Firms including HFW, Fieldfisher, Osborne Clarke, Stephenson Harwood LLP and Kennedys are among the first to report their financials for 2023/24, and all of them posted double-digit revenue growth. How? Wasn’t 2023 a “high inflationary”, “high rates”, “impending recession” doom and gloom year? In the video, Law.com International managing editor…

Australian law firm Clayton Utz has hired a corporate partner and an associate from Baker McKenzie amid an increase in mergers and acquisitions this year. Jim Peterson is leaving the Baker McKenzie partnership to join Clayton Utz as a legal consultant in Brisbane while Lisa Houston joins as a senior…

During a June 18 runoff election, voters in Burke and Richmond counties decided retiring Augusta Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Daniel J. Craig replacement from a pair of Augusta attorneys. Now Judge-elect Charles Lyons is preparing to transition from being an adversarial litigator known for handling personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability and…

Italian law firm BonelliErede has added a partner-led, four-lawyer team from PwC TLS Avvocati e Commercialisti to its financial regulatory practice in Rome. Partner Anna Di Vilio was previously a legal director at PwC’s Italian operation for more than four years, according to her LinkedIn profile. Three associates joined Di…

An Advocate-General for the European Court of Justice recommended today that Europe’s highest court reject Germany’s prohibition on third-party ownership in law firms, potentially paving the way for private equity investors. The decision to accept or reject the Advocate-General’s opinion now rests with the European Court of Justice which could rule on…

A survey of the legal profession in Australia’s largest state shows the gender pay gap persists at all ages and includes data on lawyers identifying as LGBQ+ for the first time. More than twice as many women are joining the legal profession in Australia’s largest state compared to men, but…