Pinsents expands German presence with double Munich hire Legal Business Pinsent Masons is the latest UK firm to announce expansion in Germany, bolstering its Munich office with the hire of competition…
Risk profile: Rolls Royce appoints new compliance chief from IMI Legal Business Less than a year after appointing Mark Serfozo as director of risk from defence, security and aerospace giant BAE Systems, Rolls…
‘Slower than expected growth’ sees Co-operative Legal Services unveil £22m operating loss with flat turnover Legal Business Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) has made an operating loss of £22m for 2013 and unveiled a flat turnover, blaming a slower…
Reed Smith ramps up City litigation practice with hire of King & Wood’s Nick Brocklesby Legal Business Reed Smith is continuing to ramp up its City practice, its largest office globally, with the hire of King & Wood…
Redundancy watch 2014: DWF lays off 19 business services staff after post-merger finance integration Francesca Fanshawe DWF has made 19 business services staff in its finance department redundant, the firm confirmed today (17 April), following the conclusion…
Travers corporate partner David Patient to succeed Andrew Lilley as managing partner Legal Business Travers Smith today (17 April) announced that current managing partner Andrew Lilley will hand over to senior corporate partner David Patient…
Taylor Wessing City duo leave to head legal at client OB10 and boost construction at Wedlake Bell Legal Business Taylor Wessing has lost two senior London partners as UK telecoms head Patrick Clark moves to head the legal team at…
New GCs for Tiffany and Visa as Northern Trust appoints Jenner & Block MP as legal chief Legal Business The latest senior in-house moves have seen luxury jewellery company Tiffany & Co promote Leigh Harlan to take over as general…
DWF brings in Pinsents partner to take over from Leaitherland as CEO of commercial services Francesca Fanshawe DWF has appointed Pinsent Masons head of financial institutions and human capital Stephen Miles to take over from managing partner Andrew…
Further expansion for Irwin Mitchell as it opens ninth UK office in Cambridge Legal Business Irwin Mitchell will open its ninth office in the UK in the latest stage of its expansion plans after securing a…
Addleshaw Goddard’s Collins and Joyce go forward for contested managing partner elections Francesca Fanshawe Addleshaw Goddard partners have nominated Adrian Collins and John Joyce as challengers for the managing partner role in the forthcoming elections…
BLP’s head of banking and finance litigation exits to King & Spalding Sarah Downey Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s) head of banking and finance litigation David Hughes is set to leave the firm to join the…
Comment: ‘Geography seduced everyone’ – is emerging market bias blind-siding your firm? Alex Novarese There is a notion in business that is often useful, but rarely observed – the idea of signal and noise,…
Linklaters and Simpson Thacher lead on Sanpower’s landmark acquisition of House of Fraser Legal Business Linklaters and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have taken lead roles on the landmark acquisition by Chinese conglomerate Sanpower Group of a majority…
‘Difficult quarter’ for Citigroup as it discloses 33% increase in Q1 2014 legal spend Legal Business Citigroup has joined a raft of global financial institutions that have declared a substantial rise in their legal spend, up…
Herbert Smith Freehills shakes off post-merger politics in favour of sole global corporate head as Ferraro takes over Legal Business Setting aside the notoriously difficult post-merger politics of selecting one partner to run a core practice area, Herbert Smith Freehills today…
Revolving doors: Senior ex-Unilever and Amex lawyers move to private practice as McDermott boosts Paris office Francesca Fanshawe Some of the most high-profile strategic hires recently have seen former in-house counsel move to private practice, all following the…
Partner promotions: Bird & Bird maintains a steady 11 Sarah Downey Bird & Bird has maintained steady partnership promotion levels for a third consecutive year with 11 associates made up to partner,…
Hogan Lovells gives voice to partners under 45 with new board level role Legal Business Hogan Lovells has taken a clear step towards giving its younger partners a high level representative voice with the announcement today…
Camerons’ fixed-share partners to contribute up to £50k in response to HMRC shake-up Sarah Downey CMS Cameron McKenna has become the latest firm to call upon its fixed-share partners to make a substantial contribution of…
