Tougher economic conditions prompt companies to cut spending in firm’s key markets
Crypto exchange founder says its former lawyers’ ‘work for the prosecution’ denied him a fair trial
Awards highlights include: generative AI, social mobility in law firms, dealmaking, sustainability and the most innovative law firms and individuals
Big Four firm pays $62mn fine and fires 11 staff over audit of collapsed developer
How generative AI is working out in the legal sector. Plus: 50 innovative law firms ranked; top legal practitioners and intrapreneurs; reviving London as a financial centre; social mobility in firms; and climate litigation harnesses human rights law
FT Innovative Lawyers awards celebrate the individuals who lead in making change happen
Lawyers who stretch their skills to address changes under way in the practice of law
Tax and immigration adviser Vialto in talks with creditors two years after sale to private equity
Featuring the most innovative services that lawyers have developed for clients
New tech tools are enabling law firms to take on bigger projects and increase their impact
Law firms are changing how they manage their people and are reinventing their services and delivery models
Examples of best practice among company legal teams in Europe
Generative AI is just one among many pressures — from new client strategies to incursions by rivals
Copyright law was key to disputing fraudster’s claim to be cryptocurrency’s founder Satoshi Nakamoto
Work to overhaul the country’s legal system is increasing transparency as part of a bid to join the bloc
Law firms have been central to the biggest revamp of Britain’s capital markets in decades
A $500mn blue loan is still in place despite upheaval, thanks to robust monitoring and a tight legal framework
Company lawyers featured below say the tech makes their work faster, cheaper and less reliant on outside help
Automated systems are driving new business for lawyers
Early adopters are drawing valuable practical lessons from using the new tech
Modern apprenticeships offer students an alternative route to qualification
The company lawyers featured below are helping their businesses adapt to a wide range of challenges
Leadership switch comes as accounting firm faces punishment over audit of failed developer Evergrande
Larger firms will have to set up an oversight board with at least one independent outsider
Accounting regulator flags risk of online recruitment tests being susceptible to cheating
