It’s been a bumpy road into the Global Top 50 but with a high stakes merger with Australia’s Blake Dawson going live last year, Ashurst has called in bluechip consultants Bain & Company to polish its strategy.
Having already announced a double partner promotion in Hong Kong at the start of the year Slaughter and May today (23 July) announced that Hong Kong corporate associate Charlton Tse has been made up to partner, marking the tenth promotion of 2014 and the highest number since 2000.
Global property giant Lend Lease has promoted senior legal counsel Mark Packer as its general counsel (GC) for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions after the multinational’s longstanding EMEA legal chief Patrick Gloyens stepped down from the role.
Having geared up for its first managing partner elections in 15 years, the partnership at top 30 LB 100 firm Nabarro has voted to re-appoint Andrew Inkester in the leadership role after an uncontested election.
UK top-50 firm Trowers & Hamlins has unveiled mixed financials for the 2013/14 financial year, with net profits up almost 15% from £15.8m to £18.1m, while global revenue was down by 1.4% to £77.2m from £78.3m last year.
LB 100 firms Shoosmiths and Sacker & Partners have unveiled their financial results for the 2013/14 year, with top 50 firm Shoosmiths recording a near 7% increase in revenue to £93m, while at City firm Sackers turnover is down by 2% to £23.8m.
With leading international firms including most of the Magic Circle nailing their gender diversity targets to the wall, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s London co-managing partner Sue Prevezer QC and New York-based name partner Kathleen Sullivan spoke to Legal Business about women in law, the US litigation firm’s handle on diversity and its style of doing …
The latest US general counsel (GC) compensation rankings have seen General Electric’s (GE’s) top lawyer Brackett Denniston hold on to first place despite a significantly reduced salary of $5.8m compared to 2012, as new entrants to the latest top 10 include Blackstone Group’s John Finley and Coca Cola’s John Parker.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s London managing partner Julian Long has advised Liberty Global on the US media group’s £481m purchase of BSkyB’s 6.4% stake in UK broadcaster ITV, with Herbert Smith Freehills acting for BSkyB.
RPC has this morning (21 July) posted mixed financial results for 2013/14, with revenue up 3% to £84.1m – representing growth of 40% since 2011 – but partner profits down by 6% to £26m. Profit per equity partner (PEP) came in at £338,000 for the period, a 9% drop on last year’s figure of £372,000.
