Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is broadening the offering of its alternative legal services arm, as its revenue smashes through its £50m target. Launched in Belfast in 2011, the alternative legal technology (ALT) service unit now includes more than 350 people around the world, having grown to over £50m from the £40m reported in 2019 and […]
The total number of lawyers working in the UK at US-led firms continued to grow over the past year and has now reached new heights, The Lawyer’s new ranking reveals. In 2020, total lawyer numbers rose from 6,376 to 6,679, a rise of 4.7 per cent, while the total number of partners at US firms […]
As we gear up for a return to the workplace, help us show some love to the hard-pressed hospitality industry by nominating your favourite eat-and-drinkeries.
A longtime member of Herbert Smith Freehills‘ (HSF) disputes team is moving to Bird & Bird after over two decades at the firm. Nick Peacock is making the move, specialising in international arbitration and having previously led HSF’s Singapore arbitration group and its India disputes team. His departure follows the recent retirements of Mark Shillito, […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is broadening the offering of its alternative legal services arm, as its revenue smashes through its £50m target. Launched in Belfast in 2011, the alternative legal technology (ALT) service unit now includes more than 350 people around the world, having grown to over £50m from the £40m reported in 2019 and […]
The total number of lawyers working in the UK at US-led firms continued to grow over the past year and has now reached new heights, The Lawyer’s new ranking reveals. In 2020, total lawyer numbers rose from 6,376 to 6,679, a rise of 4.7 per cent, while the total number of partners at US firms […]
As we gear up for a return to the workplace, help us show some love to the hard-pressed hospitality industry by nominating your favourite eat-and-drinkeries.
A longtime member of Herbert Smith Freehills‘ (HSF) disputes team is moving to Bird & Bird after over two decades at the firm. Nick Peacock is making the move, specialising in international arbitration and having previously led HSF’s Singapore arbitration group and its India disputes team. His departure follows the recent retirements of Mark Shillito, […]
Eversheds Sutherland and Addleshaw Goddard have announced reduced promotions rounds, with 22 and nine freshly-minted partners respectively. Eversheds has cut back on its partner promotions after two enlarged rounds, with 22 lawyers making the grade. Last year after the firm announced its biggest ever promotions round, promoting 38 partners. In 2019, 27 were made up. […]
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Nokia is to assess six panel firms on their equity, inclusion and diversity (E, I&D) credentials through a new scorecard system. As part of the initiative, Nokia’s legal and compliance organisation will conduct quarterly and annual assessments of its key panel law firms. The initiative was presented to firms in March, with Eversheds Sutherland, Roschier, […]
CMS has created a managed services arm to complement its traditional legal practices, as more firms venture into an area previously dominated by alternative providers and the Big Four. The firm has assembled an offering that will bring together teams of lawyers, technologists and project managers to absorb the operations of in-house functions at client […]
A retrial has been ordered in a case involving Natwest’s investment banking arm, after it took 19 months for the judgment to be handed down. In Natwest Markets and Another v Bilta (UK) and Ors, Court of Appeal judges criticised the wait and said a “delay of the magnitude in the present case, whatever the explanation may […]
Unilever’s UK and Ireland general counsel has moved across to online grocery delivery startup Getir. Anna Cosgrave joins Getir as head of legal, UK after just eight months at Unilever. She joined in September last year, three months after the FTSE 100 giant announced a major restructuring, ditching its dual Anglo-Dutch legal structure to create a single […]
Royal Mail has suffered a defeat in the Court of Appeal after Ashurst failed to reverse a £50m fine from Ofcom. The Court of Appeal dismissed Royal Mail’s application on Friday, upholding a decision that the postal service company was guilty of anti-competitive behaviour towards its largest competitor, Whistl. The High Court’s ruling is the […]
