Sponsored briefing: Legal trends in Greece Guest Blog After overcoming a decade-long financial recession, Greece is currently going through a period of political stability and economic growth. During…
Riverview Law and Pangea3 brands to be dropped following EY acquisition Thomas Alan Big Four accountancy firm EY is finalising the combination of its two high-profile acquisitions, Riverview Law and Pangea3, into one…
The Big Four meets GCs – The hard sell Hamish McNicol ‘I have never instructed a Big Four firm on a legal matter,’ says one UK general counsel (GC) of a…
EY makes further inroads into the legal sector after acquiring Thomson Reuters’ LPO arm Thomas Alan Less than a year after it acquired Riverview Law, EY has maintained its acquisitive form by agreeing to buy the…
The accountants keep coming: EY launches in Belfast with Axiom appointment Kathryn McCann Big Four accountant Ernst & Young (EY) has appointed Axiom’s Aaron Stewart as a director to head up the launch…
Revolving doors: DWF makes Scottish insurance play as Skadden and EY make key hires Legal Business In this week’s appointments around up, law firms including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, DWF and accountancy giant EY…
Easy access: EY lowers threshold for first UK trainee programme Legal Business Big Four accountancy firm EY will recruit eight trainee solicitors in the UK over the next two years, launching its…
EY Law recruits competition chief from CC to spearhead state aid, antitrust and trade practice Sarah Downey Big Four accountant EY continues to enhance its international legal offering and has recruited Clifford Chance’s (CC) competition-focused counsel Steven…
EY’s legal march continues with former Addleshaws managing partner Devitt and corporate specialist Thomas Kathryn McCann Just over a year after Paul Devitt stood down early as managing partner of Addleshaw Goddard, he is due to…
‘The first phase’: EY launches financial regulatory service with Bakers hire and 11-strong team Jaishree Kalia EY Law is set to launch a financial regulatory practice in the City with the hire of Baker & McKenzie…
EY Law agrees new alliance as Asia-Pacific growth continues Legal Business Making good on its continued efforts to grow its Asia-Pacific presence, EY Law recently announced an alliance with South Korean…
Targeting South Korea: EY Law agrees new alliance as Asia-Pacific growth continues Legal Business EY Law continues to enhance its Asia-Pacific presence with an alliance deal with South Korean firm Apex Legal, in a…
Aiming for 80 jurisdictions: EY law launches in Sweden with Stockholm office Kathryn McCann Ernst & Young’s (EY) legal team has launched in Sweden with the hire of a six member team in Stockholm,…
‘We are offering something new’: EY latest Big Four giant granted ABS licence Sarah Downey EY has become the latest accountancy giant granted an alternative business structure (ABS) licence by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, in…
‘We can minimise the gap between business advisers and legal counsel’: EY admits Singapore boutique into network Sarah Downey As Big Four accountancy giant EY continues to grow its legal services offering, it has today (2 October) announced it…
EY hires Freshfields’ Richard Norbruis to head global transaction group Legal Business EY has made its third senior private practice hire in three months months with the announcement that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner…
GC appointments for EY, HarperCollins and BNY Mellon Legal Business Reshuffles see trio promoted to fill senior roles Three high-profile in-house counsel appointments in the UK and US last month…
EY grows UK legal capability with hire of BLP’s former finance head Matthew Kellett Legal Business EY today (29 April) took further steps to build its UK legal capability with the hire of Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s)…
GC appointments for EY, HarperCollins and BNY Mellon Legal Business A trio of high-profile in-house counsel appointments in the UK and US this month has seen accountancy giant EY and global…
Bluechips continue to grow legal teams as buyside lawyers shift from external counsel Sarah Downey Bluechips continue to grow legal teams as buyside lawyers shift from external counsel In-house departments are expanding rapidly and overshadowing…
