The 60-second interview: How firms can “turbo-charge” their services
Pinsent Masons director of knowledge, risk and legal services David Halliwell talks about what law firms should consider when implementing AI in this 60-second interview on key topics from the...
View ArticleAshurst builds on Oakley relationship with Time Out IPO
Ashurst and DLA Piper have won lead roles on Time Out’s £195m IPO on the alternative investment market (AIM). Partners David Carter and Dominic Ross led Ashurst’s team for Time Out, which is part-owned...
View ArticleLatham ups London salaries while Clifford Chance hikes US associate pay
Clifford Chance has matched the pay rises of its rivals in the US by hiking associate salaries to the new market rates set by Cravath Swaine & Moore last week. Read more…
View ArticleCMS revenue breaks through €1bn barrier
CMS has announced that its turnover has grown by 8.4 per cent, from €934.5m (£678.3m) to €1.01bn (£735.2m) in 2015. The results follow on from similar results during the previous year when the firm’s...
View ArticleGagging for it
The Sun last month splashed the headline that free speech had drowned in a paddling pool of olive oil. The Supreme Court in PJS v NGN had just ruled 4:1 to continue an interim injunction until trial,...
View ArticleOgier’s head of dispute resolution to speak at Transcontinental Trusts...
Ogier’s head of dispute resolution Rachael Reynolds will join speakers at the upcoming Transcontinental Trusts conference in Geneva on 13 June. Now in its 31st year, it continues to be the longest...
View ArticleShoosmiths advises on sale of Primer Design to French listed company Novacyt SA
Shoosmiths has advised the shareholders of UK-leading PCP specialists, Primer Design, on its sale to international cancer and infectious disease diagnostics listed company, Novacyt. The French company,...
View ArticleShoosmiths family offering expands into London with strategic senior hires
National law firm Shoosmiths has launched a new family law team in its London office, with the strategic hire of two well-established partners with significant expertise in high net worth work. Joining...
View ArticleSchoenherr advises banking syndicate on Erste Group’s inaugural issue of...
Schoenherr advised an international banking syndicate comprising Morgan Stanley (technical lead), UBS, J.P. Morgan and HSBC, as Joint Lead Managers on the successful issuance of a EUR 500 million...
View ArticleTop 10 stories: 3-9 June 2016
This week’s most-read stories featured a number of our long analysis pieces, beginning with an in-depth look at Slaughter and May’s strategy and whether it still stacks up in today’s global legal...
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Energy report: the most successful firms in European renewable energy
Renewable energy is big business for European law firms. Picture the development of a typical wind or solar farm and you can see why. It involves a series of steps that need specialist legal advice...
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Art and minds: corporate social responsibility programs
Daniel Gerring, partner, Travers SmithThe Travers Smith Art Programme is at the heart of our new corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. Through the CSR work we undertake in local schools we...
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East Africa report: international and local firms make alliances
East Africa’s M&A market has grown in recent years as dealmakers flock to the region to get a slice of growing business and lawyers are starting to follow. A number of multinationals have been...
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Partnership prospects at… Baker & McKenzie
Baker & McKenzie makes up a huge number of partners around the world: 65 last year and a total of 282 between 2012 and 2015. That does not quite match the 337 made up at the famously generous...
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Ireland report: Shortlisted firms for Irish Firm of the Year
Ireland’s biggest firms appeared on the shortlist for the Irish Firm of the Year category at The Lawyer European Awards, each showcasing their differing strategies and visions in what turned out to be...
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My Pride Story: “I went back into the closet when I started in law, but I’m...
Daisy Reeves is a banking partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner. What is your work and LGBT history? I haven’t always been a lawyer – any more than I have always been a lesbian. I had a previous career in...
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My career story: “I moved from law into banking… now I have my own start-up”
Travis Leon qualified at Linklaters in 2008. Choosing voluntary redundancy in the recession, he worked as sales trader in an investment bank and is now co-founder and executive director of XRef, a...
View ArticlePwC Legal advises management as part of €470m Eden Springs sale
PwC Legal has advised the senior management team on the sale of Eden Springs, the water cooler business, which has been acquired by Cott, the NYSE listed beverage manufacturer, for an Enterprise Value...
View ArticleCollas Crill advises on pension for large Middle Eastern airline
Angela Calnan, Head of our Middle Eastern Practice has, this month, advised one of MENA’s fastest growing airlines to launch a $20m pension for 3,400 employees. The airline is one of a growing trend of...
View ArticleGRATA Law Firm signs Memorandum of Understanding with GUS
GRATA Law Firm and Global University Systems (GUS) have signed a co-operation agreement. GRATA will assist GUS in providing the high-quality legal training in the form of LPC (Legal Practice Courses)...
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