Financial results 2014/15: Dentons UKMEA sees revenues rise by 6% as net profits climb 18% Legal Business Dentons UKMEA LLP is understood to have increased its revenues by 6% to £155m in the 2014/15 financial year, while…
£70,000 NQ salary: Hogan Lovells matches Slaughter and May as legal salary race reaches new heights Legal Business Hogan Lovells has bumped up the salaries of its newly qualified lawyers by £5,000 to £70,000 in a move that…
Financials 2014/15: Browne Jacobson posts second year of double digit growth with 17% rise in turnover Michael West Browne Jacobson has, for the second year in a row, posted a rise in turnover of over 10% with the…
Harnessing ‘new technologies’: Dentons launches NextLaw Labs to boost innovation Legal Business Dentons has launched a collaborative venture, NextLaw Labs, focused on developing, deploying and investing in new technologies and processes for…
Taking off: Luton airport appoints TFL’s Swati Paul as new general counsel Kathryn McCann London Luton Airport has appointed TFL’s Swati Paul as its new general counsel, the first in-house appointment since Spanish airport…
Guest post: An EU referendum Bill – what would it entail? Legal Business It is reported that the government’s EU Referendum Bill will be published the day after the Queen’s Speech – see,…
Financials 2014/15: PEP soars by 22% at BLP as turnover rises to £259m Tom Moore The first top 20 UK firm to announce its 2014/15 financial performance, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has posted a 6%…
Asia: Sidley builds Singapore M&A team with White & Case’s Indonesia chief as KWM loses an arbitration partner Legal Business Sidley Austin has boosted both its M&A and private equity offering in Southeast Asia with the hire of White &…
Guest post: What makes tax lawyers morally limited? Richard Moorhead I find the psychology of professional ethics endlessly fascinating. Take this piece by Elaine Doyle, Jane Frecknall Hughes and Barbara…
Targeting the City: Fried Frank hires Hogan Lovells’ Brinkworth as head of finance Legal Business After having hired two private equity partners in recent months, US firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has bolstered its finance…
Revolving doors: Cooley, Pannone, DWF and K&L Gates all bolster UK numbers Sarah Downey Last week saw a quartet of US and UK firms, namely Cooley, Pannone Corporate, DWF and K&L Gates, all make…
Staying put: A&O Brazil partner remains at the firm having been set for Paul Hastings Jaishree Kalia Banking partner Bruno Soares, who decided to leave Allen & Overy’s (A&O) Brazil offering to join US firm Paul Hastings and…
Partner promotions: Travers Smith adds seven new partners in bumper round Legal Business Following two years of slim promotions, Travers Smith has promoted seven lawyers, over 10% of its existing partnership, to partner…
Emerging markets: White & Case sets up another Indonesia alliance Legal Business Moving on from its former association in Indonesia after it suffered several key exits, White & Case has forged a…
Dealwatch: Linklaters and CC act on New Look sale as South African billionaire Wiese continues UK high street buy-up Legal Business Less than 30 days after advising on the £1.3bn purchase of Virgin Active by South African billionaire Christo Wiese’s private…
Comment: Legal boutiques – unheralded, thriving and coming after your lunch Legal Business The rise of boutiques has been yet another development shaping the legal industry that no-one predicted. Conventional wisdom for years…
Replacing Stewart: Olswang picks IP partner Paul Stevens as new chief executive Legal Business After looking externally for a permanent replacement for former chief executive David Stewart, Olswang has turned internally and elected intellectual…
Mounting departures: Trowers loses another partner in the Middle East as CRS hires a new construction chief Legal Business Trowers & Hamlins’ former head of Bahrain construction Paula Boast has returned to Charles Russell Speechlys (CRS) as its Middle…
Stephenson Harwood’s Tony Woodcock: Policing the City – where do in-house lawyers fit in? Legal Business Though one is always on dangerous ground in suggesting that anything was clear or uncomplicated in the Financial Services Authority’s…
Relying on new friends: Dentons to close Singapore office ahead of Dacheng combination Legal Business Within months of announcing a combination with one of China’s biggest law firms, Dacheng, Dentons is closing down its Singapore…
