Nearly 1,200 law firms have secured a place in the new Legal 500 UK rankings, which were revealed yesterday (1 October) after months of research into legal markets across the country. The rankings are ...

BT, Latham & Watkins, Burges Salmon, Freshfields and Sidley Austin picked up some of the big prizes at this year’s Legal Business Awards, which saw a host of top legal leaders flock to London’s ...

Latham & Watkins, Linklaters and Burges Salmon were just some of the firms who went home from this Tuesday’s Legal Business Awards with a trophy to put up on display on the office mantelpiece.

Earlier this month, Paul Weiss made waves in the Washington DC market with its hire of a three-partner antitrust team from A&O Shearman, led by global antitrust head David Higbee and including ...

Eversheds Sutherland has strengthened its tax department in London with the addition of Kevin Cummings from McDermott Will & Schulte. Cummings spent four years at the firm, including as head of UK tax ...

From the global financial crisis to the Credit Suisse rescue, it’s safe to say that UBS Investment Bank and EMEA GC Simon Croxford has had a front row seat for some of this century’s defining moments ...

Latham & Watkins has hired intellectual property and life sciences partner Lydia Torne to its office in London.Torne, who is a Legal 500 next generation partner for life sciences and healthcare, joins ...

Legal 500’s GC Powerlist series is the most comprehensive annual survey of the world’s top corporate counsel, with approximately 4,000 GCs, chief legal officers, legal directors and other senior ...

Often when you put two businesses together, you’re looking for ways to streamline, and for ways to cut. For us, it’s the complete opposite – it’s all about growth and build,’ says HSF Kramer chair and ...

A raft of top law firms have scored lead roles as American video game company Electronic Arts (EA) has agreed to be taken private in a $55bn deal that is widely reported as the largest buy-out deal in ...

When CMS picked up a nine-lawyer team from BCLP this August, it represented the end of the transatlantic firm’s foray into Asia.BCLP’s offices in Hong Kong and Singapore are expected to close ...

Tonight (30 September), the legal profession’s finest will once again gather at the Grosvenor House Hotel to celebrate their achievements over the last year. Eight firms have made the shortlist for ...