Damned statistics: BLP and Ashurst report higher trainee retention rates from smaller intakes Jaishree Kalia Firms have kick-started the year reporting high trainee retention rates with Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Ashurst retaining the vast…
LLP latest: Penningtons and Addleshaws both see highest-paid member drawings fall during last financial year Jaishree Kalia Penningtons Manches is the latest top-100 UK firm to file its limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts for 2012/13, which in…
Dentons hires high profile energy partner Charles July and Eversheds’ banking partner Michael Wainwright Jaishree Kalia Increased optimism within the business sector at the start of 2014 is being reflected in a flurry of lateral hires…
Strategic recruitment: A&O hires employment team in Paris Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) has underlined the importance of its global employment practice with a significant hire in France, recruiting…
Corporate: Freshfields makes Paris M&A lateral hire as 2013 M&A adviser tables do little to instil confidence Jaishree Kalia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the second elite global firm to make a high-profile corporate lateral hire this week, as…
Asia-Pacific: Clydes eyes further China expansion as it hires Eversheds Asia employment head Jaishree Kalia Clyde & Co has further expanded its China operations with the hire of Eversheds’ Asia head of employment Iris Duchetsmann…
LLP latest: Trowers accounts confirm profits slide as Holman and Stephenson Harwood power on Jaishree Kalia What finer way to kick off the New Year than a stream of law firm limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts?…
Countdown to closure as 117 law firms fail to obtain PII Jaishree Kalia Over 100 law firms have less than two weeks to obtain professional indemnity insurance (PII) failing which they must close…
Leadership: Eversheds favours client management specialist Paul Smith in chairman vote Jaishree Kalia Eversheds has named litigator and former Tyco relationship partner Paul Smith as its next chairman as current incumbent John Heaps…
Quinn makes record number of promotions as US firms announce partner elections Jaishree Kalia US firms have begun to announce their partnership promotions with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan making the largest number of…
Revolving Doors: Strategic growth for A&O, Eversheds, Wiggin, Dentons, Field Fisher and Olswang Jaishree Kalia In the last major round of hires before 2013 draws to a close, Allen & Overy (A&O) has boosted its international…
Ashurst delves into Magic Circle for Linklaters DCM partner as Beddow named corporate co-head Jaishree Kalia Ashurst has tapped into the magic circle in a bid to strengthen its finance practice, hiring Linklaters debt capital markets…
After Charlie’s War – can Ashurst achieve post-merger prosperity under a new leader? Jaishree Kalia A recession-weary Ashurst has finalised a long-planned but high-stakes global merger – only to eject the leader synonymous with its…
A&O the first top-tier player to forge contract lawyer service Jaishree Kalia Freelance lawyers to cover fixed-term needs. For all the talk of innovation in the profession, experimentation with new models has…
Ashurst faces senior departures after key merger goes live Jaishree Kalia It’s not been the ideal launch after the final phase of its high-stakes global merger. Within days of the union…
US bonus season: Cravath kicks off by holding bonuses at 2012 levels Jaishree Kalia The US bonus season has kick-started with elite New York firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore setting the tone by revealing it will…
H1 2013/14: Ashurst sees combined half year figures rise by 6% Jaishree Kalia Newly-merged Ashurst has joined the growing numbers of top 50 LB100 firms to report an increase in turnover during the first…
Ashurst’s Lloyd set to join Allen & Overy subject to partner vote Jaishree Kalia Ashurst’s high profile global head of corporate Stephen Lloyd appears set to join Allen & Overy (A&O) after resigning from the newly-merged…
H1 2013/14: BLP reveals a 6% increase in turnover Jaishree Kalia By any estimation 2012/13 was Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s) annus horribilis but the top 20 firm is showing modest signs of…
Consolidation continues as Manchester institution Pannone succumbs to Slater and Gordon’s advances Jaishree Kalia After months of speculation, Slater and Gordon has finally announced the acquisition of the consumer services and personal injury (PI)…
