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
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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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Brexit survey: Majority back revocation as lawyers lose faith in Labour and Tories
In The Lawyer‘s survey of over 1,000 professionals in the legal sector, more than 50 per cent now back the revocation of the Article 50 notification to exit from the European Union. A total of 1,061 legal sector workers took part in the survey conducted between 22 and 25 March, which found that 12 per cent […]
Fieldfisher reorganises Condor leadership after exits
Fieldfisher is set to expand the offering of its alternative legal services and flexible resourcing division Condor, which is understood to have generated about £2.5m in the last financial year, as part of new investments to its broader finance practice. Condor, which was launched in 2017, is articulated into two strands: a technology platform used […]
BonelliErede in merger talks with 100-lawyer firm
BonelliErede is in discussions with local law firm Lombardi Segni, which could result in the first merger in the Italian market for more than three years.
Eversheds targets telecoms with senior real estate hire
Eversheds Sutherland has made a timely hire one year on from the introduction of the new Telecoms Code, taking on Fladgate’s head of real estate litigation and telecommunications specialist Thekla Fellas. Fellas joins Eversheds on 1 April to build a team around her specialism in “Telecoms Code” disputes. Her appointment follows the controversial Electronic Communications […]
Law firms fight for largest flex offering as Simmons revenues jump 230 per cent
The revenue of Simmons & Simmons’ flexible resourcing unit has grown 230 per cent to £10m in the space of one financial year, The Lawyer has learned. The Adaptive service, which was launched in 2014 following an uptick in work in London and growing demand for secondees and specialist lawyers involved in one-off projects, grossed […]
Therium secures $1bn war chest in latest funding round
Litigation funder Therium has secured $1.07bn (£816.6m) in its latest round of investment, making it the largest fund raised by the business in its 11-year history. The sum is five times higher than the amount it raised in February 2018 and includes investment from an unnamed sovereign wealth fund which is thought to make it […]