Three firms are set to pick up the lion’s share of legal fees in excess of £22m following Permira’s £2.7bn acquisition of listed fund administrator JTC. The Lawyer reported early last month on ...

Sidley Austin bagged a first-time mandate for a US investment house as it joined a new investor consortium backing Ipswich Town Football Club. The US firm advised Clara Vista Partners in ...

Three firms have landed key mandates on a partnership between Surrey County Cricket Club and Indian multinational conglomerate Reliance to acquire Oval Invincibles – a franchise side in The Hundred.

Harvey has secured an additional $160m in its latest funding round at a valuation of $8bn, marking a $3bn leap in the legal tech firm’s valuation in less than six months. The Series F funding ...

Listed British multinational group Serco has replaced its longstanding group general counsel with a hire from Compass Group. Amanda Miller became Serco’s group GC and company secretary in ...

Paul Weiss has strengthened its New York leveraged finance practice with the hire of a three-partner team from Sidley Austin. The firm has announced it is bringing in partners Nicholas ...

Kirkland & Ellis has strengthened its London antitrust and competition practice with a double hire from Weil Gotshal & Manges. The firm announced today that it is bringing in Nafees Saeed and ...

Operating expenses at A&O Shearman totalled £446m over 2024/25, as the combined firm’s first set of accounts reveal the costs associated with its merger. This compares to legacy A& ...

Irwin Mitchell has set a target to transition its entire partner vehicle fleet to hybrid or fully electric models by 2029 to cut the firm’s carbon footprint. The firm’s fleet currently comprises ...

Iberian firm ECIJA took home the title of European Law Firm of the Year last night, as The Lawyer celebrated Europe’s best and brightest at London’s JW Marriott Grosvenor House in association ...

The Employment Rights Bill introduced many additional rights that workers will be able to present against work-finding ...

A partner from White & Case’s private equity team is leaving the firm for Goodwin. Emmie Jones joined White & Case in 2018 after spending her entire legal career before that at Macfarlanes.