Taylor Wessing’s UK LLP is nearing a transformational deal with Chicago-headquartered firm Winston & Strawn, making it the latest City outfit to stake its future on a transatlantic platform.

Law firms’ AI tools will struggle to compete with the products being offered by legal tech start-ups, a major tech investor has warned. In the race to adapt for the AI age, some law firms have ...

After a turbulent year that saw its named partner abruptly leave and a string of departures, the firm that vowed its newly-qualified lawyers could become millionaires is hiring again.

Following publication of the judgment concerning Sandie Peggie’s row with trans doctor Beth Upton, it emerged yesterday that the Scottish employment tribunal’s judgment included “made up” quotes.

Knights has spent more than £10m on office refurbishments and technology upgrades during the 2025 financial year, as the firm steps up its investment game. According to the AIM-listed firm’s ...

Hogan Lovells will solely represent the owner of the Royal Mail in a £878m class action after hiring two partners from BCLP earlier this year. Lewis Silkin, for the ...

AI-powered legal services provider Scissero has acquired the managed services team of Robin AI, but the future of the rest of the latter business hangs in the balance. The deal is expected to ...

Latham & Watkins has swooped to hire four private equity partners from Freshfields in Germany, with two joining from the firm’s Munich office and another two from Frankfurt. Joining the firm ...

Dentons has struck a direct engineering partnership with OpenAI – giving both sides access to each other’s technical teams to develop and customise AI tools – making it one of the first law firms ...

Goodwin Procter has tapped Paul Hastings for a private equity trio, including the head of its London practice. Anu Balasubramanian, who became a partner at Paul Hastings in 2018 and leads the ...

The class action brought by Mark McLaren against car shipping companies has settled for a total of £93m. The competition claim, which was brought by Scott + Scott in early 2020 and funded by ...

The boss of legal AI company Legora has dismissed concerns that tech giants, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, could pose a threat should they decide to compete directly with specific legal industry ...