Simmons & Simmons has hired Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s EMEA head of restructuring. The firm has recruited Ben Jones to its restructuring and special situations team in London. Starting from May, Jones will rescind his role at BCLP, which he has held for four years first at legacy Berwin Leighton Paisner and then in its […]
Hogan Lovells has opened its 17th European office in Dublin, becoming the latest international firm to set up a base in the Republic of Ireland. The new office will initially focus on financial regulatory and antitrust. London-based competition partner Christopher Hutton has been appointed as the Dublin managing partner. A number of competition and regulatory […]
Julie Murphy-O’Connor, co-head of the commercial litigation group at Matheson, shares how the firm has invested in people, processes and technology to provide customised digital services and solutions for clients. What has been your experience in implementing a digital strategy in a longstanding traditional law firm? Matheson has a long tradition of innovation. In 1980, […]
Shoosmiths‘ chief operating officer and board member is to leave the business after little more than a year in the newly-created position. Ben Bennett was hired in late 2019 as the firm’s first COO. Reporting to chief executive officer Simon Boss, he came in to support strategic growth and drive operational improvements. As part of […]
Patrick Devine, Head of Advisory, Conyers Regulatory Services, outlines the Bermuda framework for its anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime in an update published by the Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence on 1st March 2021.
A team of 13 have switched to King & Spalding from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, after it emerged that four partners would be leading the team move back in June. At the start of the summer, Cadwalader fund finance partners Samantha Hutchinson, Nathan Parker and Mathan Navaratnam, as well as ESG partner Sukhvir Basran, lined […]
Two of Sidley Austin’s private equity team are moving to A&O Shearman as the latter continues to grow out its City practice. Dan Graham and Paul Dunbar are moving to the magic circle firm after three years at Sidley. Before then, the pair worked at Vinson & Elkins together from 2016 to 2021. Dunbar is […]
Latham & Watkins has hired a partner from Baker McKenzie to bolster its corporate practice and life sciences groups. Melanie Howard joins Latham after seven years as a partner at Bakers. Before Bakers, Howard was a senior associate at Clifford Chance for ten years. She is also qualified to practise in Australia, having spent three […]
Morgan Lewis has made two new hires in its London office to expand its life sciences offering in disputes and corporate. The firm has hired intellectual property litigator Hiroshi Sheraton from Baker McKenzie, where he was for 10 years. Sheraton’s practice focuses on contentious patent and trademark issues, and prior to Baker McKenzie, he spent […]
Weeks after the start of the university clearing process, many institutions have not yet met their quotas for undergraduate law students. Clearing runs over the course of the summer and allows students to secure a place at universities that still have places available, with many of the most popular courses filling up in a matter […]
This report contains: an overview of the UK corporate market in 2023 and the positive shift in mood among lawyers at top corporate practices ranking of the top 50 City firms based on UK corporate revenue, highlighting those achieving significant growth insight into firms’ strategic plans for its UK corporate group over the next five years
This report contains: A history of the dominance of the magic circle sets an analysis of the two challengers to the magic circle a breakdown of the sets’ activity at the commercial court over the years
This report includes: an analysis of 18 European 100 firms that have seen new managing partners since the start of 2023 a consultant’s top tips for an MP-t0-be an overview of the trends in the European 100 leadership selection
This dashboard: contains an overview of the claims at a selection of courts in the UK. allows you to compare activity at the courts in Q2 2024 against Q2 2023.
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Who says UK firms are getting left behind in the global legal market? Whoever it is should take a look at the top end of this year’s UK 200, which later this month highlights that for the first time ever, all four magic circle firms have a turnover of more than £2bn (though it’s worth […]
In the battle for European funds dominance, we regret to inform you that Dublin and Luxembourg could soon be at loggerheads. Both cities have made funds a key part of their economies, welcoming foreign investment with tax-friendly policies eager to attract capital. Given this environment, European firms are missing a trick when it comes to […]
We hope it wasn’t Simone Biles that elevated Ropes & Gray’s longstanding interest in Paris into something resembling a decision this summer. But it’s certainly suspicious that after years of procrastination, Ropes’s thoughts have turned to France. You wouldn’t have predicted this a couple of months – and a hundred news cycles – ago, when the political […]
Both Taylor Wessing and Bird & Bird set €1bn (£858m) revenue targets in the summer. For Taylor Wessing, this means finding an additional £377m in revenue by its 2028 target date, while 2Birds needs £313m to hit its 2029/30 target. These firms are scaling up from a defensive position – they are contending with smaller […]
The City’s rush for leveraged finance talent has proven one thing – one partner just isn’t enough. Investments need to account for individual circumstances and performance. Why hire a sole rainmaker who might leave after three years when a team of five guarantees strength in numbers? This was critical in Sidley Austin’s thinking when it […]
A team of 13 have switched to King & Spalding from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, after it emerged that four partners would be leading the team move back in June. At the start of the summer, Cadwalader fund finance partners Samantha Hutchinson, Nathan Parker and Mathan Navaratnam, as well as ESG partner Sukhvir Basran, lined […]
Two of Sidley Austin’s private equity team are moving to A&O Shearman as the latter continues to grow out its City practice. Dan Graham and Paul Dunbar are moving to the magic circle firm after three years at Sidley. Before then, the pair worked at Vinson & Elkins together from 2016 to 2021. Dunbar is […]
Latham & Watkins has hired a partner from Baker McKenzie to bolster its corporate practice and life sciences groups. Melanie Howard joins Latham after seven years as a partner at Bakers. Before Bakers, Howard was a senior associate at Clifford Chance for ten years. She is also qualified to practise in Australia, having spent three […]
Morgan Lewis has made two new hires in its London office to expand its life sciences offering in disputes and corporate. The firm has hired intellectual property litigator Hiroshi Sheraton from Baker McKenzie, where he was for 10 years. Sheraton’s practice focuses on contentious patent and trademark issues, and prior to Baker McKenzie, he spent […]
Weeks after the start of the university clearing process, many institutions have not yet met their quotas for undergraduate law students. Clearing runs over the course of the summer and allows students to secure a place at universities that still have places available, with many of the most popular courses filling up in a matter […]