In-house interview: Chris Anderson, Everton FC
After launching his career at Scottish firm Dundas & Wilson (now part of CMS), Chris Anderson’s career has taken a very different path to most M&A lawyers’
After launching his career at Scottish firm Dundas & Wilson (now part of CMS), Chris Anderson’s career has taken a very different path to most M&A lawyers’
Top writers in the real estate category discuss who really owns a mural and can a chalet be a chattel or just part of the land?
There’s a bonfire going on. In the past week 420 business services jobs have been put into consultation
Manchester firm Linder Myers has been sold in a pre-pack administration deal, just two years after avoiding collapse through a debt restructure.
How can law firms predict change and adapt swiftly enough to gain a competitive advantage? K&L Gates global chairman Peter Kalis talks about leadership through disruptive change, the challenges facing every law firm and how they must adapt to change at last year’s Business Leadership Summit. Adapting to change and adopting innovation are two elements […]
Debevoise & Plimpton partner Sophie Lamb is joining Latham & Watkins to head up its arbitration practice.
For the second week running Mr Justice Peter Smith featured in the most-read story of the week, as it emerged that the judge has instructed BCL Copeland to advise on a number of issues related to allegations of bias against him.
Shearman & Sterling has handed its newly qualified solicitors an 8 per cent pay rise and raised the salaries of lawyers across the firm. NQs will now receive £95,000, up from £88,000 last year. It puts the firm closer to the top of the NQ pay scale, though it does not match the likes of […]
Addleshaw Goddard is looking to hire its first chief operating officer (COO) and is seeking a candidate with experience of running an operations team during a merger.
Norton Rose Fulbright is poised to develop its legal services centres in Warsaw, Australia and South Africa, just days after announcing its Manila back office base, The Lawyer understands.
Fladgate attempted to have the main claimant in the RBS £4bn rights issue case declared insolvent amid a row over unpaid fees, it has emerged.
Number 10 Downing Street has confirmed the appointment of Sir Terence Etherton as the next Master of the Rolls, the second most senior judge in England and Wales.