PEP passes $4m at Winston & Strawn in final financial results before Taylor Wessing merger Eliza Winter Winston & Strawn has posted steady growth in its final set of financial results ahead of its merger with the…
HSF Kramer leads on £1.4bn Ivy empire sale Eliza Winter Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer and Norton Rose Fulbright have taken the lead roles as Richard Caring sells a majority stake…
Gibson Dunn passes $4bn in revenue as PEP jumps 24% Eliza Winter Gibson Dunn has posted double-digit growth for 2025, with revenue rising 18% to $4.2bn, marking a near doubling of the…
Elite firms line up as Pershing Square launches €55bn bid for Universal Music Group Eliza Winter Sullivan & Cromwell, White & Case and Benelux firm Stibbe are advising Pershing Square Capital Management on its €55bn bid…
Debevoise boosts City revenues by 41% as PEP breaks $6m Eliza Winter Debevoise & Plimpton‘s London office delivered standout growth in 2025, with revenue surging 41.2% to $267.9m, well ahead the firm’s…
Revolving Doors: Simpson Thacher launches in Singapore as Ropes, Clifford Chance build in Paris Eliza Winter Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has relaunched in Singapore, relocating senior partners alongside a pair of hires from Baker McKenzie and…
‘We want to be bigger, better, everywhere’ – John Quinn on why Quinn Emanuel isn’t slowing down Eliza Winter ‘I am yet to find a person who wants a wallflower or a potted plant for a litigator,’ says John…
Spread of transatlantic firms in the mix on Unilever’s $45bn food business sale Eliza Winter Clifford Chance and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are advising Unilever as it agrees to combine its foods division with…
Mayer Brown rides 10% increase to break $2bn in turnover for the first time Eliza Winter Mayer Brown has posted a 10% increase to its topline, with revenue rising to $2.17bn, up from a more modest…
Quinn Emanuel posts third year of double-digit growth as revenue hits $2.8bn Eliza Winter Quinn Emanuel has posted a 12.6% increase to its topline in its third consecutive year of double-digit growth, with revenue…
Trading Places: Ropes hires Freshfields levfin co-head as top Kirkland litigator retires Eliza Winter Freshfields’ leveraged finance global co-head Allison Liff has left the firm to join Ropes & Gray in New York. Liff…
‘The US are taking over’ – will DLA’s integration shift the balance of power? Eliza Winter ‘The US are taking over.’ This is the verdict of one ex-DLA Piper partner on the news that the firm…
Passing judgement: how clients rate London’s top commercial litigation teams Eliza Winter In the London commercial litigation market, securing a role on a high-stakes dispute can keep a practice busy for many…
CMS promotes 54 to partnership as 13 UK lawyers make the grade Eliza Winter CMS has promoted 54 lawyers to its partnership this year, down slightly from 56 the previous year, with the UK…
Macfarlanes kicks off UK firm partner promotions with smallest round since 2020 Eliza Winter Macfarlanes has become the first of the major UK firms to announce its partner promotions this year, with four new…
‘Complete integration of strategy and leadership’ – DLA Piper’s leaders on why they’re ditching the verein and going global Eliza Winter ‘We’re trying to realise our untapped potential,’ says DLA Piper’s co-CEO and international managing partner Charles Severs (pictured right) as…
Meet the female founders behind some of the UK’s top legal boutiques Eliza Winter ‘The idea of having my decisions overridden or determined by a bunch of middle-aged men was so depressing that I…
King & Spalding posts near-50% London revenue hike as PEP passes $7m mark Eliza Winter King & Spalding increased its London revenues by almost 50% during 2025, as global revenue and profit per equity partner…
Traitors and Big Brother producers recruit top firms for major media merger Eliza Winter Gibson Dunn, Macfarlanes, and Kirkland & Ellis have all taken roles as Traitors producer All3Media combines with European powerhouse Banijay Entertainment…
Macfarlanes to open New York base led by former managing partner Eliza Winter Macfarlanes is set to open a representative office in New York this year, in a rare overseas push for the…
