Big company clients are sticking with the City for their lawyers but are less loyal and are using more beauty parades, claims a recent study. According to research from Focus Consulting, over half of the respondent companies said advisers should pitch regularly for work. Sixty per cent said they had considered or are considering changing […]
THE SWITCH to all-professional rugby looks set to convert the amateur sport into fresh opportunities for legal firms. However, authorities believe there will be no immediate windfall from the corporate world which has transformed other sports into lucrative growth areas for lawyers. Instead, sources predict a slow move towards big business with the only obvious […]
TITMUSS Sainer & Webb corporate lawyers were misled by Robert and Kevin Maxwell over the debt owed between the Maxwell-related public and private businesses, a jury heard. Partners David Fairfield and David Vogel and managing partner Dick Russell also discovered Robert and Kevin had reneged on a transaction to repay a $40 million debt to […]
INDIA, Europe and the US are among countries being targeted by Welsh firm Morgan Bruce in its efforts to expand its international caseload. The practice, which recently spent £1.2 million on UK growth, has planned a series of contact-building foreign visits for lawyers, including a two-month work placement with the Brussels office of Lafili & […]
TWO LONDON firms which have joined forces are forming a pioneering “elderly” unit specialising in pensioners’ legal work. The new department will be one of the key development areas following the merger of Steel & Shamash and George & Co. The firm retains the Steel & Shamash name. Steel & Shamash keeps its previous four […]
DIBB Lupton Broomhead has boosted its reinsurance industry group by appointing Elliott & Company partner Andrew Banfill. Banfill, who moved over with former Elliotts underwriter Keith Pooley, took a strong London company market client base to Dibbs, which already has Lloyd’s market specialist Susan Dingwall. He said the decision to switch from the 22-partner practice […]
Linklaters & Paines partner Len Berkowitz is to take the top legal job at the Bank of England following Peter Peddie’s retirement. Berkowitz will retire from the law firm to become adviser to the governors and head of the legal unit early next year. He will head an 11-strong legal team advising on areas such […]
“DON’T Panic,” was the Law Society’s advice to lawyers on the changes. Some will find this hard to follow given the claims of a new police interviewing guide that the words of the new Act are open to “the widest possible meanings”. The guide claims the definition of the word “object”, which a suspect can […]
Looking forward 10 to 15 years, the ‘typical’ local authority legal department of the future is likely to be smaller but much more experienced, employing a number of private sector firms to work for it in clearly defined specialist areas of the law. There is no real reason why certain types of work, such as […]
Commercial firm Edwin Coe says its art exhibitions have become a showpiece for talent as well as a fund-raiser for charity. The firm is holding its third private exhibition of works by clients, friends and family, at its offices in Lincoln’s Inn on 16 and 17 October. Money raised will go to Barnardo’s and Remedi, […]
Ashurst Morris Crisp acted for Lloyds Chemists in the issue of $30 million unsecured loan notes. US firm White & Case acted for purchasers of the notes.
Women lawyers are making their mark in local government, reaching top posts in authorities across the country. For many, local government offers varied work, good career prospects, a commitment to equal opportunities, flexible working arrangements and a respite from the old boys’ network of private practice. While the number of women at the most senior […]