Five smaller firms to watch for good or for ill
Send us Fan Mail Editors Catrin Griffiths, Christian Smith and Richard Simmons are back to reveal the five firms in the second hundred of the UK200 they are watching in the coming years – for good or ...
5 Dec 202432min
The HSF merger: Two firms do not a transatlantic powerhouse make
Send us Fan Mail The announcement that Herbert Smith Freehills would merge with US firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel has got chins wagging across the transatlantic market. But is this a new mega-fi...
14 Nov 202431min
How Kirkland is shaking up the European order
Send us Fan Mail It is a moment of change for the European legal market. With firms like Kirkland and Paul Hastings making major recent moves in the EU, US firms are starting to seriously disrupt the ...
31 Okt 202425min
UK 200 Special: What we really think of Freshfields, BCLP and Osborne Clarke
Send us Fan Mail In part two of our two-part podcast series, celebrating the 20th edition of The Lawyer's UK200, editors Catrin Griffiths, Christian Smith, Matt Byrne, Katy Dowell and Richard Simmons ...
17 Okt 202430min
UK 200 Special: UK law firms fight back
Send us Fan Mail If this year's UK200 is anything to go by, the majority of UK law firms are in robust health. Indeed, they are finally fighting back against the growth of US competitors. So why are ...
3 Okt 202428min
Is the A&O Shearman honeymoon over?
Send us Fan Mail Last week, A&O Shearman set out post-merger plans to close its legacy Allen & Overy base in Johannesburg, reduce its partnership by 10 per cent by the end of the financial year, and s...
19 Sep 202430min
Why lawyers now control football
Send us Fan Mail Football law has typically been the domain of sports specialists. However, in recent years, there has been a growing number of large, elite firms and chambers entering the football ma...
5 Sep 202434min
Qualification: the end of your career?
Send us Fan Mail The associate recruitment market has tightened up over the past year or two. For trainees looking to qualify, that means finding a home in their preferred practice area is more diffic...
18 Juli 202426min
