Deals and Transactions | News

A Year of War: Law Firms in the Middle East Persevere

By Amy Guthrie | Dario Sabaghi | Lisa Shuchman

One year after turmoil in the Middle East erupted following the Hamas attack in Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza,... Read More

Law Firm Management | Commentary

The Growing Tension—And Opportunity—in Big Law Nonequity Tiers

By Christine Simmons

Large law firms continue expanding their nonequity tiers each year, as firm management exerts tighter control over who... Read More

Law Firm Office Launches and Closures | News

Butler Snow Shutters in Singapore, Partner to Split Time Between Two Cities

By Jessica Seah

Earlier in the year, a group of three former Butler Snow lawyers defected to British private client rival Charles Russell... Read More

Law Firm Management | News

Simmons & Simmons Shanghai Office Lawyers Move to Shanghai Alliance Firm YaoWang

By Jessica Seah

Established in 2022 by former Simmons & Simmons partner May Lu, YaoWang has also recently added 14-year Simmons partner... Read More

Antitrust | Q&A

TikTok Antitrust Counsel Amaryllis Mu ller on Navigating EU Rules, Admiring Vestager and Bodybuilding

By Linda A. Thompson

The Belgian-Swiss, Harvard-educated lawyer joined TikTok from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Brussels office last... Read More

Corporate Governance | Expert Opinion

Awash With Social Concerns: Why and Where the Law is Changing

By Leonie Timmers and Rebecca Chin, Herbert Smith Freehills

Regulatory pressure on greenwashing is why a similar trend is emerging for social washing. Read More

Deals and Transactions | News

'London and Brussels Have Quickly Become Accretive for the Firm': Paul Weiss Enters Top 10 UK M&A Advisers

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | Paul Hodkinson

"It shows that if you hire the top talent... then the London legal market is a fantastic investment for law firms,"... Read More

Deals and Transactions | News

Bredin Prat, Darrois Steer LVMH's Acquisition of Weekly Photo Magazine Paris Match

By Rick Mitchell

The sale sees the magazine pass from a group controlled by billionaire Vincent Bolloré to the luxury group controlled... Read More