A group of 28 MPs and one peer have criticised Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in a damning report into ScottishPower’s ‘cashback guarantee’ scandal, released today (20 April).
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partners Darren Rogers and Patrick Williams are leaving the firm for Ashurst’s real estate practice.
Why is collaboration important for any kind of law firm? Following an exclusive video interview with The Lawyer at The Global Collaboration Summit, we offer the highlights from the keynote session by Dentons global chairman Joe Andrew at the event. For more information about next year’s event, click here.
Clyde & Co has made good on its promise to increase gender diversity within its partnership after 50 per cent of those made up in this year’s 18-strong round were women. The latest promotions round is the largest ever to be carried out by the firm and brings the firm’s total partnership to 375. The […]
Shell has reduced the number of firms on its global legal panel from around 250 preferred advisers to just six.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer could become the first magic circle firm to embrace apprenticeships after management revealed plans to bring legal apprentices in to its Manchester office. The firm is also looking into offering training contracts in Manchester, though said this is unlikely to happen in the short term. Manchester head Gareth Stephenson said Freshfields hoped […]
Dentons global chairman Joe Andrew was the keynote speaker at The Lawyer’s Global Collaboration Summit. For more information about next year’s event, click here. For more on Dentons, see this week’s cover story: Ghosts in the machine
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira has opened an office in Mexico and is set to open its doors in Beijing as part of a push to grow its international presence. The Iberian firm told The Lawyer that its launch in Mexico hinged on its long-standing relationship with Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex (Petróleos Mexicanos), which asked the […]
Linklaters has elected 24 to partnership in its latest global promotion round with London and Hong Kong offices seeing the largest number of promotions at 10 and five respectively. The 24 new partners are based in 10 jurisdictions and from 10 different practice areas. Only five of the new partners are female (20.8 per cent), […]
The North West Legal Consortium has revealed the 18 firms that will sit on its £10m panel of advisors, including four firms that have attained partner status.
DAC Beachcroft has submitted an application to the Malaysian Bar Council for a licence to form a joint venture (JV) in Malaysia. The JV, officially known as an international partnership (IP), will be formed between DAC Beachcroft and its existing local association firm Gan Partnership and will focus on insurance and reinsurance matters. The two […]
Pinsent Masons has boosted its leadership team after hiring its first chief operating officer (COO) and adding an external member to its global board. Alastair Mitchell joined as Pinsents’ inaugural COO after spending four years at Holman Fenwick Willan. Prior to this Mitchell had spent 13 years at Linklaters, including five years in which he worked […]