Squire Patton Boggs to advise on Chelsea FC abuse investigation
Squire Patton Boggs has been instructed by Chelsea Football Club on an independent inquiry into allegations of historic child sex abuse, The Lawyer understands.
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What firms really think about legal technology
This year’s UK 200: Business Services report, which analyses headcount-related trends across the UK legal market, focused in particular on technology. As part of this report we conducted additional research into firms’ approach to investing in technology.
Southampton FC legal chief on leading the in-house defence
Former Toyota UK general counsel Tim Greenwell swapped dealership and sales contracts for sponsorship and player transfer negotiations when he joined premier league club Southampton FC’s in-house legal team in September.
The long read: Whipping Fried Frank into shape
It took a fresh pair of eyes – former Goldman Sachs deputy GC David Greenwald – to drag Fried Frank firmly into recovery mode. The Lawyer discovers how he turned the firm around.
In-house lawyers: shake off the shackles
In the last year alone, the amount of corporate data generated within companies has grown by 40 per cent. But that information avalanche can provide opportunities as well as challenges, in-housers at The Lawyer’s Managing Risk and Litigation conference in London last week were told.
How in-house teams can take a hands-on approach to avoiding disputes
It’s a given. In-house lawyers and risk officers want to avoid time in court at almost any cost, but in order to achieve that, they need to deal with dispute resolution as effectively as possible.
David Greenwald’s potent prescription
Fried Frank chairman David Greenwald is a change agent. When he rejoined the firm in 2013 after a stint as deputy general counsel at Goldman Sachs, which included more than six years in London, it was to help fix a place that on the key metrics was lagging well behind its peers. Our feature at https://www.thelawyer.com/revive-law-firm/ […]
Top 10 stories: 28 November – 2 December 2016
Olswang and King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) continued to dominate the limelight on The Lawyer website this week.
WFW records 14% hike in half-year results
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has seen its revenue grow nearly 14 per cent in the first half of the 2016/17 financial year.
Bevan Brittan opts out of SRA panel as litigation veteran exits for Kingsley Napley
Bevan Brittan has revealed it will not re-tender for a spot on the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) panel following the departure of former head of commercial litigation Iain Miller to Kingsley Napley.
Winston & Strawn poaches second White & Case Dubai partner
US firm Winston & Strawn has hired a second partner from rival White & Case in the Middle East.
KWM China bosses fly in to London amid talks to buy parts of EUME business
King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) China leadership has flown into London to talk to EUME bosses about potential plans to purchase parts of the business, The Lawyer has learned.