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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Clifford Chance and Proskauer Rose have landed key mandates on S&P Global’s $1.8bn (£1.4bn) acquisition of private markets data providers With Intelligence from investment firm Motive Partners.

Legal tech company Harvey has its sights set on an IPO in the future, as the start-up continues to sign up firms and corporates to use its AI-powered platform at a rapid pace.

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… ...