A week after A&O Shearman said it was closing its Johannesburg office, Hogan Lovells is to do the same with closures in another two global cities. Hogan Lovells is to exit Sydney and Warsaw also, leaving it with no offices in Australia or South Africa. Warsaw is the largest office of the trio, with three […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s “professional connections” with an arbitrator led to apparent bias in an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) case, a High Court judge has ruled. Aiteo, Africa’s largest private integrated energy company, brought a challenge before the English High Court alleging a “serious irregularity” after the ICC issued four arbitration awards against it between […]
Despite cultural and geographic obstacles, African firms are joining forces to make the most of new opportunities
Despite the region’s reputation for political and economic upheaval, the likes of Morocco, Egypt and Algeria have encouraged global law firms to collaborate with local experts in their pursuit of fresh business opportunities
Countries such as South Africa, Nigeria and Botswana are promoting and regulating more and more exchanges, as the need for capital-raising grows on this diverse continent
An unprecedented level of activity in transport, energy and defence is testing the skill sets of Israeli lawyers and attracting the interest of international firms
At the end of May, Herbert Smith Freehills’s executive partner for EMEA, UK and US flew to New York with a proposition. Alison Brown was preparing to present an opportunity to a firm that had come top of an HSF-commissioned external audit of the US market. It was a firm that had virtually no platform […]
This week: HSF and Kramer Levin isn’t the only merger in town, while another firm takes action after a staff survey revealed much dissatisfaction with its choice of tea.
Over a decade since Herbert Smith and Freehills tied the knot, the firm is on course for the next – and crucial – stage of its growth strategy, as it expands in the US. But what does the market think? By going to vote on its merger with US firm Kramer Levin, HSF looks set […]
The choice on offer for a lawyer wishing to work in Scotland is greater than ever before – but that leaves challenges for the firms themselves, as they fight harder to keep hold of their brightest talent.
Bust air conditioning, an electricity shutdown and issues with video feeds: the Rolls Building has had a multitude of meltdowns this year and litigators are furious.
For the first time, The Lawyer has analysed the UK revenues of the nation’s 300 largest legal businesses, bringing together the traditional UK firms, the American firms in London and the Big Four. But what are the key takeaways?