DLA Piper has announced that Loren Brown and James Brogan have been named co-chairs of the firm’s US litigation practice. Brown and Brogan succeed Bob Mathias, who guided the practice since becoming chair with predecessor firm Piper Marbury in 1993 and through the inception of DLA Piper as a global firm. Mathias will continue serving as joint global head […]
We expected a bracing new regime post Jackson. Following the Court of Appeal decisions in Mitchell and Durrant, we seemed to have got it. Whether they liked it or not, and some seemed not to, those administering case-management justice up and down the country were encouraged to deal toughly with even minor breaches of procedure […]
The world’s first global law firm Baker & McKenzie has today confirmed its position as also the largest, posting a $2.54bn revenue for the 2013/14 financial year to 30 June. While the 5 per cent revenue uptick will of course be welcome, as will the corresponding growth in total lawyers from 4,087 to 4,245 and […]
Two former News International (NI) lawyers including a former Harbottle & Lewis partner and the company’s former director of legal affairs will face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over alleged cover-ups in the phone hacking scandal. Former Harbottle & Lewis partner Lawrence Abramson, who moved to Keystone Law this year, and in-house lawyer Jon Chapman have […]
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Baker & McKenzie has posted its highest-ever revenue, recording a total turnover of $2.54bn (£1.51bn) for the 2013/14 financial year to 30 June. The record results, which represent an increase of 5 per cent on the previous year’s $2.42bn (28 August 2013), confirm Bakers as currently the world’s largest firm by revenue. Bakers is currently […]
Scotland’s Harper Macleod is to take over Glasgow-based private client boutique Bird Semple, creating a £23m firm in the process. The deal, which was signed earlier this month and will go live on 1 September, is set to add £2.1m to Harper Macleod’s 2013/14 turnover figure of £21m and bring its partner headcount to 56. […]
UK firms that have appointed non-executive directors (NEDs) to their boards have grown their revenue a third faster than those without NEDs. According to research by recruitment firm Edward Drummond, UK firms in the top 100 with at least one NED have grown their revenue by an average of 12 per cent since the peak […]
Attitudes towards equality have evolved considerably in the UK since the dark days of the early 1970s, when if you were of ethnic minority origin and/or a woman working in an office you could expect a daily barrage of jokes and lewd suggestions. Then came the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, which was followed a year […]
When it comes to LLPs, all is still not clear over auto-enrolment. Since the Supreme Court decision in Clyde & Co v Bates van Winklehof in May this year, LLPs have been waking up to the fact that most LLP members will be “workers” for the purposes of certain protections afforded under employment legislation. But […]
The Dealogic and Infrastructure Journal half-year (1H) league table results have been published, with Allen & Overy ranking first in each publication’s league tables by both value and volume. Dealogic reported that Allen & Overy advised on more than $20bn (£12bn) of deals (more than double that of its nearest competitor) with a global market […]
David Savage, sanctions expert at Eversheds, has commented on new foodstuff sanctions imposed on 7 August by Russia on EU/US companies. He said: ‘The immediate ban on the import of specified foodstuffs into Russia has sizeable implications for both Russian citizens and western companies. ‘Western companies that have contracts to supply Russian counterparties and that […]