DLA Piper has served as sole international counsel on the $1.1bn (£667m) offering by Power Grid Corporation of India, the largest power transmission company in India. The deal was led by Citibank, UBS, ICICI, Kotak Mahindra and SBI Capital as underwriters and global co-ordinators for the offering. The offering was a combination of a government […]
Clifford Chance is facing a £130m negligence claim after being joined to a suit brought by JP Morgan against German transport provider BVG. The magic circle firm has turned to Clyde & Co partner Richard Harrison and Essex Court’s David Foxton QC to defend the claim in the High Court. The case will be heard […]
Welcome back to the start of the New Year proper and The Lawyer’s first print edition of 2014. And welcome also to what looks set to be yet another corking 12 months for litigators. You might recall that at the tail end of 2013 The Lawyer’s Global Litigation Top 50 report highlighted the spectacular growth in […]
Opening European football’s winter transfer window on New Year’s Day triggers a strong gust of realism to remind fans of what the sport is about – money, and lots of it, in the players’ pockets. UEFA – the game’s governing body in Europe – is attempting to teach its member clubs good housekeeping by enforcing […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this edition, we introduce you to Mayer Brown’s new Paris team and tell you how the personal relationships sealed the deal; what the freshly de-merged CGR Avocats means when it talks about being a “last […]
Profit per equity partner (PEP) and net profit at Eversheds Sutherland International LLP ground almost to a halt last year, with the firm’s revenue growth rate also dipping for a second successive year. PEP growth slowed, rising nominally from £1.29m to £1.3m. Net profit, meanwhile, remained flat with the firm having recorded £175.1m, a slight […]
Firms across the UK legal market are contemplating the effects of taking on additional financing to insulate themselves from the worst effects of HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) tax hit in January. The Lawyer understands that BDB Pitmans and Anthony Collins are just two names among the scores of firms preparing to take on additional […]
Kingsley Napley has saved £149,500 in a year, after implementing an initiative that saw it shut half of its six floors on Fridays when most staff work from home. The scheme, first reported in The Lawyer last summer, is called “The Building that Shrinks and Grows”, and sees the firm turn off the lighting, heating, […]
Former clients of Rosling King have prevailed in the latest round of a long-running dispute that has seen the firm accused of “aimlessness” in how it conducted litigation which cost its former client more than £5.7m in legal fees. In a judgment handed down yesterday (31 July) between property investment company Tonstate Group (in liquidation) […]
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.
This dashboard: contains an overview of the judgments at a selection of courts in the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai during Q2of 2024. allows you to compare activity at the courts in Q2 2024 against Q1 2023.
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Commuting experiences in the UK vary wildly. Travellers in London endure the sardine-packed Tube, while the countryside offers more picturesque – though often rickety and delayed – train journeys. Elsewhere, cyclists confronted an unusually rainy July and now take on 28-degree heat with steadfast determination. Drivers navigate a maze of roundabouts and contend with congested, […]
Rare is the firm that isn’t obsessed with “moving up the value chain.” Along with being “client-centric,” “sector-focused” and “collegiate,” it is among the most often trilled out of tropes by senior management aiming to portray their firm as ambitious, dynamic and entrepreneurial (which, incidentally, are three more). And yet. When real change does take […]
Manchester’s legal market has been saturated for many years. Nearly 50 firms (46) in the UK200 have offices in the city with only two more specialised firms managing to successfully edge their way into the confines of the inner ring road – Lewis Silkin and Foot Anstey being the more recent newcomers to set up […]
The country desperately needs growth, but there are a limited number of levers that Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves can pull. Likewise, in the UK legal profession, mid-tier growth is hard to find and there are few options available. Listing on the stock exchange is out of fashion and getting a boost from private […]
It probably isn’t quite as catchy as the Skinner and Baddiel version, but “They’re coming back, they’re coming back, they’re coming, deals are coming back” at least has the virtue of being accurate. Certainly, according to the data in this month’s UK Corporate 50 report, M&A and other corporate activity is at a higher level […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this edition, we introduce you to Mayer Brown’s new Paris team and tell you how the personal relationships sealed the deal; what the freshly de-merged CGR Avocats means when it talks about being a “last […]
Profit per equity partner (PEP) and net profit at Eversheds Sutherland International LLP ground almost to a halt last year, with the firm’s revenue growth rate also dipping for a second successive year. PEP growth slowed, rising nominally from £1.29m to £1.3m. Net profit, meanwhile, remained flat with the firm having recorded £175.1m, a slight […]
Firms across the UK legal market are contemplating the effects of taking on additional financing to insulate themselves from the worst effects of HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) tax hit in January. The Lawyer understands that BDB Pitmans and Anthony Collins are just two names among the scores of firms preparing to take on additional […]
Kingsley Napley has saved £149,500 in a year, after implementing an initiative that saw it shut half of its six floors on Fridays when most staff work from home. The scheme, first reported in The Lawyer last summer, is called “The Building that Shrinks and Grows”, and sees the firm turn off the lighting, heating, […]
Former clients of Rosling King have prevailed in the latest round of a long-running dispute that has seen the firm accused of “aimlessness” in how it conducted litigation which cost its former client more than £5.7m in legal fees. In a judgment handed down yesterday (31 July) between property investment company Tonstate Group (in liquidation) […]