Karanovic & Nikolic has supported the 2014 International Section Seasonal Meeting of the NYSBA, which took place in Vienna this year. The main topic of the meeting was ‘Rebuilding the Transatlantic Marketplace — Austria and Central Europe as Catalysts for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’. Karanovic & Nikolic’s Milan Lazić, who heads the firm’s dispute resolution department, moderated a […]
Collyer Bristow will host a seminar on 13 November titled ‘Turning the tables on the stalkers’, which will focus on the implications for service providers and the effectiveness of current legislation and policing. Speakers will include: Nadine Dorries, Conservative MP, Mid-Bedfordshire — victim of cyber abuse Betsy De Thierry, founder director, Trauma Recovery Centre — […]
A ground-breaking challenge brought by online travel company Skyscanner means the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) must reconsider whether to accept legally binding promises. These promises, known as commitments, were offered by hotels and on-line travel agents who were the subject of an investigation into alleged unlawful pricing agreements for room-only hotel accommodation in the […]
The rise of the largest US firms in London has been recognised anecdotally for much of this year but data published in the The Lawyer UK200 report can now reveal that they are collectively generating over £2bn per year. The report, released today, shows that US firms are now major players among the 100 firms […]
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has joined the growing number of firms setting a target for female partnership representation, aiming for 30 per cent of its partnership by the end of 2018. The proposal was approved by the firm’s board last week. It was sponsored by BLP’s diversity and inclusivity group, which is headed by employment […]
CVC has turned to long-standing adviser Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has for its €700m (£551m) acquisition of Helsinki-based Paroc. Corporate partner Tim Wilmot led the magic circle team advising the private equity house alongside senior associate Charles Hayes while Paroc turned to Macfarlanes corporate M&A partners Stephen Drewitt and Howard Corney. Paroc is the leading producer […]
The largest US firms are now so entrenched in the UK legal market that they are collectively generating over £2bn annually and are major players in the 100 firms bringing in the most revenue from the UK. New research carried out for the first time for The Lawyer’s UK200 2014, released today (27 October 2014), […]
General Motors general counsel Michael Millikin is to retire next year after 37 years at the company and five years at the helm of the auto giant’s legal team. The company announced it would immediately begin an external search for Millikin’s replacement and he is set to remain in place until his successor is found. […]
M&A is a high-risk business where there are many motivations to drop a deal beyond crunching the figures. In this last week alone, three major international deals have pulled the plug – but how is this instability affecting the legal market? In the space of a week, three major deals were shut down. US pharmaceutical […]
In-depth analyses throughout the entire UK 200 give a rounded picture of each firm’s year. This small selection provides a taste Rank 3: Linklaters Financials Linklaters last year returned to its strongest revenue position in five years after boosting turnover by 5 per cent to £1.255bn, up from £1.195bn at the end of 2012/13. The […]
We examine the UK’s top 50 law firms in groups of 10 – here are some extracts from the full report Revenue trends Within this segment only Slaughter and May and Eversheds have held steady on revenues over the past five years. The years of greatest activity were 2011 to 2013, when Clyde & Co, […]
We examine the UK’s top 50 law firms in groups of 10 – here are some extracts from the full report Top 10, RPL vs PEP (with revenue) The chart displays segments within the top 10 firms. On the top right the magic circle form a clear group of four on a combined RPL/PEP (revenue […]