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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 thought you might like to listen back to our episode from last year when news of the deal broke.
The 1st May target date for the merger to go live is not locked in – the two firms are still dotting I’s and crossing T’s. If it goes ahead then though, it will be the first of the three transatlantic tie-ups agreed late last year to complete.
On the episode recorded back in December, the team discusses the firms’ strategies, what it means for Germany and the rest of Europe, and whether it actually makes sense...
Hosts Catrin Griffiths and Christian Smith are joined by deputy insight editor Nikhil Raj Aggarwal and international editor Charlie Johnstone, along with special guest Aled Griffiths, the founder of German legal magazine Juve.

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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 its latest financial results were released earlier this month, becoming the first firm to surpass $10bn with PEP at $11m.
But it was actually less than a decade ago, in 2017, when the firm first topped the global revenue charts.
So how did Kirkland get here, what makes it so successful, and is its place at the top of the tree actually secure?
Tune in to the new episode of The Lawyer Podcast to find out!

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Private equity investment in law firms is kicking off in England. But in Scotland, lawyers are at risk of falling behind as regulations restrict Scottish firms from doing the same – and that’s left lawyers there frustrated.
So on this episode of the podcast, the team is joined from Glasgow by Horizon editor Margaret Taylor and deputy editor (UK) Richard Simmons, as we unpack the challenges facing private equity investment in Scotland, dive into the dramatic changes in Scottish firms' leadership in recent years, and ask what the future has in store for the market.

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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 collate the firms’ strategies and models. Those in the Silver Circle have arguably changed over the years, with the likes of Macfarlanes and Travers Smith remaining constant.
But after two decades and enormous changes in the legal market, does the term still hold true, and who is actually in the Silver Circle now?
Tune in to the new episode of The Lawyer Podcast as we discuss what the future holds for the Silver Circle.

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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 York firm resigned from his leadership role last week over revelations in the latest batch of the Epstein files.
His exit makes him one of the first Americans to resign over the revelations.
So on this episode of The Lawyer Podcast, we take a look at why he quit, and what next for Paul Weiss under new chair, Scott Barshay.