Guest post: The Age of Anxiety – In London, in New York, it’s still hard out there Legal Business We’re just back from a week in London – coincidentally smack in the middle of the UK firms’ earnings-release season…
Trainee retention rate at Linklaters up to 93% Legal Business Linklaters has kept on 93% of qualifying trainees in its latest cohort, up on the 86% spring 2014 retention rate.
Financials 2013/14: Bristows records 4% revenue drop alongside 17% PEP slide as Withers enjoys revenue boost Legal Business London stalwart Bristows has revealed disappointing results for the 2013/14 financial year, as revenue has decreased nearly 4% to £34.1m…
Financial results 2013/14: DWF sees revenue up 2% but PEP down 4% Legal Business In its first full financial results following a period of rapid growth through four successive mergers and the acquisition of…
Clifford Chance overhauls its management structure with introduction of new executive leadership group Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has today (24 July) announced a raft of changes to its governance structure, including the establishment of a…
US firm Ropes & Gray has reshuffled its City management in a bid to re-focus capabilities across Europe Legal Business Five years on from the launch of its London office, co-managing partners Mike Goetz and Maurice Allen will split from…
‘The costs have been managed hard’ – LG profits in sharp rebound as two parts of Wragge Lawrence Graham confirm 2013/14 results Legal Business Recently formed national player Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has unveiled the combined results of its legacy firms for the…
In-House: JPMorgan Chase & Co General Counsel sells $2.58 million-worth of shares Legal Business Despite not having made it into the latest top 100 salary-based compensation rankings of US general counsel (GCs), the earning…
Financial results 2013/14: Trowers posts mixed results with net profit up 15% but global revenue down 1.4% Legal Business UK top-50 firm Trowers & Hamlins has unveiled mixed financials for the 2013/14 financial year, with net profits up almost 15%…
Management: Nabarro reappoints Inkester as managing partner after first election in 15 years Sarah Downey Having geared up for its first managing partner elections in 15 years, the partnership at top 30 LB 100 firm…
In-house: Lend Lease appoints Mark Packer to EMEA general counsel as Patrick Gloyens departs Legal Business Global property giant Lend Lease has promoted senior legal counsel Mark Packer as its general counsel (GC) for the Europe,…
Partner promotions: Slaughter and May invests further in Hong Kong with out-of-step promotion Legal Business Having already announced a double partner promotion in Hong Kong at the start of the year Slaughter and May today (23…
Stress testing the strategy – post-merger Ashurst calls in Bain for ‘market insight’ Jaishree Kalia It’s been a bumpy road into the Global Top 50 but with a high stakes merger with Australia’s Blake Dawson…
GE’s top lawyer holds on to first place in compensation rankings with new entries from Blackstone and Coca Cola Legal Business The latest US general counsel (GC) compensation rankings have seen General Electric’s (GE’s) top lawyer Brackett Denniston hold on to…
Women in law: Quinn Emanuel’s name partner Kathleen Sullivan and London MP Sue Prevezer QC talk diversity Legal Business With leading international firms including most of the Magic Circle nailing their gender diversity targets to the wall, Quinn Emanuel…
Financial results 2013/14: Shoosmiths posts 7% increase in revenue to £93m as Sackers drops 2% to £23.8m Sarah Downey LB 100 firms Shoosmiths and Sacker & Partners have unveiled their financial results for the 2013/14 year, with top 50 firm…
Guest post: A profession not at ease with itself or the world? The Bar’s working life survey Legal Business I took a little time to browse the Bar’s working life survey. It’s a large survey. Although it’s not immediately…
A&O, Addleshaw and Hogan Lovells line up on Co-op’s £620m pharmacy spin-off to Bestway Tom Moore As the Co-operative Group moves to reduce its £1.2bn capital deficit and focus on core business lines it has turned…
Financial results 2013/14: RPC posts mixed results with revenue up 3% against 9% drop in PEP Legal Business RPC has this morning (21 July) posted mixed financial results for 2013/14, with revenue up 3% to £84.1m – representing growth…
Deal Watch: Freshfields and HSF lead on Liberty Global’s £481m acquisition of stake in ITV Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s London managing partner Julian Long has advised Liberty Global on the US media group’s £481m purchase of BSkyB’s…
