Royal Mail general counsel Maaike de Bie is leading a recruitment drive to attract more junior lawyers to handle its business-as-usual work, The Lawyer’s FTSE 100 report has revealed.
Firms and chambers will be able to chart their competitors’ court appearances for the first time with the launch of The Lawyer Litigation Tracker early next year.
Norton Rose Fulbright has opened an office in Papua New Guinea as part of a bid to grow its Asia Pacific network.
Pinsent Masons and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have won lead roles on the £1.4bn sale of Skyscanner.
International firms including Dentons, Dechert, Bird & Bird and K&L Gates have been making strategic additions in Europe throughout Q3 2016, expanding in key locations.
Transport for London (TfL) has joined the growing number of companies suing MasterCard over claims it charged retailers anti-competitive credit card fees.
Goodwin Procter has hired King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) investment funds head Michael Halford, with other partners expected to follow his lead.
Partners, fee-earners and staff at KWM are mentally preparing for a second meeting this afternoon where they will be told that “Christmas is going to be tight”. 22 Nov: KWM China bail-out fails and firm considers merger
Ashurst is to vote on changes to its partner profit distribution system that would see partners receive single payments instead of quarterly ones.
The New York Times has appointed deputy general counsel Diane Brayton to the top in-house role as current legal chief Kenneth Richieri announced his intention to retire at the end of the year.
RWE Innogy has appointed Eversheds as one of its principal advisers on its first ever UK panel, The Lawyer has learned.
Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed plans to extend its legal panel by a further two years.