Francesca Fanshawe

With the blurring between criminal and civil law becoming ever more prominent, Mishcon de Reya announced last week that Alison Levitt QC,…

Francesca Fanshawe

Barclays’ in-house legal team is to offer around 80 work experience placements to students from socio-economic groups under-represented in the…

Francesca Fanshawe

National Express has appointed Burges Salmon’s head of corporate and financial institutions Sandra Forbes as group general counsel and company secretary,…

Francesca Fanshawe

After a week that saw Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW), Kennedys and TLT all make significant hires into their City bases, one of more…

Francesca Fanshawe

Ashurst’s London head of pensions Steven Hull has jumped ship for Eversheds’ highly-rated 90-lawyer team, becoming the latest of a series of…

Francesca Fanshawe

While the in-house profession has come of age, the number of home-grown trainees remains tiny. Legal Business assesses whether in-house…

Francesca Fanshawe

So the experiment ends as a qualified success. News of the early-timed succession planning at DLA Piper confirmed that well-regarded…

Francesca Fanshawe

For Addleshaw Goddard the timing could have been more flattering. On the day that national rival Wragge & Co confirmed a new…

Francesca Fanshawe

The momentum and energy surrounding DWF’s rapid growth has been credited for its latest hire, TLT corporate partner Richard Tall, who…

Francesca Fanshawe

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) last month confirmed the names of the 136 firms which have been forced to close…

Francesca Fanshawe

DLA Piper’s Africa group last month announced it had expanded in north, southern and eastern Africa with the addition of…

Francesca Fanshawe

Hogan Lovells has expanded its Latin America offering by launching a second office in Brazil, hiring former Clifford Chance (CC)…

Francesca Fanshawe

Increasing confidence in the transactional market has contributed to a rash of senior partner moves at the start of 2014,…

Francesca Fanshawe

Addleshaw Goddard and Linklaters will sit alongside incumbent advisers Allen & Overy and Eversheds on Nationwide‘s new legal panel as…

Francesca Fanshawe

As KPMG looks to expand its legal services practice the Big Four accountant has hired DLA Piper corporate partner Nick Roome…

Francesca Fanshawe

Professional indemnity insurance (PII) continues to dominate the legal agenda after the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) yesterday (28 January) released…

Francesca Fanshawe

As the in-house profession has swelled in size and status in recent years the competition to secure a small number…

Francesca Fanshawe

Its international expansion has been extensive in recent years but UK insurance firm DAC Beachcroft has complemented its push in…

Francesca Fanshawe

DLA Piper‘s Africa Group has expanded in north, southern and eastern Africa with the addition of three new member firms.…

Francesca Fanshawe

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed the names of the 136 firms which have been forced to close since…