FTSE and the firms The most prolific litigants in the FTSE 100 and the firms they choose to act for them What type of litigation are FTSE 100 companies bringing to UK courts? Which are the winning law firms by instructions and why? Alongside exclusive data from The Lawyer Market Intelligence tool, this report gathers […]
Meet the freshly qualified solicitors The Lawyer will be following as they make their way in the legal profession.
Taxation specialist also leads his firm’s focus on state aid.
Sarah Livingston has witnessed the transformation of NHS outsourcer Partnerships in Care since she was appointed as general counsel in 2013.
Growth beckons for innovators who unlock the opportunities that will flow from the Paris Agreement.
Integrating the legal team into the business at FTSE 100 builders’ merchant Travis Perkins is the challenge facing GC Deborah Grimason
EY says Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) head of legal risk Matthew Whalley is joining its legal services arm to launch a legal risk practice. Whalley built BLP’s risk practice from the ground up and joins EY as a director. Former BLP head of finance Matthew Kellett moved to EY last year and now heads up its financial service practice.
It’s rather depressing how many partners want their management teams to obtain shrinkwrapped deals that will magically propel their firm to a new market position. The national practice wanting a London corporate jewel; the midsize firm hunting for the elusive fit that will keep everyone happy and entail the least amount of disruption. Partners averse […]
From why landlords should think twice before banking on a windfall from maintenance contracts, to key issues for developers converting offices to residential use and saving the ‘great British pub’, TheLawyer.com’s briefings on real estate cover a breadth of issues. Read the top two stories here.
The latest curated top legal briefings of the week With 2016 upon us many will be struggling to get back into the swing of their working day. After all, it can be hard after a week or two on holiday eating copious amounts of food and drinking too heavily. However, the festive period can be […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s 2014 move to new offices on Birmingham’s Snowhill and investment in London prompted the firm to take out £8.8m in new bank loans in the 2014/15 financial year, LLP accounts have revealed. The first set of accounts for the merged firm since the 1 May 2014 tie-up between Wragge & Co and […]
I’d done a double take when I’d seen the hoardings around the old Coutts building with the name “Taillevent” plastered over them. It couldn’t be something to do with the legendary Taillevent restaurant in Paris, I thought, not here, opposite the back entrance of John Lewis. But I was wrong. Brand Taillevent was never going to […]