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
Seeing through the data fog: investigative tech comes of age
PwC can help protect your business in a crisis, such as a data breach, dispute or fraud, by using its innovative forensic tools to collate evidence efficiently
Walk before you run creating foundations for tech to deliver
By Craig McKeown, Jason McQuillen Even the most costly and sophisticated legal technology doesn’t offer a magic solution it needs good data, professional judgement and organisational buy-in to deliver. From chatbots to contract life cycle management, technology can take a lot of the grunt work out of legal practice, enabling you to focus more of […]
Getting on top of a data breach before it turns ugly
As a general counsel, how can you prepare, respond and emerge stronger?
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…
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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Clydes suspends two lawyers over alleged accounts breaches
Clyde & Co has suspended two lawyers from the firm ahead of an internal investigation into alleged breaches of the SRA’s accounts rules. The firm confirmed to The Lawyer that two unnamed lawyers have been referred to the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA). Rule one of the SRA’s account rules, states the purpose of the rule is […]
Cooley reboots white-collar practice with new City hire
Cooley has secured its second lateral hire in London this year, as it looks to build out new white-collar capabilities both in the UK and internationally. The firm has recruited partner Tom Epps from the defence and government investigations group of Boston-born law firm Brown Rudnick. Epps has spent over six years in Brown Rudnick’s […]
Who will be the next Lord Chancellor? The runners and riders
Here’s The Lawyer’s highly-sophisticated take on some of the options available.
Comic Relief on the hunt for a new GC
Former Comic Relief general counsel and company secretary Vincent Collins has stepped down from his role to join the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Collins is to leave the charity after two years to become head of legal at the intergovernmental organisation. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cares for the graves of the 1.7 million men […]
Freshfields to speed-date junior barristers in bid to narrow gender gap
The speed-networking style events are designed to ensure that lawyers at the firm develop connections with a broader range of barristers and to encourage chambers to present a more diverse bench.
FTSE waste group Biffa brings in new GC
Waste management company Biffa has appointed a new general counsel from manufacturer Rotork. Sarah Parsons has joined Biffa in her first general counsel position, having been a senior legal counsel at Rotork since 2015. Biffa will be her third in-house role, with Parsons leaving private practice in 2008 to join the Australian and New Zealand […]