Revolving Doors: SJ Berwin corporate heavyweight Harris to Hogan Lovells as Bingham and Bond Dicks make key hires Francesca Fanshawe Just weeks away from its merger with King Wood & Mallesons, SJ Berwin corporate heavyweight Ed Harris is leaving for…
Growth plans: Osborne Clarke continues lateral hiring spree Francesca Fanshawe Osborne Clarke (OC) has made its 25th lateral hire in 18 months, while managing partner Simon Beswick has revealed plans…
Revolving Doors: Strategic hires for WilmerHale, Eversheds, Irwin Mitchell and DWF Francesca Fanshawe As former co-head of Bird & Bird’s London-based international life sciences sector group and rated intellectual property (IP) litigation partner Trevor Cook joins WilmerHale’s…
Ashurst leadership contest – Mary Padbury for vice chairman Francesca Fanshawe The latest instalment of Ashurst’s senior management elections has seen Ashurst Australia’s chair Mary Padbury voted in as vice chair…
Acquisitive streak: DWF takes on a 50-strong team from Greenwoods Francesca Fanshawe DWF has continued its highly acquisitive streak with the announcement today (11 October) that it has taken on an 11-partner,…
Asia Pacific: DLA hires four-strong Jones Day team in Beijing Francesca Fanshawe DLA Piper has further bolstered its Asia Pacific offering with the hire of a four-lawyer IP team from Jones Day in…
In-house: Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May lawyers take senior roles at CMA, Shell and PwC Francesca Fanshawe Magic circle lawyers have this week filled a number of senior regulatory and in-house positions, with a Slaughter and May partner…
Redundancy watch: MMS loses 28 staff and Shakespeares launches consultation as Ashurst’s Scottish fallout continues Francesca Fanshawe Redundancy is a word that has been heard rather less over the quieter summer months but yesterday (9 September) Scottish…
Revolving doors: Linklaters boosts Asia restructuring practice while SJ Berwin makes key disputes hire Francesca Fanshawe In the second recruit to its Hong Kong office in the last couple of weeks, Linklaters has hired former Allen…
Analysis: upheaval in Scots legal market continues as Kennedys takes over Simpson & Marwick Francesca Fanshawe Insurance specialist Kennedys is the latest in line of large English firms conducting raids north of the border over the…
Healthy competition: Capsticks takes five partners from DAC Beachcroft Francesca Fanshawe It may be one of its signature practice areas but progressive insurance giant DAC Beachcroft last week (30 August) confirmed…
LB 100 – The second 50: Scattered in the wind Francesca Fanshawe The gulf between success and failure among the firms occupying the second half of the LB100 is as pronounced as…
Redundancy woes: Bond Dickinson and Watson Farley are latest major law firms to review support staff roles Francesca Fanshawe Redundancy consultations continue to dog the City’s top 100 firms as Bond Dickinson and Watson, Farley & Williams last month…
Hong Kong drive: Addleshaws makes foray into local law two months after HK launch Francesca Fanshawe Addleshaw Goddard’s objective to offer capability across the major disputes and arbitration centres has been given a boost by its launch…
Financial results 2013: steady as she goes for Burges Salmon Francesca Fanshawe It’s been another year of solid organic growth for stalwart Burges Salmon, with revenue, profit and profit per lawyer (PPL)…
Moving slowly forwards – Eversheds seals another Tyco-style deal Francesca Fanshawe While single service retainers appear unlikely to become a broad fixture of the legal market, Eversheds continues to push on…
In-house Round-up: Swiss Re GC to DAC, Co-op’s Gulliford to Pannone, FACT appoints first GC and Auction.com takes on senior legal team Francesca Fanshawe If it had seemed that the flow of UK hires between private practice and in-house was very much one-sided in…
European expansion – Osborne Clarke continues international drive with Paris launch Francesca Fanshawe At the start of 2012 Osborne Clarke (OC) had little in the way of a direct international presence but the…
Financial results 2013: Dundas & Wilson fails to halt the slide as profits fall 21% Francesca Fanshawe It was once Scotland’s most revered firm but Dundas & Wilson continues to experience misery heaped upon misery, rounding off…
If you can’t beat ’em… Cripps Harries merges with Vertex as Geldards acquires TPP Law Francesca Fanshawe Good strategy is rarely dictated by old wives’ tales but the adage ‘if you can’t beat them join them’ certainly…
