Kirkland & Ellis has expanded its restructuring team in Hong Kong with the hire of ex-Hogan Lovells partner Kelley Naphtali, following the launch of the practice with two Hogan Lovells partners a year ago. Naphtali will join Kirkland from insolvency and litigation boutique firm Lipman Karas’ Hong Kong office, where she was a partner. She […]
Nicholas Fletcher QC spent more than 30 years in law firms before returning to the Bar. He talks about how he went about it. Why did you decide to return to the bar? What has working in a law firm taught you? I had spent more than 30 years as an associate and a partner in […]
Due to rapid growth and internationalisation the 100 largest firms in the UK now constitute an even higher proportion of the revenue of the UK 200, but are they making the most of their overseas ventures?
This year The Lawyer’s Global Growth Index – a new part of The Lawyer UK 200 – tracks overseas revenues at UK-led law firms, and their office openings. Have five years of global expansion altered the revenue profiles of the top UK law firms, and what’s the return on investment?
Back in 2011, The Lawyer predicted that Hogan Lovells partner Ben Higson would be one to watch. Four years on, he has not disappointed.
Focus and a ruthlessly realistic outlook are required in an increasingly segmented and comparatively low-growth market.
King & Wood Mallesons European head of employment Nicola Kerr has left the firm’s London office for Brown Rudnick. Kerr, who joined legacy SJ Berwin as an associate in 1992, was promoted to the partnership four years later. She is set to become a partner in Brown Rudnick’s corporate group, advising employers and senior executives at hedge funds, private equity houses, broker-dealers and family offices.
Political pressure in the healthcare sector means Spire GC Dan Toner is shifting his focus away from corporate and towards culture and process.
If Belinda Bradberry thought the 2010 demerger of her then-employer Cable & Wireless was a big deal, she probably did not realise that within four years she’d have moved from London to Miami and would soon be working on a transaction set to double the size of the business she remained with.
When a marriage break down the unhappy couple can spend a great deal of time in court as each person’s wealth is totted up and potentially shared out. For messy divorces this can take even longer when one of the couple tries to hide how much money they have. B P Collins examines a recent […]
Unprecedented scenes of rock ‘n’ roll anarchy dominated last night’s Law Rocks, as for the first time two bands tied for first place. Addleshaw Goddard’s AG/DC and Clover from Southampton’s Coffin Mew both took the top spot as the first-ever joint winners of the legal market battle of the bands charity fundraiser. The partisan audience […]
Headline-grabbing cases caught the attention of our readers last week, with four of the top 10 stories on TheLawyer.com related to contentious issues. The most-read story of the week was our leadership interview with the founders of arbitration boutique Three Crowns, in which they talked about the successes of their first year and their expectations for […]