‘Quite a year’: Shepherd and Wedderburn posts 23% quarterly revenue bump after Tods acquisition Kathryn McCann Scottish LB100 firm Shepherd and Wedderburn has revealed a 23% increase in revenue to the third quarter (Q3) of this…
Listing in London: WLG and Travers advise as Gabelli Value Plus raises £100m in IPO Kathryn McCann Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (WLG) has advised new investment trust Gabelli Value Plus on its £100m initial public offering (IPO)…
Expanding overseas: Eversheds grows South African offering with new alliance Kathryn McCann Eversheds has further extended its presence in South Africa, establishing a new formal alliance with Cape Town firm Walkers, which…
The A-Teams – In Pursuit of Excellence Kathryn McCann The 2015 Legal Business GC Power List puts the strength and depth of top in-house legal teams under the spotlight.…
Revolving Doors: Management hires for K&L Gates and Eversheds plus a high-profile GC appointment Kathryn McCann Last week’s laterals saw a focus on hiring management with K&L Gates bringing in a new finance head in Sydney,…
Dealwatch: Linklaters, HSF and Travers Smith win key roles as Man Group acquisition targets Japan Kathryn McCann Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) won its first M&A mandate for Man Group, as the hedge fund acquired the investment management…
In-house: Reckitt Benckiser group GC Mordan looks to review and formalise panel Kathryn McCann Reckitt Benckiser (RB) is making plans to carry out a UK panel review, with Bill Mordan, senior vice president and…
Lawyers on tap: Addleshaw Goddard to establish flexible resourcing capability Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard (AG) is looking to establish a flexible resourcing capability by creating a pool of qualified lawyers and paralegals…
Reckitt Benckiser group GC Mordan looks to review and formalise panel Kathryn McCann Reckitt Benckiser (RB) is making plans to carry out a UK panel review, with Bill Mordan, senior vice president and…
Addleshaw Goddard to establish flexible resourcing capability after strategy revamp Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard (AG) is looking to establish a flexible resourcing capability by creating a pool of qualified lawyers and paralegals…
More outward-facing but does new leadership have a message for Pinsents? Kathryn McCann Pinsents has delivered operational competence at the expense of flair and visibility. Kathryn McCann asks if a more outward-facing leadership…
Birmingham’s £307m NEC sale puts the limelight on Eversheds, WLG and Gateley Kathryn McCann Lloyds’ private equity arm acquires landmark event venue Birmingham City Council brought in the New Year with one of its…
Succession planning: RBS and Barclays lose their GCs Kathryn McCann Last month saw both Barclays and The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) put succession planning into place as global general…
Client profile: Neil Harnby, Royal Mail Group Kathryn McCann The postal service provider’s GC on unique legal work for an iconic British institution As general counsel (GC) of Royal…
Q&A: A year on – Shell’s legal director Donny Ching on handling oil industry pressures and a 1000-strong team Kathryn McCann Donny Ching (pictured) replaced Peter Rees as Royal Dutch Shell’s legal director in February 2014. After almost a year in the…
Taking Manhattan: Freshfields continues New York expansion with Kirkland & Ellis hire Kathryn McCann Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bolstered its US offering again, this time enhancing its employment capability with the…
Targeting Manchester: Nabarro bolsters office with Pinsents and Eversheds hires Kathryn McCann Nabarro has bolstered its recently opened Manchester office with the hire of corporate partner Howard Gill and real estate partner…
Unanimous approval: Blatherwick gets another three-year term at Browne Jacobson Kathryn McCann Browne Jacobson has opted to stick with current managing partner Iain Blatherwick with the firm’s 96-strong partnership unanimously re-electing him…
‘Looking for new challenges’: KPMG’s GC to depart after 18 years in the role Kathryn McCann Vanessa Sharp, KPMG‘s general counsel (GC), is to retire from the partnership after 18 years in the role. The process…
Financials 2013/14: Wragges last accounts show rise in profit as number of staff falls Kathryn McCann Wragge & Co’s last limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts before it merged with Lawrence Graham show that profit before remuneration…
