The Lawyer Podcast

Jan 30 2025 56 ep. 26 mins 11
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Hosted by editor Catrin Griffiths and litigation editor Christian Smith, every second Thursday The Lawyer Podcast brings you our take on the top stories, trends and views moving the legal market.

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We need to talk about Latham

Jan 30 2025 31 mins  
Send us a textLosing more than a dozen partners in a year isn’t good for any firm, but it’s particularly bad if you are a top of the market type practice like Latham & Watkins.But after such a stumble in London and across Europe last year, which saw the firm recalibrate its partner remuneration and bonus structure to hold on to top talent, the time has come to ask: should L

When litigation gets big, who you gonna call?

Jan 16 2025 25 mins  
Send us a textThe Lawyer Podcast is back with for 2025!Every January for the past 15 years, The Lawyer has published its Top 20 Cases to look out for in the coming year. Each year’s list boasts of the skill and depth of the legal market, and the high drama of the English courts.So what makes this year different, and what can it tell us about the current state of law, business and

Christmas Special: Is someone you know a workaholic?

Dec 19 2024 30 mins  
Send us a textIt's less than a week until Christmas and across the country, fires are blazing, trees are twinkling and pigs in blankets are roasting. But in offices, lawyers still have their noses to the grindstone. For those who celebrate it, the Christmas break can be a time to put your feet up and relax. But many still need to work over the festive season, and many still find it

Five smaller firms to watch for good or for ill

Dec 05 2024 32 mins  
Send us a textEditors Catrin Griffiths, Christian Smith and Richard Simmons are back to reveal the five firms in the second hundred of the UK200 they are watching in the coming years – for good or for ill.Tune in as we discuss firms from around the country: RBG, Lawrence Stephens, Enyo Law, FBC Manby Bowdler and Simpson Millar.And please remember to like and subscribe on your fav

The HSF merger: Two firms do not a transatlantic powerhouse make

Nov 14 2024 31 mins  
Send us a textThe announcement that Herbert Smith Freehills would merge with US firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel has got chins wagging across the transatlantic market.But is this a new mega-firm in the vein of A&O Shearman, a shrewd building block for HSF to make advances in the US, or a bit of an anti-climax?What is clear is that HSF will need to prove to markets on bo

How Kirkland is shaking up the European order

Oct 31 2024 25 mins  
Send us a textIt is a moment of change for the European legal market.With firms like Kirkland and Paul Hastings making major recent moves in the EU, US firms are starting to seriously disrupt the European order.This is most visible in Germany, France and the Nordics.So on this episode of the The Lawyer Podcast, our international editor Alex Taylor joins us after a recent visit to O

UK 200 Special: What we really think of Freshfields, BCLP and Osborne Clarke

Oct 17 2024 30 mins  
Send us a textIn part two of our two-part podcast series, celebrating the 20th edition of The Lawyer's UK200, editors Catrin Griffiths, Christian Smith, Matt Byrne, Katy Dowell and Richard Simmons are back to reveal the five firms they are watching in the coming years – for good or for ill.With a list of 200 law firms, it’s not difficult to find some which pique our interest…

UK 200 Special: UK law firms fight back

Oct 03 2024 28 mins  
Send us a textIf this year's UK200 is anything to go by, the majority of UK law firms are in robust health. Indeed, they are finally fighting back against the growth of US competitors.So why are so many upending their partnership models?In part one of our two part podcast series celebrating the 20th edition of The Lawyer's UK200, editors Catrin Griffiths, Christian Smith, Matt Byrn

Is the A&O Shearman honeymoon over?

Sep 19 2024 30 mins  
Send us a textLast week, A&O Shearman set out post-merger plans to close its legacy Allen & Overy base in Johannesburg, reduce its partnership by 10 per cent by the end of the financial year, and sell its consultancy business Consulting by A&O Shearman.So is this a sign of things already going wrong, or is this all par for the course for big mergers?In this new episode

Why lawyers now control football

Sep 05 2024 34 mins  
Send us a textFootball law has typically been the domain of sports specialists. However, in recent years, there has been a growing number of large, elite firms and chambers entering the football market.Clifford Chance and Freshfields act for Manchester City, and Slaughter and May and Linklaters represent the Premier League. Latham and Watkins worked on the Chelsea sale, sports bout