‘Dubious financial arrangements’: Disgraced ex-Locke Lorde partner struck off and handed £70,000 bill Tom Baker A former Locke Lord partner who played a key role in the US firm receiving the largest ever fine from…
Off the leash – as regulators target City leaders, is more to come? Tom Baker It was a prized scalp. In December, Clifford Chance (CC) became the first Magic Circle player to fall foul of…
Locke Lord fined, Clydes ex-partner suspended, while Appleby hit by data breach Tom Baker In a tough period for international firms at the hands of legal regulators, US firm Locke Lord received the largest-ever…
Targeting London: Locke Lord duo depart to launch boutique Foran Glennon in the City Tom Moore Just three years after helping to launch Locke Lord in the UK, insurance litigators Damian Cleary and Gavin Coull have…
Planning to ‘make a big impact’: Cooley raids Edwards Wildman and MoFo’s City offices to launch in London Legal Business US firm Cooley has made its long-awaited entrance to the London legal market, taking partners from Morrison & Foerster and…
Worst-kept secret: Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman approve combination Legal Business Dallas-bred Locke Lord and Boston’s Edwards Wildman Palmer have rubber-stamped their high-profile union, today (1 December) announcing that their respective…
Partner exits mount: Edwards Wildman loses commercial litigation partner to GlaxoSmithKline Legal Business Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is the latest to dip into the dwindling partnership at Edwards Wildman Palmer’s London office as…
Edwards Wildman and Locke Lord set to combine Legal Business Fellow US firm Cooley plans London office takeover Dallas-bred Locke Lord and Boston’s Edwards Wildman Palmer became the latest US…
Consolidation in US mid-tier continues as Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman set to merge Mark McAteer The run of consolidation in the US national market continues with Dallas-bred Locke Lord and Boston’s Edwards Wildman this week announcing plans to…
Accounts show fee and profits slide at Edwards Wildman in London as partner departures pile up Legal Business Having endured a difficult time in recent months with an exodus of partners from its London office, US law firm…
Edwards Wildman posts 10% turnover slide in UK with latest LLP accounts Sarah Downey Having endured a difficult time in recent months with the exodus of multiple partners from its London office, US firm…
Edwards Wildman sees final corporate partner exit for Olswang as Arnold & Porter emerges as ‘in talks’ with disputes team Legal Business US firm Edwards Wildman has seen the last of its quintet of disgruntled corporate partners resign as it has emerged…
RPC in talks with breakaway Edwards Wildman partners alongside Cooley and Foley & Lardner Legal Business RPC is in talks with a potential breakaway group of Edwards Wildman Palmer City partners – made up of corporate…
Further Edwards Wildman City fallout as CMS set to take on corporate partner Legal Business The fallout from the embattled City office of US firm Edwards Wildman continues as it emerges that corporate partners Eero Rautalahti…
RPC in talks with breakaway Edwards Wildman partners alongside Cooley and Foley & Lardner Legal Business RPC is in talks with a potential breakaway group of Edwards Wildman City partners – made up of corporate partners Niall…
First Edwards Wildman City fallout since ‘revolt’ as Cooley one of three US firms circling Legal Business In many ways the only real surprise about the departure of Edwards Wildman senior London venture capital partner Shawn Atkinson…
Edwards Wildman faces five-strong London partner revolt following string of City exits Legal Business Edwards Wildman is in talks with five disgruntled London partners following a string of exits from the top 100 US…
In Administration: Barratts administrators instruct Shoosmiths as Blockbuster turns to Locke Lord Legal Business Beleaguered shoe retailer Barratts has gone into administration for the third time in four years, with administrator Duff & Phelps…
Edwards Wildman joins the ranks of international firms in Istanbul Legal Business The increased importance of Turkey as strategic hub for international firms has been underlined with news that US firm Edwards…
Locke Lord’s lateral spree continues in London Miriam Fahey US firm Locke Lord has continued its rapid expansion in London since launching in February this year with the addition…
