Long and unpredictable hours can make transactional work hard to reconcile with mental health considerations. LB spoke to City partners about why the industry still needs to change. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/analysis/stres… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #ESG #stress

As ESG becomes a business fundamental, our annual ESG Report looks at how the top firms are responding. Sponsored by Arthur Cox LLP. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/analysis/the-e… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #esg

As UK financial reporting season kicks off, Osborne Clarke has posted a robust 19% revenue boost, passing the firm’s target of €500m to reach €525m. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/osborne-… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #financials

On the eve of the general election, LB spoke to City partners to gauge the temperature of the UK legal industry, find out what they think will change, what won’t, and what to watch out for. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/politica… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #generalelection

A&O Shearman banking heavyweight Philip Bowden, the former co-head of legacy A&O’s global banking practice, has left the newly merged firm to join Proskauer Rose LLP as part of a four-partner raid by the US firm. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/ex-ao-ba… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers

Amid a tsunami of regulation and snowballing client demand, law firms are assembling ESG practices to take on the world, while grappling with the challenges of getting their own houses in order. LB reports Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/analysis/beyon… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #esg

As more and more members of Gen Z enter the legal profession, LB finds out what today’s more idealistic lawyers want from their careers and how they’re changing the profession. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/analysis/emplo… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #esg #GenZ

Legacy Allen & Overy saw revenue nudge up 3.4% in the last financial year before its transatlantic merger, against a surge in profits that took average PEP to £2.2m. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/legacy-a… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #financials

‘Business became more or less as usual – not considering regular missile attacks of course. As long as we’re alive we adapt.’ How Ukraine’s law firms are managing through the ongoing crisis. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/analysis/worki… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #ukraine

A clutch of major law firms have continued the trend for strong 2023-24 results, with Brodies LLP, Shoosmiths, Clyde & Co and Watson Farley & Williams among the latest to reveal healthy financial figures. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/brodies-… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #financials

Ashurst global #PrivateEquity co-head exits to O’Melveny as Hogan Lovells hires from K&L Gates and Weil, and Kirkland & Ellis picks up a CC tech partner. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/draft-re… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #strategicrecruitment

In our MENA focus, LB speaks to local players and international firms about the market across the region, including Saudi Arabia and UAE. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/countries/mena… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #MENA

Building on last year’s record performance, HSFlegal has achieved its 11th consecutive year of annual revenue growth in its latest financial results. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/hsf-fina… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #financials

Simmons & Simmons and Bird & Bird have both posted revenue growth of 10%, as major UK firms continue to report healthy results for the last financial year. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/birds-an… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #financials

LB's Tom Cox reports as Slaughter and May and Latham & Watkins LLP lead on Hammerson's sale of its £1.5bn stake in Bicester Village owner, Value Retail. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/dealwatc… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #deals

Leading the high-profile moves this week, Paul Weiss hired Akin restructuring partner Liz Osborne in London for its much-anticipated European practice launch. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/revolvin… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #strategicrecruitment

Turning the page on last year’s disappointing financial performance, Travers Smith has announced record-breaking results for 2023-24. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/travers-… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #financials

Book now for the Legal Business Awards 2024. The 27th annual Legal Business Awards celebrates the very best in the legal profession and is the most prestigious event in the legal calendar. Book at: lnkd.in/ddzbfBH #LBAwards2024 #legalbusiness #law #lawyers

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif made headlines when her Olympic bout against Italy’s Angela Carini ended after just 46 seconds, prompting a heated public debate about gender and eligibility in women’s boxing. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/blogs/there-ar… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers

Leia Braunton talks to senior employment lawyers about what to expect – and what to be prepared for – under the new Labour Government. Read more at: legalbusiness.co.uk/analysis/labou… #legalbusiness #law #lawyers #government