Yes to Scotland: Addleshaw partners vote through HBJ Gateley merger adding £20m to top line Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard has finally voted through a Scottish merger, with managing partner John Joyce getting enough partner votes needed to…
Revolving doors: Taylor Wessing strengthens in Europe as the New York Times appoints new GC Georgiana Tudor Taylor Wessing has added to its Warsaw office as 39 Essex Chambers brought in a new arbitrator and the New…
MPs call on child abuse inquiry to make new lead counsel priority after Emmerson exit Legal Business The Home Affairs Select Committee has pressed the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) to make finding a new…
DAC Beachcroft takes on Clyde & Co team including four partners Legal Business DAC Beachcroft will pick up a team from its insurance competitor Clyde & Co with four partners making the move…
Mishcon employment partner heads in-house in rare exit from City firm Sarah Downey Mishcon de Reya has seen a partner exit from its ranks, as it has emerged that employment lawyer Helen Croft…
‘Rapidly changing’: DWF enters Northern Ireland market through Belfast merger Legal Business National firm DWF has secured a merger in Northern Ireland with Belfast firm C&H Jefferson as the 20-partner firm prepares…
‘Continued transformation’: Ashurst fills CFO position with UKTV executive Madeleine Farman Ashurst has found a replacement chief financial and operations officer with UKTV’s Jan Gooze-Zijl stepping into the role.
Eversheds leadership structure finalised as Gray made executive partner and Froud takes MP role Kathryn McCann Eversheds‘ management structure has been finalised following Lee Ranson’s appointment as chief executive last month, Legal Business has learned.
Goodwin Procter poised to take majority of KWM’s prized funds team Georgiana Tudor Four King & Wood Mallesons partners, the majority of the firm’s influential funds team, are in talks to join Goodwin…
‘Strategic progress’: Paul Hastings posts 16% revenue rise in Europe to £96m Legal Business The European offices at Paul Hastings had a record year in 2015, with profit increasing by 50% from £20.2m to…
Pinsents lands Scotland’s corporate deal of the year in £1.4bn Skyscanner sale Legal Business In Scotland’s biggest corporate deal this year, Pinsent Masons, Travers Smith and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom all won…
Law firm model at risk as Hammond reveals plans to tackle ‘partnership taxation’ in autumn statement Legal Business In a move which could curb law firms’ ability to share profits based on actual performance, yesterday’s (23 November) Autumn…
Simmons defends Barclays on former executive’s employment dispute Sarah Downey Simmons & Simmons has been gifted with a high-profile instruction defending Barclays as it faces an unfair dismissal dispute taken…
Dechert’s new PE duo lead for Mid Europa on €533m Romanian supermarket deal Legal Business Dechert has picked up work from key White & Case client Mid Europa Partners, as new partners Ross Allardice and…
Irwin Mitchell LLP’s show profits fell 59% as a result of ‘fast-tracked’ Thomas Eggar integration Kathryn McCann Irwin Mitchell‘s first LLP accounts since the acquisition of Thomas Eggar in December last year show the firm’s profit on…
US partner promotions: Weil and Simpson Thacher promote two each in London Georgiana Tudor Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have both promoted two new London partners in their latest partnership…
‘Feel good factor’: Norton Rose and Stephenson Harwood advise on £350m Civitas IPO Legal Business After a slow spell for the initial public offering (IPO) market, Norton Rose Fulbright and Stephenson Harwood have picked up…
Freshfields and Hengeler act as Blackstone inks largest European real estate deal this year Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hengeler Mueller have won spots advising as Blackstone Group purchased a portfolio of offices from IVG…
Nabarro boosts Middle East fee income as office prepares for Camerons merger Legal Business Nabarro has increased its Middle East fee income to around AED 7m (£1.65m) for 2015/16 in the firm’s loss-making Dubai…
Ashurst shakes up payment model following halted quarterly payments Madeleine Farman Ashurst is to get rid of its quarterly profit distributions in favour of a single yearly profit payment, in a…
