Legal services
Can private equity run law firms better?
Buyout bosses say the lure of equity partnership isn’t as strong as it once was, and fee-earners don’t want to get bogged down overseeing finance and technology
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Why Paul Weiss is focusing on home-grown talent
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Why law firms are turning to TikTok
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US law firms step up trainee poaching in London with earlier offers
Top American law firms are now courting youngsters from UK rivals well ahead of qualification
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Paul Hastings taps Kirkland for antitrust partner
The move marks the latest in a series of exits from Kirkland’s London office
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Lombard Odier hires Charles Russell Speechlys partner for UK wealth team
Sophie Dworetzsky will become head of wealth planning UK
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Competition lawyers back CMA’s pro-growth shift: ‘There’s been a pendulum swing’
Law firm partners say strong antitrust practices can help win fresh M&A mandates amid changing oversight
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AI can help stop burnout in law, says Simmons & Simmons boss
Long-hours culture has ‘plagued’ the industry, according to Julian Taylor
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Why Sullivan & Cromwell won’t follow the Paul Weiss playbook
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Michelman & Robinson swoops on rivals for London build-out
The US law firm has hired a ten-strong investigations team from Addleshaw Goddard, Eversheds Sutherland and Cohen & Gresser
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Sullivan & Cromwell bolsters London office with two partners
The elite US law firm has added restructuring and private equity heavyweights from Kirkland and Weil as it expands its London team
Slaughter and May parts ways with corporate partner duo
The Magic Circle law firm has been hit by a rare double partner exit
ECM lawyers diversify amid IPO drought
Dealmakers have filled the IPO void with M&A and fundraising work as they prepare for a revival in London’s public markets
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Top UK law firms boost partner pay as revenues climb
The results reporting season has revealed strong growth for 11 City law firms
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Ex-Rosenblatt CEO: ‘There is a large degree of FOMO’ on PE from law firms
A new advisory firm has been set up to drive private equity investment in law firms
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A&O Shearman posts $3.7bn in revenue following merger
The firm has reported its first set of financial results since the tie-up between Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling
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Travers Smith partner pay edges up while revenue dips
Managing partner Edmund Reed said despite an uptick in mergers in the sector, the firm has ‘no plans’ to follow suit
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