What was until recently the world’s top-grossing law partnership has announced its preliminary results for the fiscal year that ended April 30, and the picture isn’t a pretty one.
Norton Rose partners voted this week to merge with Australia’s Deacons, a move that would dramatically extend the reach of the London-based firm. But the deal…
A major international firm that is considered one of the top legal shops in London is acquiring a 146-partner Australian counterpart, setting the stage for greater dominance by Jun 24, 2009 12:18 AM CDT
When Juan Morillo joined Clifford Chance from Sidley Austin, he didn’t expect to be named the head of the international megafirm’s United States litigation practice within the next two years.
In a move that is sending shudders through the global BigLaw community, Rio Tinto has hired a team of Indian attorneys in an effort to cut by 20 percent its…
In another signpost of the sea change that seems to be occurring in the legal profession, a major United Kingdom newspaper is predicting that more than 10,000 lawyers there could…
When one of London’s most elite law partnerships recently decided it had to let 14 solicitor trainees go instead of giving them permanent jobs, partners at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer had…
A current and a former partner at the London offices of two U.S.-based law firms—Dorsey & Whitney and McDermott Will & Emery—face charges of insider trading by the U.K. Financial…