RPC accounts show management pay falls to £6m as consulting makes up 1% of revenue growth Legal Business RPC has seen its total pay to key management personnel drop to £6m for the 2015/16 financial year, down from…
A&O management sees a 7% increase to pay amid modest revenue growth Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy‘s (A&O) c-suite including its senior partner and managing partner, global practice heads and support directors took home…
Debevoise acts opposite Leigh Day on another pollution claim against Shell Legal Business Debevoise & Plimpton co-managing partner Lord Peter Goldsmith has secured a victory for Shell in the High Court as a…
DLA LLPs reveal costs up by £11m due to inflation and ‘key investments’ including Warsaw Kathryn McCann DLA Piper International’s operating costs have increased by £10.6m to £502.7m according to the firm’s latest LLP accounts, which DLA…
Addleshaws highest paid member took home more than £1m, LLP accounts reveal Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard‘s highest paid partner took home £1.1m in 2015/16, up from £936,000, its recently filed LLPs reveal. The accounts…
Guest post: Rolls Royce Service – risk, compliance, and ethics – where were the lawyers? Legal Business Readers of Lawyer Watch will be familiar with my posts on the tensions inherent in a lawyers’ duties to their…
LLP latest: Dentons European and African business turns over £169m as top-earning member pockets 60% more Legal Business Dentons‘ UK, Middle East and Africa business has seen turnover increase 7% to £169m for the financial year ending 2015/16,…
Freshfields loses another New York heavyweight as securities litigator Fishman moves to Goodwin Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has lost a member of its US partnership with Goodwin Procter hiring securities and commercial litigation partner…
Bird & Bird profits rise 2% after €17m spend on new City headquarters, accounts reveal Legal Business Bird & Bird‘s turnover increased 5% to €344.5m for the 2015/16 financial year, according to the firm’s recently filed accounts.…
In-house: Berendsen hires first general counsel as textile firm expands Legal Business FTSE 250 company Berendsen has appointed its first general counsel with the appointment of Alice Darwall from Proxmity Advisors.
Mishcon’s claimants succeed as Supreme Court rules an Act of Parliament is required to trigger Brexit Legal Business The Supreme Court has ruled that the UK cannot leave the EU without parliamentary approval, in a decision which means…
‘The only resort’: KWM administrators’ interim report says partner exits hastened demise of legacy SJ Berwin Legal Business Joint King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) EUME administrators Andrew Hosking and Sean Bucknall of Quantuma have said partner exits accelerated…
DWF adds 200 staff with claims management acquisition Legal Business DWF has continued its expansion by acquiring claim managers Triton, saving them from administration. The bolt-on will see 215 members…
Revolving doors: Addleshaws loses another litigator as Kirkland, Hogan Lovells and Bryan Cave make new hires Legal Business The steady pace of lateral hires continues in the beginning of 2017, with Kirkland & Ellis, TLT, Hogan Lovells, K&L…
‘Packed to the rafters’: Quinn to move to Olswang’s office after outgrowing London space Legal Business Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan will increase its office space by half with a move into a floor of Olswang’s…
Reed Smith adds 10% to European headcount with hire of 50 lawyers from KWM Legal Business Reed Smith has hired what is understood to be the largest group of lawyers from collapsed legacy SJ Berwin in…
‘Careful growth’: Morgan Lewis enters Hong Kong and expands in China with nine Orrick partners Legal Business Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has opened a Hong Kong office and broadened out its China offering, taking nine partners from…
Four more years: Addleshaws elects Joyce for second term as managing partner Madeleine Farman Addleshaw Goddard managing partner John Joyce has been re-elected uncontested for a second term as the firm continues its growth…
‘Shared strategic objectives’: Weightmans in merger talks with Newcastle’s Ward Hadaway Kathryn McCann National firm Weightmans is in merger talks with Newcastle-based Ward Hadaway, Legal Business can reveal, with both firms understood to…
DAC Beachcroft signs up to new Legalign alliance to provide global client reach Kathryn McCann DAC Beachcroft has signed up to a collaborative new insurance alliance, Legalign, along with three others: German firm BLD Bach…
