Ex-Ince partners in the dark over unpaid capital repayments
A group of around 30 partners who left Ince & Co in the two years before it went into administration following the pre-pack deal with Gordon Dadds could lose up to £300,000 in unpaid capital, The...
View ArticleMomentum matters: here’s eight ways to maintain it
For law firms the real question is how to get and maintain momentum. Jomati's Tony Williams explains how to do it. The post Momentum matters: here’s eight ways to maintain it appeared first on The...
View ArticleCMS to fight professional negligence claim next month
The claim brought against CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang from a former corporate client will not be heard until early February after the High Court struggled to find a judge for the case, The...
View ArticleTaylor Wessing kickstarts consultation for business services staff
Over 30 business services roles could be at risk at Taylor Wessing, after the firm outlined plans to shift work from the City to its new Liverpool base. The firm will enter a collective consultation on...
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Loving Legal Life: the problem with projection
Self-awareness – that ability to know and understand how we are seen – is an important aspect of job performance, career success, wellbeing and strong leadership skills, but sadly it is in short supply...
View ArticleExpansive New Law provider Elevate gains 24-hour coverage with latest...
The latest in a string of non-stop purchases, alternative legal services provider Elevate has finalised another acquisition that will this time boost the company’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific...
View ArticleThe speed read: Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit Brexit (and Gordon Dadds)
Even though it seems like Brexit is the only story in town, believe it or not other things are going on as well. But there’s really only one place to start and that’s the relationship we have with our...
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Fiona Maclean, Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins’ Fiona Maclean became a partner aged 33. This pioneering technology lawyer sits at the nexus of data and regulation, designing new corporate trajectories in transformational...
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Graham Hann, Taylor Wessing
Taylor Wessing’s Graham Hann has been studying, living and breathing technology since the beginning of his career. A former programmer for Siemens, he spent two years as head of legal of a technology...
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Catherine Hammon, Osborne Clarke
You may not have heard of a digital revolution knowledge lawyer before. That is because the role did not exist until September 2017. Catherine Hammon is waving the flag for the digital revolution,...
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Shilpa Bhandarkar, Linklaters
When Shilpa Bhandarkar was appointed as Linklaters’ first innovation supremo, she knew she had to completely reshape the way technology and new solutions were conceived at the magic circle firm....
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Ben Allgrove, Baker McKenzie
Ben Allgrove makes a return to the Hot 100 after a first appearance in 2012. Back then, he was listed for his top-tier IP work and The Lawyer made no mention of his reputation in artificial...
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Andrew Watkins, ITE Group
Paving the way at exhibitions giant ITE Group, Andrew Watkins is the company’s first general counsel and first-ever in-house lawyer. Over his career, Watkins has built no fewer than three legal teams...
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Tarun Tawakley, Deliveroo
As far as tech start-ups go, Deliveroo is one of the most talked about and successful in London right now. The food delivery business has joined competitors in the eye of the ‘gig economy’ storm,...
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Swati Paul, London Luton Airport
When Swati Paul first started at London Luton Airport (LLA) as its first-ever lawyer over three years ago, the airport was seeing roughly 12.5 million passengers a year. Fast forward to the present and...
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Imraan Patel, EG Group
When Imraan Patel joined EG Group, then known as Euro Garages, in July 2016, he was its only in-house lawyer. But his appointment marked the start of a phenomenal global expansion for the...
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Toby Parkinson, OMERS Infrastructure
Toby Parkinson, OMERS Infrastructure’s legal director, is no stranger to big-ticket deals, having spent the best part of his career in infrastructure M&A. In the past three years at the Canadian...
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Sarah Nelson Smith, WeWork
In early 2018, KFC’s European legal head Sarah Nelson Smith signed off an advert in which the brand apologised for its chicken shortage with “FCK, we’re sorry”. It was a hectic month for the fast-food...
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Dean Nash, Monzo
Dean Nash is right at the heart of one of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses. As general counsel of Monzo Bank, he has just rounded off a phenomenal year for the company, culminating in its £20m...
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Heather Mitchell, The Carlyle Group
As the first global general counsel at private equity and investment firm The Carlyle Group, Heather Mitchell ensures consistency amid frequent regulatory changes, marrying bureaucratic requirements...
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