Dice falls in Linklaters’ favour as partner profits shoot up 10% and £100m added to top line Marco Cillario Linklaters has posted the strongest financial performance of its peer group with a 7% revenue uptick to £1.63bn and double-digit profit…
Macfarlanes’ revenue continues to defy gravity but PEP holds steady Marco Cillario City stalwart Macfarlanes has posted a mixed bag of financial results as the ninth consecutive year of revenue growth failed to…
Revenue continues to fly at Bird & Bird as PEP growth lags behind Marco Cillario Global traveller Bird & Bird has recorded its 28th consecutive year of revenue growth, hiking its top line 7% to…
NRF hires the mind behind Barclays radical panel shake-up to launch legal ops consulting arm Marco Cillario Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is making an ‘offensive move’ against the Big Four on legal operations consulting with the hire of…
CC reveals first Magic Circle 2018/19 results as PEP grows just 1% and revenue nears £1.7bn Marco Cillario Clifford Chance (CC)’s managing partner Matthew Layton spoke of ‘times of investment’ and pointed to his firm’s four-year performance after…
Bakers makes up seven in London in bumper promotion round Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie has promoted 81 lawyers to partners, continuing a trend which saw several law firms increase their intake this…
Former Ashurst managing partner Collis quits for Squire Patton Boggs Marco Cillario Ashurst lifer and former managing partner James Collis has quit the firm to join the London arm of Squire Patton…
Bakers scraps 46 City business services staff roles, more at risk Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie is the latest firm to scale down its London business support staff in favour of low-cost centres, scrapping…
Latham confirms death of Spain managing partner Juan Picón Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins’ Spain managing partner and former DLA Piper senior partner Juan Picón, one of his home country’s top…
CMS grows UK revenue 5% in second year post-merger but keeps profits under wraps Marco Cillario Revenue at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang hit £545.8m in 2018/19, 5% up on the previous year in what managing partner…
Associate pay war, anyone? Freshfields sets new Magic Circle standard by raising NQ pay to £100k Marco Cillario Marco Cillario assesses the City-wide implications of Freshfields’ decision to dramatically hike associate salaries A decade after leading the way…
‘Independent thinker’ Greenberg Traurig picks Milan as latest step of unusual European footprint Marco Cillario Greenberg Traurig’s executive chair Richard Rosenbaum has pointed to his firm’s track record for independent thinking as it enters Italy…
Addleshaws enters continental Europe through BCLP Hamburg hires Marco Cillario Despite having launched five international offices in Asia and the Middle East since 2012, top-20 UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard…
The Euro Elite: France – La vie en rose Marco Cillario Any conversation with a French lawyer these days turns at some point to the volatility of the market and the…
CC follows Freshfields with £100k package for junior lawyers as pay war with US rivals intensifies Marco Cillario Clifford Chance (CC) has become the second Magic Circle law firm to raise the starting pay for its associates to…
Clydes senior partner Konsta to step down as firm grows revenue 11% in 2018/19 Marco Cillario Clyde & Co senior partner Simon Konsta (pictured) is to step down from his role in October just over half…
Dentons UK and Middle East revenue nears £230m in first post-Scotland results Marco Cillario Dentons’ UK and Middle East revenue rose 13% to £229.8m in 2018/19 but growth in profit per equity partner (PEP)…
NRF loses ten-lawyer London insurance litigation team to Kennedys as BCLP hires energy partners from Watson Farley Marco Cillario UK top 30 insurance and shipping specialist Kennedys has raided Norton Rose Fulbright’s (NRF) London insurance bench, recruiting two partners and another…
Taylor Wessing breaks £150m UK revenue barrier as PEP rises 13% Marco Cillario Taylor Wessing has kicked off the financial reporting season for the UK top-25 with another year of double-digit growth in profit…
BonelliErede shakes up Italian legal market to merge with 70-strong rival Lombardi Marco Cillario Slaughter and May Italian ally BonelliErede is to merge with litigation and corporate independent firm Lombardi e Associati, strengthening its…
