Five former Pogust Goodhead lawyers have joined Johnson Law Group, with the former lead solicitor on the Dieselgate trial assuming the role of managing partner of the firm’s London office.

Freshfields saved an estimated £110,000 by changing its lighting and temperature control systems in London and Manchester, accounts show. The firm’s most recent Companies House report highlights ...

Another Ropes & Gray private equity partner has exited the firm as personnel changes continue in the City, and expansion continues on the continent. Paul Armstrong has resigned from the Bostonian ...

The merger of two of Denmark’s top law firms, Horten and DAHL, has officially gone live as of the beginning of this month. Moving into Horten’s existing headquarters in ...

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has launched a consultation on proposals to introduce an Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts (ILCA) scheme, under which a portion of interest earned on client money ...

Addleshaw Goddard is the only firm to have been reappointed to Network Rail’s core legal panel for England and Wales, as the train company refreshes its roster for the first time since 2019.

The Ministry of Justice has failed to make sufficient progress on improving access to legal aid, understanding the wider ...

British legal tech start-up Wordsmith AI has agreed several high-profile corporate deals, as the company sets out its plans for 2026. Wordsmith announced today that at the end of last year it ...

Akin and Milbank have taken lead mandates on the £3bn full acquisition of PA Consulting by Jacobs Solutions. Akin’s new private equity hires Dan Oates and Angela Becker closed the deal for ...

Germany’s Gleiss Lutz, Italy’s Chiomenti, Spain’s Cuatrecasas and France’s Gide Loyrette Nouel have formally dismantled their long-running ‘best friends’ network. The dismantlement means the ...

Ropes & Gray has recruited a new corporate partner in Milan, having launched in the Italian city last September. Alessandro Capogrosso, a capital markets, private equity and M&A ...

UK railways pension manager Railpen has appointed a new general counsel, who spent nearly five years at the Post Office. Sarah Gray replaces Sally-Ann James, who is retiring after more than four ...