Filter This View

  • December 4, 2012 |

    Quinn Emanuel seals France launch with hire of Shearman partner

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is to open its fourth European office, with the launch of a Paris base on 7 January next year. The litigation and arbitration focused office will be headed by Shearman & Sterling Paris international arbitration partner Philippe Pinsolle.

    1 minute read

  • November 29, 2012 |

    The view from 9th Avenue – the emerging challenges facing New York's elite

    "Who we are hasn't changed at all in some ways over the years. At a partners' meeting recently someone showed me a letter written by Paul Cravath in 1920 and it was almost the same format that we use today," reflects Cravath Swaine & Moore incoming presiding partner Allen Parker. "Really, it was almost identical." Welcome to Manhattan, the most singular, individualistic, contradictory and competitive legal market in the world. As the rest of the global legal profession changes to reflect the impact of the post-Lehman Brothers world and the rise of finance hubs and economies in the east, it seems that many lawyers in Manhattan's hermetically sealed environment carry on as if little has changed.

    1 minute read

  • November 29, 2012 |

    Law firms vote for prestige over value as lure of central Hong Kong withstands soaring office costs

    Office space in Hong Kong's central business district (CBD) may be more expensive than anywhere else in the world, but leading global law firms have little intention of following the lead of other professional services businesses and moving into cheaper areas. Proximity to banks and other clients, combined with competition for mandates and partners, means property analysts predict firms will stay put despite cutting costs in other areas. The predictions come despite a report by real estate consultancy CB Richards Ellis (CBRE) finding that annual occupancy costs in central Hong Kong stand at $248.83 (£155.38) per sq ft – higher than any other market.

    1 minute read

  • November 26, 2012 |

    Macfarlanes rehires top-rated private client partner from Speechlys

    Macfarlanes has turned to Speechly Bircham for a rare partner hire, with the re-appointment of Charles Gothard to its private client practice.

    1 minute read

  • November 20, 2012 |

    How do you shortlist the right law firm to apply for?

    You've collected all the student guides; you have spoken to representatives at law fairs; you've collected countless branded pens. But what do you actually do with all this information and how do you choose which firms to apply to?

    1 minute read

  • November 15, 2012 |

    First among equals: Stars at the Bar 2012

    Ben Rigby profiles the 10 most acclaimed young commercial advocates making their mark in a fiercely competitive arena...

    1 minute read

  • November 2, 2012 |

    Asia's focal point - Singapore under the microscope

    While the rest of the world wallows in the aftermath of the financial crisis, Southeast Asia is thriving. Neil Hodge focuses on the region's biggest winner so far: Singapore

    1 minute read

  • November 1, 2012 |

    US law firms tap China's go-private market amid global IPO slump

    Latham and Kirkland among firms benefiting from booming take-private sector, says Elizabeth Broomhall

    1 minute read

  • October 25, 2012 | International Edition

    The hard sell – profiling the mad men and women who strive to sell law

    "Procter & Gamble may have been created by soap makers, but their brands have been built by running them as a rounded business," argues Mishcon de Reya's iconoclastic business development director Elliot Moss. "You would have never heard of P&G if they had left just the soap makers in charge. Law firms are no different."

    1 minute read

  • October 25, 2012 |

    The hard sell – profiling the mad men and women who strive to sell law

    "Procter & Gamble may have been created by soap makers, but their brands have been built by running them as a rounded business," argues Mishcon de Reya's iconoclastic business development director Elliot Moss. "You would have never heard of P&G if they had left just the soap makers in charge. Law firms are no different."

    1 minute read