IPO Fever: Just Eat float gifts Herbert Smith Freehills and Linklaters with £700m listing Sarah Downey With Pets at Home and Poundland having only days ago made their London Stock Exchange debut, Just Eat yesterday (17…
Addleshaws begins management elections as Devitt stands down early Sarah Downey Addleshaw Goddard has started the week with news that managing partner Paul Devitt is to step down early, while partners…
Scottish union – Berrymans Lace Mawer ties up with HBM Sayers Sarah Downey The toll of top UK law firms opening in Scotland increased today (17 March) with the announcement that Berrymans Lace…
Law Society CEO Des Hudson announces summer retirement following calls for resignation Sarah Downey Law Society chief executive Des Hudson has today (14 March) announced he is retiring in July after the society’s annual…
Race to provide direct legal services sees Allianz convert to an ABS Sarah Downey Last year they hit your television with an advert comparing the stresses of the daily commute and school run to…
Jones Day hires CC Frankfurt head of automotives and McKenna Long Brussels regulatory partner Sarah Downey Fresh from its run of lateral hires from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) in London, Jones Day has made two prominent…
LB100 firms review partnership model as HMRC’s LLP changes loom Sarah Downey The impact of HM Revenue & Customs’ decision to overhaul the way salaried partners are taxed is being felt across the…
Former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner secures summary dismissal against Barclays in battle over capital loan Sarah Downey As the fallout from the demise of Dewey & LeBoeuf continues, the High Court has just dismissed an application made…
Bar news: Blackstone bolsters commercial litigation capability with hire of Brick Court’s Alan Maclean QC Sarah Downey Leading set Blackstone Chambers has taken further steps to bolster its commercial litigation and arbitration capability with the hire of heavyweight…
US financial results 2013: DLA achieves record revenue of $2.48bn as growth slows Sarah Downey The highest-ever gross turnover but reduced growth figures was the message that came out of DLA Piper’s financials today (28 February),…
US results season 2013: Hogan Lovells unveils highest post-merger results with 5.2% increase in turnover Sarah Downey Transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells has today (27 February) unveiled its highest post-merger global financial results, posting a fee-income increase of 5.2%…
Reforming the reforms: One-year-on Jackson soundings likely to lead to further calls for overhaul of DBAs Sarah Downey The first year bedding down Lord Justice Jackson’s extensive civil litigation reforms was always going to be challenging, but as…
Hogan Lovells eyes growth in South Africa with hire of Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs partner as banking head Sarah Downey Transatlantic giant Hogan Lovells has made its first lateral hire in South Africa since merging last December with Routledge Modise, taking…
Asia calling: Bird & Bird launches in South Korea as Taylor Wessing and Allen & Gledhill expand Asia footprint Sarah Downey Bird & Bird has joined a host of international law firms looking to enhance their global footprint with a cooperation agreement…
LB100 firms review partnership model as HMRC’s LLP changes loom Sarah Downey The impact of HM Revenue & Customs’ decision to overhaul the way salaried partners are taxed is being felt across…
Mergerwatch: Speechly Bircham in talks with Charles Russell Sarah Downey Speechly Bircham is trying its hand once more at finding a merger partner as the firm last month announced it…
Showing its teeth: SFO charges Barclays trio over Libor as watchdog publishes new deferred prosecution code Sarah Downey In a move emphasising the increasing efforts of the Serious Fraud Office to overhaul its image, the body announced on…
Brazilian hat trick – NRF launches third Latin America office with hire of BP’s Andrew Haynes Sarah Downey Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is to expand its Latin American footprint as it today (19 February) announces the launch of an…
Redundancy watch 2014: Ince & Co announces consultation over 16 jobs Sarah Downey While the last few months have not brought with them the level of job cuts first feared at the start…
LLP latest: Speechly points to owed client fees for fall in profits as Ashurst and Hill Dicks also post profit drop Sarah Downey Private-client focused Speechly Bircham has become one of the latest LB100 firm to post its limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts at…
