The new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud is coming into force on 1 September, under the Economic Crime and ...

The Takeover Panel has recently published a consultation paper (PCP 2025/1) on dual class share structures, initial public offerings (IPOs) and share buybacks and two new practice statements on profit ...

Georgia Dawson has been re-elected as Freshfields’ senior partner, while Rafique Bachour is stepping down as one of the firm’s trio of global managing partners.

A case concerning whether the creator of an AI system can be listed as the inventor of its output kicked off in the High Court today (24 July), as Dr Stephen Thaler returned with a fresh argument in… ...

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has reported revenue growth of 4 per cent and a profit uplift of nearly 10 per cent in its last financials as a legacy firm.

DWF has tapped both Kennedys and DAC Beachcroft for five partners to strengthen its major injury and casualty practice. The hires from Kennedys are Richard West, who was the firm’s global head of… ...

Clifford Chance’s global revenue has reached £2.4bn, in a year in which US investments saw the firm land work across the Atlantic for Legal & General, ExxonMobil and Total. While Legal & General… ...

On 19 June, I attended the launch of techUK’s Green Paper on the Future of Digital Twinning in the UK—an event that opened my ...

Linklaters’ revenue rose by 11 per cent over 2024/25, as profits grew across all its core markets, including the UK and the US. The firm’s turnover increased from £2.1bn to £2.32bn in its second… ...

Macfarlanes has reported a rise in both turnover and profit for 2024/25, while also announcing a senior leadership change from the start of the next financial year. Given its decision to bring its… ...

Charles Russell Speechlys has recorded an 11 per cent increase in its global revenue to £242m, while the firm’s UK operations grew by 9 per cent.