The future of a nation at stake: the life of a lawyer at a sovereign wealth fund
Being assistant GC of sovereign wealth fund GIC is rewarding, says Jarlath Pratt, but increased regulation and competition are adding to workload.
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Election 2019: how the main parties’ housing policies stack up
Our housing crisis is a long-running, festering wound in the UK’s body politic, says Eversheds Sutherland’s Bruce Dear.
Mills & Reeve pilots ‘innovation trainees’ as part of strategy drive
Mills & Reeve has come up with a new programme aimed at allowing graduates to take on innovation projects for the firm and its clients. The initiative, dubbed the ‘project and innovation trainee programme’, is the latest in a line of changes first begun in 2015 by managing partner Claire Clarke to increase profitability and […]
Eversheds targets “under pressure” in-housers with first product since NewLaw debut
Konexo, the alternative legal services business operated by Eversheds Sutherland, has launched its first legal tech product following its launch early this year and a spate of senior hires aimed at boosting its growth. The ALSP has created a product, called Konexo Hub, that targets in-house counsel customers, a share of the market that is […]
Six candidates in the running in A&O’s leadership contest
The future of a nation at stake: the life of a lawyer at a sovereign wealth fund
Being assistant GC of sovereign wealth fund GIC is rewarding, says Jarlath Pratt, but increased regulation and competition are adding to workload.
1
Election 2019: how the main parties’ housing policies stack up
Our housing crisis is a long-running, festering wound in the UK’s body politic, says Eversheds Sutherland’s Bruce Dear.
Mills & Reeve pilots ‘innovation trainees’ as part of strategy drive
Mills & Reeve has come up with a new programme aimed at allowing graduates to take on innovation projects for the firm and its clients. The initiative, dubbed the ‘project and innovation trainee programme’, is the latest in a line of changes first begun in 2015 by managing partner Claire Clarke to increase profitability and […]
Eversheds targets “under pressure” in-housers with first product since NewLaw debut
Konexo, the alternative legal services business operated by Eversheds Sutherland, has launched its first legal tech product following its launch early this year and a spate of senior hires aimed at boosting its growth. The ALSP has created a product, called Konexo Hub, that targets in-house counsel customers, a share of the market that is […]
German flexi-revolution gathers pace as Pinsents launches Vario in Frankfurt
Pinsent Masons is launching its flexible resourcing service Vario in Germany, marking the provider’s first Continental European outpost days after Lawyers On Demand (LOD) opened its second office in the country. Vario, which it is understood now grosses £14m, will open in Frankfurt through the acquisition of local freelance legal provider Xenion Legal GmbH. It […]
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Revealed: The Lawyer Hot 100 for 2020
The Lawyer’s most eagerly anticipated feature of the year is here. The Hot 100, in association with AlixPartners and Saunderson House, gathers together the profession’s brightest stars of 2020 – the GCs redefining what it means to be an in-house lawyer, the barristers working on the most significant cases of the moment; the rising stars […]
Ashurst wins privilege appeal against Austrian bank
The Court of Appeal has sided with Ashurst in a disagreement over whether documents it received from a client should be regarded as privileged in an upcoming damages claim. Austrian-headquartered Raiffeisen Bank had claimed it should gain access to documents kept by Ashurst, as they related to the firm’s involvement in a disputed loans agreement. […]
Shell presses firms on green credentials as part of panel process
Shell has set out a series of sustainability requirements that law firms need to fulfill if they want to be part of its next roster of legal advisers. The energy giant has included the criteria in the request for proposal (RFP) for its panel review, in addition to more traditional requirements around efficiency and value. […]
Willkie Farr builds up Frankfurt team with HSF hire
Willkie Farr has hired HSF Frankfurt corporate partner Markus Lauer, as the US firm continues to strengthen its corporate practice.
Freshfields innovation chief to leave firm
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s legal innovation officer Isabel Parker is to leave the firm, after helping to steer it through several transformation projects since 2013. The Lawyer understands that Parker, a longtime innovation head at the magic circle firm, has exited to set up a new consulting business. Her career developed entirely at Freshfields; in the […]
Osborne Clarke harnesses data for new in-house tech product
Osborne Clarke has started selling clients a new cloud-based platform to manage employment matters for large-scale projects and litigation. The product, dubbed People Platform, is now being marketed to clients and provides visibility on the management, costs and risks related to workforce in a number of legal contexts. it was developed by Osborne Clarke Solutions, […]