Financial results 2013/14: Nabarro posts static revenues while PEP jumps 10.5% Sarah Downey Top-30 LB100 firm Nabarro is the latest to unveil its 2013/14 financials, with annual turnover broadly flat at £116.7m, a…
Partner promotions: Baker & McKenzie makes up 65, Withers 7 Sarah Downey In the annual eye-watering reminder of just how large Baker & McKenzie really is, the top ten LB100 firm this week…
Taylor Wessing promotes City trio in 12-strong partnership round Sarah Downey Taylor Wessing has unveiled its 2013/14 partner promotions, with three associates making the cut in London and a further nine across…
The Bar: 20 Essex Street announces new joint heads of chambers Sarah Downey Leading commercial litigation set 20 Essex Street has today (18 June) announced the appointment of Christopher Hancock QC and Duncan Matthews…
Profile: Simon Dowson-Collins, HarperCollins UK Sarah Downey The media lawyer talks about daytime TV and taking the top spot at the publishing giant. Although not recommended for…
The Programme – how Dundas & Wilson fits into the CMS masterplan Sarah Downey With a takeover of Dundas & Wilson under its belt and a barrage of post-Lehman re-engineering in place, CMS Cameron…
Associate pay 2014 – ‘A good year’ sees CC boost salaries and bonuses across the board Sarah Downey Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance (CC) has significantly raised its salary package for its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers and junior…
Asia-Pacific: Taylor Wessing launches in South Korea with local tie-up Sarah Downey Taylor Wessing last month became the latest international firm to set up in South Korea, establishing an association with local…
18 months’ notice commuted to eight – Field Fisher’s Eduardo Ustaran joins Hogan Lovells Sarah Downey Field Fisher’s high profile former head of privacy Eduardo Ustaran joins Hogan Lovells today (4 June), almost a year before the…
International expansion: openings for Charles Russell in Saudi; Eversheds in Durban; Osborne Clarke in Amsterdam Sarah Downey A trio of UK firms have this week expanded their international office base as Charles Russell agrees a formal association with…
Asia-Pacific: Taylor Wessing launches in South Korea with local tie-up Sarah Downey Taylor Wessing has become the latest of in a procession of international firms to set up in South Korea, establishing…
New leadership for Addleshaws with election of John Joyce to managing partner Sarah Downey Addleshaw Goddard has today (16 May) announced the appointment of business support and restructuring head John Joyce as managing partner…
Leadership: Hogan Lovells shakes up international management committee as it ends co-head structure Sarah Downey Hogan Lovells has re-shuffled its international management committee (IMC), with incoming CEO Steve Immelt stepping down as co-head of litigation,…
Legal reform: SRA unveils plans to cut red tape and promote competition Sarah Downey The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has unveiled ambitious plans to overhaul key pillars of the regulation of the profession in…
Worth the money: Barclays to introduce value accounts for upcoming legal panel Sarah Downey As Barclays’ long-awaited review of its global legal panel moves closer to completion, it has emerged that the bank is set…
‘Self-interested’ Law Society stripped of power to appoint SRA chair Sarah Downey Just days after the Legal Services Board (LSB) chairman delivered a scathing speech accusing the Law Society of being entirely…
Worth the money: Barclays to introduce value accounts for upcoming legal panel Sarah Downey Failure to meet value targets set to result in firms partially refunding banking giant As Barclays’ long-awaited review of its…
BLP’s head of banking and finance litigation defects to King & Spalding Sarah Downey Hughes’ exit follows spate of departures from international firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)’s head of banking and finance litigation, David Hughes, is…
CMS junior partners to pay up to £50k in response to HMRC shake-up Sarah Downey CMS Cameron McKenna has called on its fixed-share partners (FSPs) to make a substantial contribution of capital in light of…
Profile: Graeme Colquhoun, Heineken UK Sarah Downey Global brewer’s UK head of legal on his no-nonsense approach It’s a terrible cliché to invoke the plain-speaking Scot, but…
