BCLP

Alex Novarese

LB: What was the background to the merger talks? Therese Pritchard (TP): I started it. It’s my fault. In February…

Hamish McNicol

One of the UK’s big six energy suppliers, EDF Energy, has nearly halved its external advisers in a bid to…

Alex Novarese

It would take a generous observer of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) to claim the once sure-footed outfit had managed anything…

Thomas Alan

Lawyers On Demand (LOD) has secured new private equity backers in place of parent Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) as…

Thomas Alan

Newly merged Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has launched a ‘home-grown’ legal tech start-up which produces a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for…

Thomas Alan

Newly merged Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has signed a lease on a new City office in what it calls a…

Hamish McNicol

Hamish McNicol and Thomas Alan canvass the market on the latest UK/US tie-up ‘Next year all our troubles will be…

Tom Baker

A resounding indication of the impact funders are having on the disputes market, Burford Capital has unveiled impressive financial results…

Hamish McNicol

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)’s quest for a US merger is over after its proposed transatlantic tie-up with Bryan Cave was…

Nathalie Tidman

The partnerships of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and US law firm Bryan Cave are to vote on their transatlantic tie-up, with…

Alex Novarese

If nothing else, it is safe to say Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)’s not-very-convincing claim that management was not dead set…

Alex Novarese

If nothing else, it is safe to say Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)’s not-very-convincing claim that management was not dead set…

Marco Cillario

‘Surprising’ was the adjective frequently deployed by City partners in October when merger talks between Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and…

Tom Baker

Nineteen months to the day since its last attempt to forge a transatlantic union with Greenberg Traurig was abandoned, Berwin…

Marco Cillario

International law firms have returned from the summer break in acquisition mode, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Bird & Bird, Taylor…

Tom Baker

Mounting client demand for secondees has long been a bugbear for City law firms, a reality that one of the…

Georgiana Tudor

Berwin Leighton Paisner‘s (BLP) freelance spin-off Lawyers on Demand(LOD) has posted 15% turnover growth in its first full-year results since it merged…

Georgiana Tudor

Mayer Brown, Berwin Leighton Paisner(BLP) and CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang all advised on the £1.3bn purchase by Hong Kong investors LKK Health…

Georgiana Tudor

Lawyers On Demand (LOD), Berwin Leighton Paisner’s(BLP) freelance lawyers spin-off, is due to launch in the Middle East with a new…

Multiple Authors

Last year did not run smoothly for Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). Merger talks with Greenberg Traurig publicly fell apart amid…