HFW’s continued international growth lifts revenue 8% in tough market conditions Tom Baker UK top 50 firm HFW has produced a competitive set of financial results headlined by a 12% rise in profit and…
Revolving doors: Morrison & Foerster makes City move as Fieldfisher and Reed Smith develop international practices Thomas Alan US player Morrison & Foerster emerged as the only firm to make a significant lateral hire in the City last…
Restructuring star Sum makes quick exit from Sidley’s City practice to join Latham Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins has hired former Linklaters restructuring star Yen Sum just over a year after she joined Sidley Austin in one…
Comment: A new Global 100 elite emerges as the old ones decline Alex Novarese In the summer of 2017 the world’s top law firms were looking at their next financial year with scant optimism…
Lucky seven: Stevens & Bolton reveals seventh year of growth and posts record partner profits Thomas Alan Continuing its consistently impressive organic growth, South East heavyweight Stevens & Bolton has posted a 9% hike in turnover to a…
Disputes round-up: Vannin Capital hires Fountain Court’s Martenstyn as managing director as Stewarts makes litigation tech play Tom Baker In a further indication of the growing prominence of litigation funders, Vannin Capital has turned to Bar stalwart Paul Martenstyn…
NRF loses veteran litigator Eastwood to Mayer Brown in further exit as Reed Smith scoops Pinsents’ Middle East head Marco Cillario Mayer Brown and Reed Smith are continuing their recent expansion trajectories, this time at the expenses of Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)’s London…
Deal watch: HFW acts for Greek government on major state sell-off while US firms score heavyweight mandates Tom Baker In a deal of major national significance, Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) and Clifford Chance (CC) have advised the Greek state…
#MeToo: MPs slam ‘utterly shameful’ inaction on sexual harassment amid calls for an overhaul of NDAs Nathalie Tidman A parliamentary select committee has blasted employers and regulators for failing to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace and has…
Revolving doors: Freshfields insolvency veteran heads for the Bar as BCLP and 2Birds beef up global ranks Lauren Almeida It has been another busy week on the lateral market, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer seeing other departures and a raft…
Burges Salmon cautious over challenging market as PEP dips against modest revenue growth Hamish McNicol A ‘challenging market’ led to sluggish revenue growth at Burges Salmon for the last financial year, while profit per equity…
Pearson eyes cost reductions with rejigged legal panel Tom Baker Education company Pearson has consolidated its legal adviser panels into new ‘preferred’ and ‘general’ rosters, moving away from specialised panels…
Withers’ expansion rush comes to an end as revenue grows 1% to pass £175m mark Lauren Almeida After years of convincing growth on the back of its rapid international expansion, private wealth specialist Withers increased its turnover…
CC wins out as Google’s record fine in landmark antitrust case heralds new era Marco Cillario In a case that has put antitrust law on the front pages, the European Commission (EC) has fined Google a…
‘A difficult time’: Ashurst axes 54 City secretaries following redundancy review Nathalie Tidman Ashurst has culled more than half of its secretarial staff in London as its redundancy review draws to a ‘difficult’ conclusion.…
Gowling WLG revenue climbs to £455m in second post-merger financial results Hamish McNicol Gowling WLG has replicated a broadly strong year for law firms after adding nearly 17% to its top line. The firm’s…
Deal Watch: International elite flock to $3.3bn Linde disposal as Paul Hastings hire secures 2nd deal for PE client Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are leading on Linde’s $3.3bn Americas disposals, bringing the German gas group a step closer to…
End of Sir Cliff’s BBC privacy battle ushers in new rules on reporting investigations Hamish McNicol Old-fashioned defamation disputes may rarely create significant precedent these days but the rapidly evolving area of privacy is a very…
Comment: Deal View – DLA moves house in London but can it break free? Hamish McNicol Shifting to an agile-working office is a peculiar experience. Two camps quickly emerge: those excited by change and colleagues happy…
Blistering run comes to an end for Mishcon as PEP falls and revenue growth slows Marco Cillario In what has been a strong reporting year already for a number of mid-market pacesetters, it is perhaps surprising to…
