Slaughter and May inarguably exudes the most mystique of any UK law firm. It plays on that reputation to great extent, rarely revealing much about its internal workings and steering clear of marketing ...

Magic circle member Clifford Chance famously emerged in 1987 out of the legal profession’s first super-merger between Clifford Turner and Coward Chance – a merger which also coincided with the birth ...

L Gates has cut around 10 per cent of its staff, one year after global managing partner Stacy Ackermann and management ...

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has subpoenaed the 13 Big Law firms affected by the executive orders issued by the Trump ...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has withdrawn its case against a Carter-Ruck partner over her work for ‘cryptoqueen ...

When HMRC introduced the Uncertain Tax Treatment (UTT) regime in 2022, they did so only after abandoning some of their most ...

Mishcon de Reya has dropped proposed plans for a partner lock-in after internal pushback from members. The Lawyer understands that a partner lock-in was mooted last Friday following a number of… ...

From 19 June 2026, national laws implementing the EU Directive 2023/2673 require many businesses selling online to EU ...

Profits at A&O Shearman jumped 14 per cent over 2025/26, while revenue stayed steady in the firm’s second full year post-merger. The firm’s profit margin had dropped to 38 per cent over 2024/25… ...

It’s that time of year when summer holidays are in the mind. A big part of this process is finding the perfect place to stay ...

Coming fresh after the merger of Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, the newly merged firm has instructed staff ...

Clifford Chance has been struck by two further partner departures in New York, with its US insurance co-heads defecting to ...