Matt Byrne

Maybe it’s just us, and our obsession with the UK 200 metrics, which come most into focus around this time of year? Or maybe the legal market really has never been more competitive? Certainly…

Black box compensation systems are now a ‘thing’. Well, to be honest they’ve been a bit of a thing for decades, with firms such as Jones Day famously opting to not divulge what partners get paid…

Has Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) turned a corner? Its new partners presumably think so. Certainly, for the six Londoners and 18 other senior lawyers around its international network who were…

As the calendar year-end approaches, so does the financial year for many of the world’s major law firms, including most of those headquartered in the US. All will be pushing hard to get bills…

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London has leapt up the roster of investment priorities for US firms over the past year, with the City now second only to New York in terms of likely lateral hires, promotions and other growth…

The co-chair of Latham & Watkins’ London finance department is joining Sidley Austin, becoming the latest in a lengthening line of lawyers to move firms. Tania Bedi, who previously spent seven years…

With Christmas fast approaching, it’s time for one of the more recent traditions to rear its head. For The Lawyer is about to brighten your hectic December day with a taster of the coming 12 months.

Less than a year after US firm Armstrong Teasdale exited the City, another outfit is understood to have closed its doors after partner departures to CMS. US firm Shook Hardy & Bacon is understood to…

Latham & Watkins is beginning 2025 with high hopes that its new equity partner compensation system will help it compete for the market’s top talent. The firm shook up its remuneration system last year…