Simmons & Simmons has promoted eight lawyers to its partnership ranks, just one more than the top-20 LB100 firm made up last year.
HowardKennedyFSI adds £5m to top line as it acquires boutique firm CKFT
West End firm HowardKennedyFSI has today (1 May) announced it has acquired Hampstead boutique CKFT, a union that will boost its current revenues from £40m to £45m.
King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin hires A&O competition partner as globally KWM unveils promotions
King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWMSJB) yesterday (30 April) announced the hire of former Allen & Overy antitrust and competition partner Martin Bechtold to its Frankfurt office, as globally the Sino-Pacific-UK giant promoted a total of 26 lawyers to partner, including nine in Europe.
Slaughters first to up pay for trainees and NQs
Slaughter and May has again become the first major City player to announce changes to its junior fee-earners’ pay levels, with a marginal rise in salary for first year trainees and increases for newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) of up to 3%.
Tesco names BLP as ‘go-to’ real estate adviser following review
In a welcome respite from a run of bad news recently, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has been confirmed as Tesco‘s lead counsel for real estate following a review of the supermarket’s property advisers.
Redundancy watch: CMS and Dundas cut 60 support staff roles
CMS and Dundas & Wilson confirmed today (30 April) that they have made 60 staff redundant ahead of their £300m merger, set to go live tomorrow.
Eversheds UK associates largest beneficiary of partner promotions in 21-strong round
Eversheds’ UK associates are the beneficiary of over half of the top 15 firm’s latest partner promotions as 21 lawyers join its partnership ranks.
Smartphone wars: Slaughters, Cleary and Freshfields lead for Motorola and Apple in EU’s verdict to level playing field
The latest instalment of the smartphone wars has seen Slaughter and May and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton face Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as the European Union takes steps to reduce the seemingly never-ending and costly trail of patent disputes, saying that Motorola Mobility broke EU law by trying to use its patents to block sales of Apple products in Germany.
Partner promotions: Irwin Mitchell makes up 10 with 50% female ratio
Irwin Mitchell has promoted ten associates to its partnership, down on a record level of 13 last year but standing out among its peers for including an equal number of male and female lawyers.
EY grows UK legal capability with hire of BLP’s former finance head Matthew Kellett
EY today (29 April) took further steps to build its UK legal capability with the hire of Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s) former head of finance Matthew Kellett, with Kellett set to spearhead the accounting giant’s financial services legal work.