An Ashurst associate is to appear before the Solicitors Disciplinary Authority (SDT) over allegations of an invalid insurance claim made on a stolen bike. The SRA has found that there is a case ...

Iberian firm ECIJA took home the title of European Law Firm of the Year last night, as The Lawyer celebrated Europe’s best and brightest at London’s JW Marriott Grosvenor House in association ...

Unlike Allen & Overy’s tie-up with Shearman & Sterling, Ashurst’s merger announcement raised few eyebrows. The firm had been ...

The College of Legal Practice (CoLP) has launched a four-year-long apprenticeship that leads to qualification as a solicitor, a reduction from the six years that has previously been the ...

Travers Smith and White & Case have both advised on a partnership between data grid company AG Grid and Adelis Equity Partners, along with its portfolio company Bryntum. Advising Adelis and ...

A total of nine firms have won spots on the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA) latest legal panel, which went live this month and will run until 2027. The panel, valued at ...

Clyde & Co is taking a long-term approach to cutting its carbon footprint by signing a five-year deal with a brokerage to secure carbon removal credits from a mix of nature-based and ...

Macfarlanes has overhauled its trainee recruitment process with the launch of an immersive, AI-integrated simulation that mirrors a typical day in the life of a junior lawyer.

Cohen & Gresser has become the latest firm to weigh external investment, just weeks after McDermott Will & Schulte’s chair openly discussed his interest in PE backing. Cohen & ...

DLA Piper has hired a former partner from Clifford Chance to join the firm’s finance group, specialising in global fintech and derivatives. Paul Landless makes the move, having spent just over ...

The Government Legal Department (GLD), in conjunction with the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), has announced the final three lots of its refreshed panel, with five new firms making the list.

Ashurst’s epic search for a US merger partner ended this week when it confirmed it was tying the knot with Seattle-headquartered Perkins Coie. In theory, the deal looks like a win-win.