Simmons & Simmons is hiring a structured finance and derivatives partner from Slaughter and May, nearly four months after it emerged he would be leaving the partnership. Oliver Wicker started as ...

Baker McKenzie is on the hunt for more innovation lawyers, The Lawyer can reveal, as it looks to further embed the use of artificial intelligence across the firm.

A commercial claim against City firm Edwin Coe has been filed by the lending arm of Fortress Investment. Edwin Coe is named as a defendant alongside various companies including Fuller Smith & ...

The former general counsel of the National Trust has joined The Charity Commission as its new director of legal. Jan Lasik’s new title at The Charity Commission will be as its director of legal ...

The Government has announced it will reverse the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision on litigation funding in PACCAR. The judgment, which formed part of the ongoing Trucks ...

The head of Greenberg Traurig, Richard Rosenbaum, has lashed out against the recent trend for international mergers, describing some rival firms as no more than “holding companies” and ...

Building new AI tools from scratch isn’t where law firms add value for clients, TLT’s innovation chief told The Lawyer.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has relocated its Manchester office after 11 years on King Street. The firm has moved from 76 King Street, where it has been based since launching in Manchester ...

Two partners from Kirkland & Ellis are set to leave the firm for Sullivan & Cromwell, as the latter pushes ahead with London growth after the hires of Kon Asimacopoulos and Mike Francies in the autumn ...

Who do you know who has a strong voice? Who do you know who commands attention, trust, respect, authority, just by the way ...

In association with Legora. At The Lawyer’s inaugural European managing partners’ dinner, recently hosted in association with Legora, conversation flowed freely around ...

Taylor Wessing has today announced its plans to change up its international strategy and enter a cooperation agreement with future Anglo-American firm Winston Taylor. The announcement comes just a ...