John is editor of The Global Legal Post and has recently overseen the launch of the inaugural Women and Diversity in Law Awards. He is an experienced editor and publisher with a deep knowledge of the legal market. Previously, he was international segment leader at ALM Media where he oversaw Legal Week, China Law and Practice and Law.com’s international coverage. He was a member of the team that founded Legal Week in 1999, going on to hold a variety of senior roles, including editor, editor-in-chief and publishing director.

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Eversheds Sutherland’s international arm makes up 23 partners

UK network dominates in latest promotion round – a significantly reduced cohort compared to 2024

14 Apr 2025

Weil adds private equity secondaries partner from Ropes & Gray in London

Simon Saitowitz, noted for developing liquidity techniques for asset managers, is third partner to join office this year

11 Apr 2025

Patrick Allen to retire after 48 years leading London’s Hodge Jones & Allen

Top personal injury lawyer is known for taking on high-profile multiparty actions

11 Apr 2025

Brown Rudnick opens in Los Angeles with four-partner team hire

Entertainment, disputes and corporate lawyers join from local firm to found seventh US office

7 Apr 2025

Ashurst chair Davies elected to serve a second term

Highly rated M&A partner pledges to continue helping to ‘drive the firm forward’

21 Mar 2025

HSF to pay £465k fine for Russian arm's sanctions breach ahead of closure

Anglo-Australian giant 'disappointed' by fine levied for ‘human error’ payments to sanctioned entities

20 Mar 2025

Associates circulate open letter urging law firms to speak out against Perkins Coie executive order

Letter says it is not too late for bosses to take a stand against Trump administration’s attack on ‘rule-of-law norms’

14 Mar 2025

Trump orders review of top law firms’ diversity policies

Clampdown outlined in executive order targeting Perkins Coie over work for Democrats

7 Mar 2025

Law Society urges UK government to scrap plans to axe funding for solicitor apprenticeships

Concerns mount over impact of apprenticeship reforms on social mobility within the legal profession

20 Feb 2025

White & Case’s revenue climbs by 12.5% to break through the $3bn mark

London office revenue jumps by 25% and overall PEP increases 27% to $4m as firm points to strength of global network

6 Feb 2025

Freshfields’ revenue surged to £2.1bn in 2024 buoyed by strong US growth

Details of Magic Circle UK firm’s 2023/4 financial results have only just emerged, via its LLP accounts filing

4 Feb 2025

Rosenblatt reborn as independent firm following mass departure from stricken parent company

RBG Holdings, owner of London boutiques Rosenblatt and Memery Crystal, is poised to enter into administration

31 Jan 2025

‘It’s always good to close a deal’: Mike Francies bows out after 26 years at Weil in London

Top corporate lawyer reflects on shaping Weil’s City practice, the rise of private equity, and passing the torch to new leadership.

23 Dec 2024

Five charged over £60m collapse of Axiom Ince

Former CEO Pragnesh Modhwadia among defendants facing charges that include fraud, forgery and destruction of documents

20 Dec 2024

Campaigning woman barrister wins tribunal case over 'boys' club' tweets criticising family judge

Charlotte Proudman hails 'turning point' for women's rights and a barrister's freedom of speech

12 Dec 2024

Aspiring barristers in sexual misconduct case against high-profile KC praised by Bar Council chair for ‘great bravery’

Two years ‘too long’ for Jo Sidhu KC case to finish, says Bar leader, as he urges barristers to call out misconduct

11 Dec 2024

Milbank latest to quit Beijing as US firms’ China headcount falls 25% in two years

Paul Weiss has also called time on its Beijing arm this week as exodus of US firms continues

6 Dec 2024

Freshfields hires partners from Cooley and Goodwin in Silicon Valley

UK firm has made six West Coast partner hires this year

5 Dec 2024

Mastercard agrees settlement in landmark interchange fee collective action

Agreement set to be challenged by litigation funder is subject to approval by Competition Appeal Tribunal

4 Dec 2024

Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin unveil transatlantic merger

Deal, subject to partner approval, will create firm with $2bn-plus revenue

11 Nov 2024