Boutique banquet: profits double at Enyo as dispute specialist’s income surges 61% Sarah Downey Enyo Law enjoyed major financial growth for the 2013/14 year, as LLP accounts filed at Companies House reveal revenue jumped…
Revolving doors: DWF, CMS, BLP and Mayer Brown make key hires Sarah Downey DWF, CMS Cameron McKenna, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), and Mayer Brown have all made strategic hires in the last week,…
Hogan Lovells hires Bingham finance partner in New York and Mayer Brown trio in China Sarah Downey Having sought to upgrade its finance practice in New York since the 2010 union of Lovells and Hogan & Hartson, Hogan…
Sending the ‘right message’: Arthur Cox sees donations rejected by Irish Cancer Society due to client Sarah Downey A leading charity has decided it will no longer accept corporate donations from Big Five Irish law firm Arthur Cox…
US financials 2014: King & Spalding breaks the $1m revenue per lawyer figure alongside 8% revenue boost Sarah Downey King & Spalding is the latest US firm to post its financials for 2014, and has unveiled a respectable 8%…
Damned statistics: BLP found massaging trainee retention figures Sarah Downey Berwin Leighton Paisner has been caught manipulating its trainee retention figures for this spring’s intake, with its actual figure dropping…
The importance of a ‘disclaimer’: High Court finds in favour of Grant Thornton in Barclays negligence dispute Sarah Downey The High Court has this morning (18 February) found in favour of Grant Thornton in relation to its high profile…
Stuck in the middle – CEE advisers buffeted from pressures from east and west Sarah Downey On a Sunday night in mid-November last year, people gathered on the streets of Bucharest in their thousands to celebrate…
A 17-year dispute: Roadchef workers win legal battle against DAC Beachcroft client over employee shares Sarah Downey Hundreds of workers at motorway service operator Roadchef are set to share a windfall after a 17-year long legal battle…
H1 2014/15: Nabarro posts 3% revenue increase for half year Sarah Downey Having posted broadly flat financials in recent years and endured a tough period, more than many top-30 firms, Nabarro has…
How was it for you? – the people and events that defined the profession over 25 years of Legal Business Sarah Downey 25 years ago Legal Business was launched to chronicle a rapidly changing profession in the wake of Big Bang. We…
H1 2014/15: ‘We don’t want to grow simply to be bigger’ – Taylor Wessing reveals 7.3% UK revenue increase Sarah Downey Taylor Wessing has today (4 December) announced its half-year financial results, posting a 7.3% rise in revenue for H1 2014/15…
Broadening ‘the public’s choice’: Bar Standards Board to regulate businesses from 2015 Sarah Downey The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has received approval from the Legal Services Board (LSB) for its application to regulate businesses…
Dealwatch: Magic Circle lead on £5.2bn Aviva takeover of Friends Life Sarah Downey In one of the biggest deals the UK insurance sector has seen in years, Aviva‘s acquisition of Friends Life for…
Bar shuffles: Matrix hires media silk Millar from Doughty Street Sarah Downey High-profile silk Gavin Millar QC is set to join Matrix Chambers from Doughty Street in a bid to enhance its…
‘We are offering something new’: EY latest Big Four giant granted ABS licence Sarah Downey EY has become the latest accountancy giant granted an alternative business structure (ABS) licence by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, in…
‘An excellent outcome for the creditors’: Collyer Bristow makes £24m settlement over Rangers FC advice Sarah Downey The liquidators for Scottish football club Rangers have confirmed a £24m settlement has been paid by City firm Collyer Bristow…
Hiring a silk: Stone Chambers chief Steven Gee QC to depart for City disputes boutique Joseph Hage Arronson Sarah Downey High flying disputes boutique Joseph Hage Aaronson is set to enhance its City team with the hire of leading silk…
A €20m loan: Fried Frank faces multi-million pound professional negligence claim Sarah Downey US firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson is facing a €10m-plus professional negligence claim at London’s High Court made…
H1 2014/15: ‘The way we’d planned it’ – RPC half year revenue rises by 16% Sarah Downey City law firm RPC has recorded a 16% rise in its first half-year revenue from £38.7m in the same period…
