Redundancies: Pinsent Masons to lose 13 fee-earners in employment reshuffle

Pinsent Masons is to cut 13 fee-earners from its employment practice in a third round of redundancies since the firm’s merger with McGrigors last May. The firm was keen to emphasise that this latest round of cuts was unrelated to the 62 support roles lost last year but instead come as a result of department …

Consolidation update: Thomas Eggar secures takeover of City boutique Pritchard Englefield

South East stalwart Thomas Eggar is to absorb City boutique Pritchard Englefield as the run of consolidation within the UK top 100 continues. The merger, which will go live on 1 May and roughly doubles the size of Thomas Eggar’s City arm, will see the 58-partner firm increase its revenue from £36m to £42m. The …

CMS to reduce scope of Integreon outsourcing agreement

CMS Cameron McKenna is to scale back its staff outsourcing agreement with Integreon just three years into its ten-year contract. The news comes four days after Osborne Clarke confirmed it will dramatically reduce its own use of the outsourcing provider. Duncan Weston, CMS managing partner, today (28 March) confirmed that the firm is considering turning …