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

Watson Farley & Williams’ global income rose 4 per cent over 2024/25, while average profit per equity partner (PEP) fell by the same percentage. The firm’s PEP dropped from £589,000 to £570,000… ...

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 ...

Even for the most elite law firms, relevance depends on how well they move around their clients. The biggest clients don’t think in silos. So, the law firms advising them can’t afford to either. That’ ...

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 ...

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… ...

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.

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… ...

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.

North West: When Harper James finalised a deal with LDC in June 2025, it was more than a transaction. For founder and CEO Toby Harper, the move was a strategic inflection point – designed to preserve… ...

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) has succeeded in having $130m added to the potential damages pot that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Dechert will have to pay in the long-running saga ...

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… ...