The Lawyer Podcast

Emergency podcast: Weil's shock collapse

Send us Fan Mail Lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond were left shocked after news emerged on Wednesday that one of the most prestigious and profitable law f

Freshfields’ leaked AI plans: Genius? Greed? Or both?

Send us Fan Mail Freshfields created a storm last week when leaked emails revealed it was considering spinning off its AI venture potentially “worth billions”. Accordin

Manchester City: The lawyers' feeding frenzy has only just begun

Send us Fan Mail The Manchester City judgment is an enormous moment for both law and football. 114/115 charges were proven against the club in a case with ramifications

Where will Weil’s wobbles end?

Send us Fan Mail Losing big teams of senior lawyers has been something of a trend in 2026. New York firm Weil Gotshal & Manges is the latest to suffer a series of top t

Why Wachtell, football and private equity dominated the summer

Send us Fan Mail The Lawyer Podcast is back from the summer break on its new Monday publication date. 2026 was a summer to remember, and not just because of Britain&apo

It’s not just Cravath under threat in New York

Send us Fan Mail New York’s legal market is changing. For those long established firms, pressure is coming from multiple directions. The city is now home to more than j

Is AI about to get too expensive for lawyers?

Send us Fan Mail Just as the world of law was getting carried away with the excitement of AI, legal tech firm Legora has brought us all thudding back down to earth. Leg

AI and lawyer job cuts: the annoying truth

Send us Fan Mail It is an uncertain time for those wanting a career in the law. Doom-mongers would have you think that AI is about to lead to a mass cull in junior lawy

It's raining men at A&O Shearman (and BigLaw)

Send us Fan Mail In 2015, The Lawyer wrote: “eight candidates for two top roles at Allen & Overy, and not one woman. For a law firm committed to that 30 per cent target,

Legal AI: Have Harvey and Legora peaked?

Send us Fan Mail We’ve all been seeing a lot more of Jude Law lately. Legal AI firm Legora’s effort to cement itself in our consciousness with expensive ads featuring t

Fess up about Germany, Freshfields

Send us Fan Mail Ever since its big German mergers in 2000, the firm has been one of the major international players in Europe and is now the second largest law firm in

REPLAY: Taylor Wessing and Winston & Strawn's transatlantic tie-up

Send us Fan Mail The Lawyer Podcast is on holiday this week, but with Taylor Wessing and Winston and Strawn aiming to complete their merger in three weeks’ time, we thou

Kirkland's partners make $11m a year – but can it last?

Send us Fan Mail In hindsight, Kirkland & Ellis’s rise to the top of BigLaw may now seem as predictable as death and taxes. There was even a sense of inevitability when

Scottish lawyers are raging about private equity

Send us Fan Mail Private equity investment in law firms is kicking off in England. But in Scotland, lawyers are at risk of falling behind as regulations restrict Scottis

Slaughter and May is a Silver Circle firm

Send us Fan Mail The Silver Circle was a concept coined by The Lawyer more than 20 years ago. Rather than describing a set of “magic circle wannabes”, its purpose was to

Brad Karp, the Epstein files, and the future of Paul Weiss

Send us Fan Mail Brad Karp became a household name - for Big Law at least - during his 17 year tenure at the helm of Paul Weiss. But the long serving chair of the New Y

Why Greenland could redraw the law firm map

Send us Fan Mail The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos usually revolves around talk of business, finance and investment. Indeed, law firms Baker McKenz

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader: mega deal or damp squib?

Send us Fan Mail The Lawyer Podcast is back for 2026 and it is picking up where we left off: with  transatlantic mergers. Just before Christmas, Hogan Lovells and Cadwa

BONUS episode: Taylor Wessing’s big US gamble

Send us Fan Mail As if 2025 needed just another little dollop of big legal news, Taylor Wessing and Winston & Strawn are set to become the fourth major transatlantic mer

Why 2025 marked a turning point for the business of law

Send us Fan Mail As 2025 draws to a close, it feels like 2025 has been an inflection point for the legal sector. While firm financials largely look good, fundamental ch