Orrick’s hire of a transatlantic group of 37 collateralised loan obligation (CLO) lawyers, including eight partners, looks to have dealt Cadwalader a blow. Spanning London, Washington DC and ...

Fletchers paid £6m for Shoosmiths’ serious injury practice, with a further deferred consideration payable of £6m, its latest accounts reveal. The private equity-backed firm bought the team ...

A number of law firms are gearing up for a securities group action, or “stock-drop” claim, against British American Tobacco (BAT) in the High Court, The Lawyer can reveal. Multiple sources have ...

Allison Bailey, a former Garden Court Chambers barrister who sued the set for discrimination, will be in the Employment Appeal Tribunal next week to pursue an appeal against LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall.

Osborne Clarke has rolled out carbon budgets across its UK offices and is preparing to introduce internal carbon pricing and trading from the next financial year. The scheme, which is now applied ...

Gowling WLG has appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO) for its UK LLP, succeeding David Fennell, who will step down after 12 years in the role. Chris Towle will take up the position in May 2026 ...

White & Case and Jones Day have landed key mandates on electronics firm Molex’s $1.75bn (£1.31bn) acquisition of Smiths Interconnect, a subsidiary of Smiths Group. Acting for Smiths Group on ...

The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has announced an updated timeline to Great Britain’s grid connections process, ...

With bus franchising still in its infancy, Combined Authorities and, perhaps, also in the future other Authorities with transport functions require clarity around the procurement processes adopted.

Artificial intelligence tools are outperforming practising lawyers on legal research tasks, a new study shows. The research – conducted by independent benchmarking firm Vals AI – revealed that ...

Modella Capital was a relative unknown before its acquisition of WHSmith and Claire’s Accessories in the UK. Benefiting from this flow of activity is Modella’s legal adviser, Browne ...

Nine White & Case lawyers in the City are set to be promoted to partner, a sizeable increase on the three who were made up by the firm in London last year. The US firm has elevated 45 lawyers to… ...