A team of first-year undergraduates from the University of Manchester have won Norton Rose Fulbright and McLaren Mercedes’ ‘great partnership challenge’, which gives contestants a chance to win a week’s work experience at Norton Rose Fulbright and a trip to the McLaren Technology Centre.

Commercial firm Gordon Dadds has acquired fellow City practice Ince & Co in a deal worth £27 million, although the final agreement will see Ince’s affiliated overseas offices continue to operate under the Ince & Co brand.

Steve Lewis, an undergraduate law student at Birkbeck University, has won the inaugural Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship, which aims to address the under-representation of black men from low-income households in large commercial law firms.

The Law Society has warned that various proposals under consideration by the SRA that would change the way in which solicitors qualify could serve to damage the perception of the United Kingdom as a “global centre of legal excellence”.

Members of the Public and Commercial Services are urging the government to rethink its plans to digitalise the courts through the launch of its Common Platform. 

Exclusively UK-based firms typically offer a broad commercial training, emphasising one or two specialist areas; some will also have a private client practice, reflecting longstanding relationships with wealthy individuals and trusts. 

A recent survey of partners and senior decision-makers at legal practices nationwide has concluded that the recession has run its course for the majority of firms.

Recent research suggests that nearly half of the top 200 UK law firms have won business directly through social media engagement, though fewer than a quarter of these have so far integrated social media into their marketing strategies.

When parties from different legal jurisdictions come into conflict over commercial relationships, or two nation states disagree over issues of sovereignty, they may decide that arbitration in a neutral context is the best method of resolution.

Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has introduced a "CV blind policy" in the final recruitment stage of its trainee selection process.

In collaboration with student-led commercial awareness site LittleLaw, LawCareers.Net has announced an essay competition for law students and aspiring lawyers.

Insurance is one of the UK's most well-established and valuable industries and much of the litigation going though the courts will involve an insurer.

Competition and regulatory work involves a mixture of commercial, public and (at least for now) EU law.

Aviation lawyers provide commercial, regulatory and insurance advice and litigation services to the world's airlines, manufacturers and financiers.

LawBite, the online legal service, has launched its second round of crowdfunding; the initial funding round in May 2013 saw investors raise £240,000 in just 10 days.

Leading commercial lawyers give advice on application and interview technique.

Virtually all commercial transactions have tax implications.

Mark Deem, a commercial litigation partner specialising in technology and media at Cooley (UK) LLP, talks about the challenge of using old laws to regulate new technological advances and what motivated him to go into law.

When applying for our London opportunities, the SWOT and PEST analysis can be really helpful when thinking about how best to approach breaking down and understanding large amounts of commercial knowledge.