Robin AI has been hit with a winding-up petition by HMRC, The Lawyer can reveal, as the troubled legal tech firm hunts for a rescue buyer.

Eversheds Sutherland has expanded its Paris office with the addition of a seven-lawyer employment and labour team from Bird & Bird. The group is led by former Bird & Bird Paris managing ...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is being advised by US firm Jenner & Block, after a claim was filed against the regulator by libel specialists Carter-Ruck last week. Last ...

Nordic private equity firm EQT announced it is about to put $250bn to work in the US over the next five years. That firepower is fuelled by the capital raised across its flagship private equity ...

The private equity-backed Fletchers has entered the family law market for the first time through a merger with an £11m firm. It has acquired St Albans-headquartered Rayden ...

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is in early-stage merger talks with Alston & Bird, as the New York firm continues to weigh up its strategy. The talks adds fresh momentum to discussions about ...

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is in early-stage merger talks with Alston & Bird, as the New York firm continues to weigh up its strategy. The talks adds fresh momentum to discussions about ...

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is to introduce a non-equity tier to its partnership, as New York elite firms amend their compensation systems in a bid to retain talent. Junior partners at the ...

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has introduced role-play activities to tackle lawyers’ resistance to new technology. The initiative, led by chief innovation officer and partner Sam ...

Attorney General Lord Hermer KC has appointed six silks to a new panel known as the Attorney General’s Senior Treasury Counsel Group. The six KCs will support the Treasury Devil, Blackstone ...

Fast-growing personal injury (PI) firm Express Solicitors has become the latest UK top 100 firm to receive private equity backing. The Manchester-based firm said on Tuesday morning that it had ...

Historic England, the public body that protects the country’s listed buildings, monuments and parks, has appointed three firms to its legal panel. The three firms to have won Historic England’s ...