Ben Wheway

Ben Wheway

Ben joined Legal Week from the Press Association in 2005 and has since held a number of roles including news editor, online managing editor, production editor and bassist in Legal Week's in-house covers band The Scoops.

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January 05, 2018 | International Edition

The bottom line: RPC's Simon Laird discusses the changing nature of insurance law - advertising feature

The combination of fewer insurance companies and a tighter control on costs means the pressure is on law firms to get to the heart of what their clients want

By RPC

5 minute read

January 05, 2018 | International Edition

US intellectual property specialist becomes first international law firm to open office in Shenzhen

Chinese tech hub welcomes first international entrant

By Anna Zhang

2 minute read

January 04, 2018 | International Edition

Why more failing law firms are choosing a death of dissolution rather than insolvency

As Clydes takes an 80-strong team from now-defunct US law firm Sedgwick, more failing firms are breaking up to avoid a costly bankruptcy

By Scott Flaherty

6 minute read

January 03, 2018 | International Edition

Former Paul Weiss partner among legal heavy hitters behind sexual harassment defence fund

Legal defence fund raises more than $13m from over 200 donors including Jennifer Aniston and Meryl Streep

By Meghan Tribe

4 minute read

January 02, 2018 | International Edition

The Big Law escape kit: the consultancy helping partners break away to launch boutiques

From Signature Litigation to Three Crowns, Kindleworth has developed a speciality in helping partners leave large firms to open high-end boutiques

By Chris Johnson

3 minute read

December 30, 2017 | International Edition

Slaughters corporate partner awarded OBE in New Year's Honours

New Gibson Dunn London partner receives MBE ahead of arrival from Serious Fraud Office

By Ben Wheway

3 minute read

December 21, 2017 | International Edition

Latham, Freshfields and Stephenson Harwood lawyers take silk in 119-strong QC round

QC selection panel chair voices concern over number of female applicants with women making up 27% of new silks

By Alex Berry

6 minute read

December 21, 2017 | International Edition

From the KWM collapse to the DLA hack - the most-read stories of 2017 on legalweek.com

A look back at our most popular articles over the past 12 months

By Georgina Stanley and Ben Wheway

11 minute read

December 20, 2017 | International Edition

Top 20 Legal IT Innovations 2017: From avoiding parking fines to automating legal services

Tech entrepreneur Josh Browder on 'automating the automation' in legal services

By Dominic Carman

4 minute read

December 20, 2017 | International Edition

Goldman Sachs recruits Sullivan & Cromwell partner as new co-GC

Sullivan litigator joins banking giant as co-general counsel and partner

By Miriam Rozen

2 minute read


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