LLP latest: Camerons unveils £11m profits dip ahead of merger while Mayer Brown sees City member profits fall Matthew Field CMS Cameron McKenna has seen turnover increase but profitability fall for its offices under the UK LLP, according to the…
CMS continues international growth with addition of three South American firms Legal Business CMS has added three new member firms from Chile, Peru and Columbia to its international group – bringing the total…
‘Innovation is happening’: Mishcon launches legal tech start-up scheme Legal Business Mishcon de Reya has become the latest firm to embrace innovation in legal tech, today (16 January) launching an incubator…
Crown Estate turns to BLP for lucrative central London portfolio Tom Baker Following a review process announced last year, The Crown Estate has given Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) the sole mandate for…
‘Serious reservations’: City firms blast new super exam proposals Legal Business The City of London Law Society (CLLS) has criticised new proposals from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to create a…
Licence to operate: HSF latest to enter Kuala Lumpur as market liberalises Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) announced today (13 January) it will open in Kuala Lumpur as part of its South East…
Private equity: Advent and Bain return to Weil for latest payments acquisition Legal Business Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Hogan Lovells have taken key roles as Advent International and Bain Capital Private Equity have…
Making a comeback: Ince claims turnover will grow 15% this year as shipping firm opens in Marseille Legal Business Ince & Co has opened its thirteenth office in Marseille while the firm’s senior partner predicts a 15% year-on-year increase…
Freshfields, HSF and Skadden heavyweights among 113 new QCs in latest record round Legal Business Senior disputes partners from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), King & Spalding and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &…
King & Spalding takes key role on $12bn Saudi public-private partnership Legal Business King & Spalding (K&S) has won a lead role on a $12bn public-private partnership as Saudi Arabia moves to privatise…
BLP’s Latner latest to move in-house to Playtech as general counsel Legal Business Long-time Playtech adviser Alex Latner, a partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has moved in-house, taking up the role of…
Guest post: Time for the Law Society to cut the cord Legal Business Anyone who has seen the Law Society council in action over the past 20 years will not be surprised by…
LLP accounts: Holman Fenwick slashes top member pay as Fieldfisher boosts leadership remuneration Legal Business The latest release of firm LLP accounts at Companies House has seen Holman Fenwick Willian drastically reduce pay to its…
The big get bigger: Dentons expands in Barbados and opens second office in Mexico Legal Business Mega verein Dentons has announced it is opening new offices in Mexico and Barbados as part of its latest expansion…
KWM funds architect Blake latest to exit troubled firm Legal Business US firm O’Melveny & Myers is the latest to benefit from partner exits at King & Wood Mallesons‘ European arm,…
Shopping around: Sainsbury’s to overhaul legal panel Legal Business Sainsbury’s is to overhaul its legal panel and create a roster which will also cover its recent Home Retail Group…
KWM drops litigation as Goodwin Procter picks up 26 lawyers from troubled firm Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has dropped litigation against Goodwin Procter and its former corporate partner Richard Lever, as the…
Slaughters, Addleshaws, Pinsents and Bond Dickinson win places on Diageo’s extended UK roster Kathryn McCann Despite the trend for smaller panels, Diageo has expanded its UK roster, with Slaughter and May, Pinsent Masons and Addleshaw…
KWM latest: European partnership buys more time before administration as Osborne Clarke takes top biller Couter Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) European partnership has filed a new intention of notice to appoint administrators as the firm…
More leadership changes at Freshfields as Embley and Herman made M&A co-heads Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has rejigged the leadership of its heavyweight M&A practice, appointing London-based Bruce Embley and New York-based Matthew…
