In a stunning twist of legal fortune, Quinn Emanuel, the litigation powerhouse known for its hyper aggressive courtroom tactics, (they relish the ‘most feared’ law firm title, remember) has seen its City profits skyrocket by 50 percent in the past year. This isn’t just your run-of-the-mill success story. We’re talking a whopping £196.6m in revenue […]
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Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor While most big law firms are handing out both regular year-end bonuses and special bonuses this year, a couple of major players – Hogan Lovells and Perkins Coie – decided to skip the special bonus part – until now. The regular year-end bonuses range from $20,000 to $115,000 depending on
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Sonia Hickey, LawFuel contributor When it comes to the Trump family, the apple doesn’t fall far from the… well, you know the rest. But in the case of Tiffany Trump, the lesser-known Trump offspring, it seems the legal apple might have rolled a bit further than her father claims. Tiffany Trump, the only child of
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A&O Shearman has released its latest biannual M&A report, offering a comprehensive analysis of global dealmaking trends in 2024 and forecasts for 2025, which includes a so-called ‘Trump bump’ in dealmaking in the year ahead following Trump’s inauguration. The A&O Shearman report, authored by the firm’s partners and associates, provides valuable insights into four key
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Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres, born in 2019, is the brainchild of four legal visionaries from Big Law who dared to challenge the status quo by setting up a new law powerhouse, which is growing with recent new additions to their team. These entrepreneurial minds, alumni of prestigious law firms and government agencies, set out
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Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor The London legal services sector is facing significant challenges due to the government’s failure to address a crucial Supreme Court ruling on litigation funding agreements. Lawyer are warning that this inaction is negatively impacting business in the City, according to a Times report. The issue has come to thefore following
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The following article is authored by a finance and banking industry insider in New Zealand. As members of New Zealand’s highly profitable retail banks yet again report billion-dollar profits being paid to Australian parent companies this year, they could perhaps be forgiven for failing to notice the ground shifting beneath them. It’s no longer the
One-third of the local partners at London-based Clyde & Co are departing, including all six members of its once-thriving cybersecurity practice. The exodus comes as the firm grapples with financial challenges and continues its search for a merger partner. The cybersecurity group, which had been a standout for Clyde & Co, is leaving to establish
Mayer Brown have reestablished their Hong Kong operation as Johnson Stokes & Master, the name of the Hong Kong-based law firm that merged with Mayer Brown in 2008. Most of the firm’s 170 lawyers have been based in Hong Kong, although Mayer Brown have over 1800 lawyers. Mayer Brown reduced its China presence and now
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Allan McCay Workplace surveillance is starting to become more intimate. This development has implications for lawyers as it can potentially generate more work for them with the emergence of new issues for clients that will require legal advice or representation, human rights issues, and perhaps even change the way that lawyers bill. One example of
