An Ashurst associate is to appear before the Solicitors Disciplinary Authority (SDT) over allegations of an invalid insurance claim made on a stolen bike. The SRA has found that there is a case ...

Unlike Allen & Overy’s tie-up with Shearman & Sterling, Ashurst’s merger announcement raised few eyebrows. The firm had been ...

The Government Legal Department (GLD), in conjunction with the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), has announced the final three lots of its refreshed panel, with five new firms making the list.

Travers Smith and White & Case have both advised on a partnership between data grid company AG Grid and Adelis Equity Partners, along with its portfolio company Bryntum. Advising Adelis and ...

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 ...

A total of nine firms have won spots on the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA) latest legal panel, which went live this month and will run until 2027. The panel, valued at ...

Belgian tech start-up LegalFly is preparing for a Series B funding round early next year to help it expand into the US market, the company’s chief executive told The Lawyer.

Linklaters has appointed 20 human lawyers to a new full-time role of “AI lawyer”, embedding machine-learning specialists directly into its global practice groups. The cohort will help matter ...

Macfarlanes has overhauled its trainee recruitment process with the launch of an immersive, AI-integrated simulation that mirrors a typical day in the life of a junior lawyer.

Cohen & Gresser has become the latest firm to weigh external investment, just weeks after McDermott Will & Schulte’s chair openly discussed his interest in PE backing. Cohen & ...

Ashurst’s epic search for a US merger partner ended this week when it confirmed it was tying the knot with Seattle-headquartered Perkins Coie. In theory, the deal looks like a win-win.

Clifford Chance is set to cut roles from its business services division, with increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) expected to remove – and create new – positions across the City.