There is a radical reconfiguration taking place in the world of BigLaw that may make terms like magic circle or white shoe ...

On 1 September 2025, a new law will come into effect under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCT). Large organisations may be held criminally liable where fraud is committed by ...

The co-chair of Paul Hastings’s London office has returned to Linklaters, joining its corporate and structured lending practice. Mei Lian is joining Linklaters as a partner… ...

The Government has proposed a ban on upward only rent reviews in commercial leases. The proposal is at the earliest stages of the Parliamentary process.

Broadfield, the rebranded BDB Pitmans, has launched its promised US office with a number of partner hires in New York. Veteran employment partner Michael Volpe… ...

Carbon offsetting and nature restoration projects have long been the legal sector’s go-to climate fix – convenient, but often distant and opaque. But three UK firms are showing it can be done with… ...

JMW has continued its trend of double-digit growth, having reported a 15 per cent increase in turnover from £82m to £94m for the 2024/25 financial year, exceeding its £90m target.

Filed eight years ago and with 10 silks on call, the long-running Privatbank case has finally reached judgment over 20 months after the trial ended. Privatbank has emerged victorious in its long… ...

Private equity has invested £1.2bn into UK legal over the past five years, with half of that coming in 2024. That’s still quite a small amount given the size of the market, but that hasn’t stopped… ...

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your cheat sheet to the litigation market. It’s the final week of court term before the long two month break over August and September.

Simmons & Simmons has boosted revenue to £615m and increased average profit per equity partner (PEP) to £1.13m, driven in part by investment in AI and talent.

One overlooked policy. One untrained employee. One phishing email. That’s all it takes. Are you prepared? In today’s ...