Coronavirus measures pay off for Reed Smith as revenue tops $1.3bn while profit soars Tom Baker Despite starting the financial year by reducing partner drawings in response to the pandemic as well as other cost-cutting measures, Reed Smith…
Revolving doors: Linklaters senior partner candidate replaces Moriarty at Diageo as accountancy GC lands at Clydes Tom Baker There was an in-house flavour to this week’s recruitment round, while Addleshaw Goddard, Davis Polk, Paul Hastings and Faegre Drinker…
‘Huge implications’: employment experts assess fallout from Supreme Court ruling against Uber Tom Baker In a Supreme Court judgment with potentially profound implications on the future of the gig economy, it was held that…
Revolving doors: A&O makes Manhattan finance move as Slaughters sees rare partner departure Tom Baker Allen & Overy (A&O) has made a significant US leveraged finance play by hiring a partner from White & Case,…
Revolving doors: Quinn hires Simmons disputes head in London-focused recruitment round Tom Baker Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has reinforced its considerable disputes strength with a senior hire, as a host of firms focused…
US march into London continues as Armstrong Teasdale completes acquisition Tom Baker Missouri-bred Armstrong Teasdale has made an ambitious London launch via the acquisition of Kerman & Co and its 50 lawyers…
Revolving doors: Pinsents and Addleshaws plant new flags in Europe as firms make key partner hires Tom Baker Pinsent Masons and Addleshaw Goddard have made significant office openings in Europe, while a host of other firms have expanded…
Reality bites as Mason Hayes posts 6% revenue drop in bellwether for Irish firms Tom Baker Legal Business’ recent analysis of Ireland’s legal market warned against underestimating the resilience of the Irish, so Mason Hayes & Curran’s less-than-catastrophic 6% dip in…
Revolving Doors: International hires continue as firms increase Asia focus Tom Baker Maintaining the international flavour of recent lateral hiring activity, Clifford Chance, Kirkland & Ellis, RPC and Reed Smith have all…
Revolving doors: Frenetic recruitment continues as firms look abroad for additions Tom Baker In what has been a fast-paced start to 2021, a host of firms including Hogan Lovells, Shearman & Sterling, Clyde…
Acquisitions mask decline in organic growth as Knights releases Covid-hit H1 financials Tom Baker Listed firm Knights may have posted a robust 45% rise in 2021 half-year revenues from £31.9m to £46.2m, but acknowledged that without…
Kennedys opens 36-strong Leeds office as TLT and Clydes expand overseas Tom Baker In an expansive start to the new year, UK firms Kennedys , TLT and Clyde & Co have established new frontiers at home…
Revolving doors: New year hiring spree continues with additions for international and UK players Tom Baker Firms have doubled down on their recruitment efforts in the new year as the likes of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner…
Quinn Emanuel defies crisis with striking 27% spike in City turnover Tom Baker Showing no sign of pandemic-induced slowdown, US-bred dispute resolution specialist Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has hiked London revenues by…
Postcards from the most-regulated – Bank GCs reflect a decade of change Tom Baker Another headline panel session from our flagship corporate counsel event, Enterprise GC, saw four in-house banking lawyers reflect on the…
Bench strengths – Sizing up the City’s top dispute teams Tom Baker The best dispute lawyers often have something of the diva or rockstar about them – argumentative, uncompromising and brash. Michael…
Disputes perspectives: Sir David Green QC Tom Baker Looking back, I spent 25% of my time at the Serious Fraud Office reacting to a campaign against the SFO…
Disputes perspectives: Jolyon Maugham QC Tom Baker One of the things about being a barrister is that you’re independently-minded, which means all the big Remain campaigns find…
In-house round-up: New GCs for Royal Mail, Sky and Deliveroo Tom Baker Royal Mail has filled the void left following former general counsel (GC) Maaike de Bie’s departure to easyJet, hiring in-house…
No alarms and no surprises – Behind the Mindful Business Charter Tom Baker Any lawyer of a certain vintage can recall the dawn of the BlackBerry age, the watershed moment at the turn…
