‘All options on the table’: US investment pays off as A&O sees double-digit revenue increase Tom Baker Allen & Overy (A&O) has set an early Magic Circle benchmark, today unveiling a robust 10% uptick in global revenues…
A line in the sand: A&O bucks Magic Circle pay increase trend with salary freeze Tom Baker In a surprise twist in the Magic Circle pay war saga, Allen & Overy (A&O) has frozen its associate salaries…
Deals Yearbook 2022: Claire Coppel, Allen & Overy – partner since 2020 Georgina Stanley Why did you decide to become an M&A lawyer? Was there anyone in particular who inspired you early on in…
Deals Yearbook 2022: Alex Tilley, Allen & Overy – partner since 2020 Georgina Stanley What has been the absolute deal highlight of your career so far and why? Advising Liberty Global on its fixed…
Deals Yearbook 2022: Nick Withers, Shearman & Sterling – partner since 2020 Georgina Stanley What has been the absolute deal highlight of your career so far and why? The refinancing of Eddie Stobart plc…
A&O opens in Boston as Simmons launches in Silicon Valley Charles Avery UK firms have made significant moves stateside, with Allen & Overy and Simmons & Simmons announcing the opening of new…
‘US firms have more buying power’ – Allen & Overy tight-lipped as partnership ushers in lockstep reform Nathalie Tidman The partnership of Allen & Overy has voted through reforms to its lockstep in a bid to increase rewards for…
Mixed results for A&O on gender pay gap but disability disclosure shows the right attitude Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has become the first of its peer group to reveal its pay gap statistics and, while gender…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Restructuring Team of the Year Nathalie Tidman The entries were reviewed and our panel of general counsel judges delivered their verdicts: we are now delighted to reveal…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Commercial Litigation Team of the Year Thomas Alan After much back-and-forth between the judges in a keenly contested category, we are now delighted to reveal the winner of…
Life During Law: Andrew Ballheimer Nathalie Tidman I’m the son of immigrants and they were intent that I had an education, so I had to become a…
Life During Law: Andrew Ballheimer Nathalie Tidman I’m the son of immigrants and they were intent that I had an education, so I had to become a…
A&O aims to tackle ‘uncomfortable truth’ with 2025 ethnic diversity targets Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy is confronting the must-solve issue of achieving ethnic diversity in City law with a raft of new…
A&O shrugs off lockdown to hike revenues 4% to £1.69bn in first post-pandemic results from UK law elite Alex Novarese There has been much speculation about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the profession but the first set of…
Comment: Allen & Overy’s election delivered an all-star line-up but have the big issues been resolved? Alex Novarese Towards the end of 2019, Legal Business remarked that the issue at the heart of Allen & Overy (A&O)’s looming…
A&O takes coronavirus threat to task with raft of belt-tightening measures Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has pre-empted a likely financial hit from the coronavirus crisis with a host of measures, including altering…
A&O defies coronavirus turbulence to lure back New York litigation partner Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has not let market turmoil wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic get in the way of its US…
A&O bullish on US investment drive with hire of federal enforcement firepower in DC Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has again thrown itself behind its strategy to accelerate investment in its US business after fruitless merger…
Allen & Overy’s election delivered an all-star line-up but have the big issues been resolved? Alex Novarese Towards the end of 2019, Legal Business remarked that the issue at the heart of Allen & Overy (A&O)’s looming…
Magic Circle trio ask City staff to work from home as coronavirus crisis deepens Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy (A&O), Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance have asked City staff to work from home in a bid to mitigate…
