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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April 17, 2017 | International Edition

Dentons culls partners amid budget shortfall

As many as 20 or more US-based partners have been forced out since January

By Katelyn Polantz

4 minute read

April 17, 2017 | International Edition

Asia M&A activity declines as China outbound deals dry up

League tables show drop in M&A deals during first quarter, both by deal count and volume

By Anna Zhang

4 minute read

April 12, 2017 | International Edition

'We have to work twice as hard to get half as much' - gay twins strive for equality in Big Law

Brian and Daniel Winterfeldt, partners at Mayer Brown and Reed Smith, on the challenges for LGBT lawyers

By Leigh Jones

5 minute read

April 12, 2017 | International Edition

Helping legal professionals through the maze of international data sharing

A broad range of factors is driving the need for better data sharing

By David Wallack and Adam Rubinger

5 minute read

April 12, 2017 | International Edition

Kirkland partner profits break $4m mark after year of double-digit growth

Top US firm joins elite club of firms with $4m-plus PEP as revenues rise 15%

By Roy Strom

5 minute read

April 11, 2017 | International Edition

A peculiar alchemy: sizing up the prospects for two of 2017's biggest law firm mergers

Integrating merged firms is never easy. But leaders at Norton Rose Fulbright and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer face some unusual challenges

By Hugh Simons

7 minute read

April 10, 2017 | International Edition

Independence doesn't mean going it alone: the smaller contenders holding their own against global giants

The continued globalisation of the legal industry has made the independent firm an increasingly rare breed

By Chris Johnson

3 minute read

April 10, 2017 | International Edition

HSF Asia disputes chief relocates from Japan to lead new Malaysia base

Peter Godwin moves from Tokyo to Kuala Lumpur as firm recruits trio of lawyers for launch

By Anna Zhang

3 minute read

April 06, 2017 | International Edition

Rethinking China: cuts, closures and strategy shifts underline challenges for US entrants

Why are so many US law reassessing their strategies in Hong Kong and China?

By Anna Zhang

7 minute read

April 05, 2017 | International Edition

Chadbourne to vote on expelling partner who brought $100m gender bias suit against firm

Female partner's lawyer hits back at "discriminatory and overtly retaliatory act" which "will not disappear with the firm's upcoming merger" with Norton Rose Fulbright

By Brian Baxter

3 minute read


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