While Herbert Smith Freehills is one of the best-known legal brands in the UK, it is fair to say that Kramer Levin does not ...

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has made no secret of its ambition to grow in the US, and has long been touted as a potential ...

Lucie Cawood, the head of Travers Smith's private equity and financial sponsors group, has left the firm, marking the latest ...

‘The next revolution in the market will be clients waking up to the fact that chargeout rates go up so much each year.’ This is the prediction of one well-known partner at a leading US firm in London ...

‘The next revolution in the market will be clients waking up to the fact that chargeout rates go up so much each year.’ This is the prediction of one well-known partner at a leading US firm in London ...

After studying law at Oxford, where I was also a choral scholar, I joined Linklaters. As a trainee, I did a seat in Hong Kong, then six months in Moscow and two years in Singapore as an associate.

Freeths, Freshfields and Vodafone were among the big winners at this year’s Legal Business Awards, which were revealed to a packed house at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. Twenty-seven prizes were ...

What does it take to be part of the global elite? When Legal Business unveiled the very first iteration of its ‘global elite’ back in 2003, 15 firms made the grade, of which six were headquartered in ...

How does the HSF private equity team differentiate itself in the market? John Taylor, partner and the head of the private equity practice in London: We have a multi-capability private equity practice, ...

While the US legal market is rarely quiet, post-merger settling at A&O Shearman seems to be driving a spate of activity, with ...