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Taylor Wessing said Friday that it is in talks to merge with Winston & Strawn LLP, as law firms in England continue to seek growth in the big American legal market.

Quinn Emanuel Founder 'Open' To Private Equity Investment

Quinn Emanuel's executive chair is "open" to bringing outside investors into the commercial disputes powerhouse he co-founded, he told Law360 in an exclusive interview.

Macfarlanes LLP said Friday that it has introduced a new assessment for prospective trainees in London to reflect realistic tasks like the use of generative artificial intelligence, and to capture a more diverse socioeconomic group of aspiring lawyers.

The U.K.'s Ashurst LLP and U.S.-based Perkins Coie LLP said Monday that they have agreed to merge to form a new firm with combined revenue of $2.7 billion, the latest in a string of transatlantic law firm tie-ups.

Just over 100 days after its merger, the London chief of McDermott Will & Schulte LLP already sees the benefits of the combination of hiring senior lawyers and getting new business as the firm prepares to move its offices from the City to Mayfair to be closer its private equity clientele.

Regional law firm HCR Legal LLP said Friday it has acquired U.K. law business Wright Hassall through a pre-pack administration, underscoring growing consolidation in the legal sector.

Swedish legal AI platform Legora said Friday it is developing a document portal that lets lawyers and clients work together in a secure workspace that avoids "inefficient" email chains with a roll-out date expected in early 2026.

The government has not set a deadline for reversing a controversial ruling that has disrupted the litigation-funding sector, but has indicated it could go further as it praised the industry's "critical role" in supporting the U.K.'s status as a global hub for commercial litigation and arbitration.

The government has not set a deadline for reversing a controversial ruling that has disrupted the litigation-funding sector, but has indicated it could go further as it praised the industry's "critical role" in supporting the U.K.'s status as a global hub for commercial litigation and arbitration.