law’s David Wilkins as another example of ‘the rapid blurring of the boundaries between what used to be thought of as separate and distinct professional […]
Accounts Committee queries Linklaters' £13m rail bonanza
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has criticised the Government for the way it paid Linklaters & Paines more than £13m for advice on the sale of the first three rail franchises. The report criticises the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising, Opraf, for not using a competitive tender to choose Linklaters and for not […]
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Software giant Mozilla hires new GC from Twitter
Software company Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has brought in a new general counsel from social media giant Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. Amy Keating will join Mozilla in early September after six years as Twitter’s deputy general counsel. She replaces Jishnu Menon, who left for Netflix in May. The move will be Keating’s latest […]
Burges Salmon picks new tech providers after two-year innovation project
Burges Salmon is making technology a priority with a new raft of appointments and investments aimed at revolutionising legal service delivery. The firm’s Business Solutions team is set to welcome former senior associate Emma Sorrell as legal innovation specialist and former integration specialist Ian Huddart as technology innovation specialist. It has also subscribed to powerhouse […]
RPC hit with professional negligence claim over client costs
Lawyers from RPC have had their actions described as falling “someway short of what competent solicitors would have done” as a district court judge in Leeds declined the firm’s application to throw out a professional negligence claim against it. RPC had been advising the founder of tech company Stayput Solutions Deborah Forster during her protracted legal […]
Homebase hands first-time mandate to Kirkland on restructuring bid
Kirkland & Ellis has won a first-time mandate from struggling DIY chain Homebase, which earlier today confirmed it was planning a company voluntary arrangement (CVA). Homebase is the latest retailer to announce such a move and follows in the wake of similar CVAs entered into by New Look, Prezzo and Mothercare. A CVA can be used by […]
Ashurst client Royal Mail hit with £50m fine for competition breaches
Royal Mail, advised by a team from Ashurst, has been unable to fend off a £50m fine from Ofcom, after an investigation into the business’s practices in 2014 found the delivery giant had “abused its dominant position in bulk mail delivery”. Three-partner firm Towerhouse advised Whistl, then known as TNT, which was trying to break into […]
Slaughters and Weil lead on £1.2bn bid for Sheilas’ Wheels owner
Weil Gotshal & Manges and Slaughter and May have advised on the £1.2bn buyout of esure to Bain Capital in one of the largest insurance deals of the year so far. Slaughters led for esure, the owner of insurance brand Sheilas’ Wheels and former owner of price comparison website Gocompare.com. The deal team was led by corporate […]