HowardKennedyFSI adds £5m to top line as it acquires boutique firm CKFT Sarah Downey West End firm HowardKennedyFSI has today (1 May) announced it has acquired Hampstead boutique CKFT, a union that will boost…
Great expectations – Neuberger speaks Sarah Downey Lauded as the outstanding jurist of his generation, Lord Neuberger carried huge weight of expectation on assuming the leadership of…
Redundancy watch: CMS and Dundas cut 60 support staff roles Sarah Downey CMS and Dundas & Wilson confirmed today (30 April) that they have made 60 staff redundant ahead of their £300m…
SRA gets green light for radical training overhaul as board set to vote Sarah Downey The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has received approval to push ahead with far-reaching proposals to overhaul legal training, with the results…
Law Society lines up TLT’s senior partner to take over as president Sarah Downey The Law Society has today (24 April) announced that TLT Solicitors senior partner Robert Bourns has been elected as the body’s…
BLP’s head of banking and finance litigation exits to King & Spalding Sarah Downey Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s) head of banking and finance litigation David Hughes is set to leave the firm to join the…
Partner promotions: Bird & Bird maintains a steady 11 Sarah Downey Bird & Bird has maintained steady partnership promotion levels for a third consecutive year with 11 associates made up to partner,…
Camerons’ fixed-share partners to contribute up to £50k in response to HMRC shake-up Sarah Downey CMS Cameron McKenna has become the latest firm to call upon its fixed-share partners to make a substantial contribution of…
Legal Services Board appoints BT general counsel and Ofcom competition director as members Sarah Downey Just weeks after bringing in a former chief executive of Cheshire and Kent County Councils, Sir Michael Pitt, to succeed…
Disputes: NRF hires Orrick litigation heavyweight as 20 Essex Street’s Morpuss QC joins Macfarlanes Sarah Downey Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has today (10 April) announced the hire of Orrick Rambaud Martel’s Philippe Hameau as a dispute…
Deal watch: Nabarro and Addleshaws take the lead on £800m Hermes/Co-Op regeneration joint venture Sarah Downey While major real estate deals are hard to come by, the usual suspects continue to take the lion’s share of…
Deal watch: Global elite giants face off in Lafarge/Holcim and Vivendi/Altice European transactions Sarah Downey A handful of Global 100 firms scored key roles on two signifcant European deals this week, as Cleary Gottlieb Steen…
Partner promotions: Macfarlanes defies downward trend by making up nine lawyers Sarah Downey Macfarlanes is the latest of a small number of City firms to announce growth in the number of lawyers made…
Those thoroughly fashionable provinces – vogue for City players to hit low-cost regions becomes the new black Sarah Downey Sarah Downey reports on how a regional arm became the hottest accessory for London firms How the fashions in professional…
With an external legal spend in excess of $1bn since 2010, BP launches panel review Sarah Downey Energy giant BP, which has paid around $1bn in external legal fees in relation to the Gulf of Mexico oil…
Withers to appeal £1.6m negligence finding as former client also appeals point of judgment Sarah Downey Leading private client firm Withers has confirmed it will appeal a recent High Court decision that ordered the firm to pay…
Rise of the accountants: EY appoints Addleshaws corporate chief to establish UK legal capability Sarah Downey Global accountancy giant EY has hired Addleshaw Goddard’s corporate managing partner Philip Goodstone in a bid to build up its…
Further BLP banking departures as real estate finance duo set to join Hogan Lovells Sarah Downey Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has lost another two City banking partners, with real estate finance duo Andrew Flemming and Jo Solomon…
With an external legal spend in excess of $1bn since 2010, BP launches panel review Sarah Downey Energy giant BP, which has paid around $1bn in external legal fees in relation to the Gulf of Mexico oil…
Adviser reviews: Irwin Mitchell replaced by Shakespeares on National Grid’s UK panel after review Sarah Downey Top 30 LB100 firm Irwin Mitchell has lost its place on energy giant National Grid’s legal panel, following a review…
