‘Robust position’: Shepherd and Wedderburn enjoys third year of growth with revenue up 10% Kathryn McCann Scottish independent Shepherd and Wedderburn has enjoyed a third year of consecutive growth with revenues up 10% to £53m. Similarly…
Bowing to pressure: DAC Beachcroft amends contract terms with preferred barristers Legal Business After pressure from lobby groups at the commercial Bar, DAC Beachcroft has amended its contractual arrangements with its preferred sets…
‘How did Grieve not get the job?’ – City lawyers react as Truss becomes new justice secretary Legal Business City lawyers have expressed disappointment as Liz Truss has been made the new justice secretary, replacing Michael Gove. Gove, a…
Ringing the changes: Barclays appoints Mark Shelton as GC of corporate & international as divisions split Kathryn McCann Barclays has appointed ex-Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner Mark Shelton as general counsel (GC) of Barclays’ corporate & international business…
Financials 2015/16: Travers bucks the market to post double digit turnover growth Legal Business Travers Smith has posted its seventh year of revenue growth, boosting turnover to £120m, up 13% on the previous year.
Comment: After the Brexit vote you can kiss the UK’s stability premium goodbye Legal Business The dust has yet to settle, indeed the horizon in post-referendum Britain is heavy with smoke and particles of an…
De Souza resurfaces as GC for Goldman Sachs-backed property firm Legal Business Former Land Securities Group general counsel and company secretary Adrian de Souza has joined student accommodation firm Vero Group as…
‘Work to do’: Almost a quarter of GCs have reduced in-house headcount, study finds Legal Business More than half of GCs face budget cuts and almost a quarter have cut their in-house team internal headcount, a…
Securities litigator Lascelles latest to exit King & Wood Mallesons Legal Business Struggling to plug a stream of exits, litigator Greg Lascelles has become the latest partner to depart King & Wood…
Chief adviser: Eversheds wins Specsavers preferred supplier tender Sarah Downey Following an extensive tender process, Eversheds has been appointed as preferred supplier for Specsavers across multiple practice areas.
Launching Leeds: Shoosmiths takes Gordons employment duo to open eleventh office Kathryn McCann Shoosmiths is to open a new office in Leeds with an employment duo from Yorkshire-based Gordons as part of the…
Another Ashurst exit as restructuring partner Roberts quits for Reed Smith Madeleine Farman Ashurst has seen yet another partner exit with Reed Smith hiring restructuring partner Diane Roberts into its London office.
‘A little upgrade’: Privacy Shield in force but legal challenge still expected Legal Business Despite the European Commission’s new data privacy framework coming into force this week, City lawyers still believe a legal challenge…
Lawyers line up to be matched up as LOD service Spoke receives 2,400 applications ahead of launch Legal Business Freelance lawyer service Lawyers On Demand (LOD) received 2,400 applications ahead of launching Spoke, an online service that matches lawyers…
‘Harry Potter’ lawyer Lord Harley banned from legal profession and hit with £86,000 costs Legal Business A lawyer who styles himself as senior counsel Lord Harley and was criticised for dressing ‘like something out of Harry…
RBS to appoint new Western European panel as bank aims to cut costs Legal Business The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is appointing a new Western European panel with the bank intending to pick a…
After five years of growth Macfarlanes revenue stalls and PEP falls 17% Legal Business Following one of its most successful years, Macfarlanes has seen revenue remain static at £161m for 2015/16, up less than…
Bar consolidation continues as St Philips acquires ailing Stone Chambers Legal Business Mid-tier sets are continuing to feel the pressure of a squeezed legal market at the commercial Bar as it has…
Allen & Overy beats UK rivals to top 2015 deal table for European private equity Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O)’s growing private equity (PE) team has had a strong year, topping Dealogic’s European PE table after…
Latham’s London hiring spree continues with SFO Queen’s Counsel Legal Business Latham & Watkins‘ hiring spree in the City has ramped up a gear this week, with the arrival of Stuart…
