HSF fallout continues as two Freehills partners quit firm in Singapore David Stevenson The fallout from last year’s combination of Herbert Smith and Australia’s Freehills continues to rumble on, with news that HSF‘s…
H1 2013/14: A&O discloses revenue rise of 7.5% Jaishree Kalia The first of the Magic Circle firms to disclose its 2013/14 half year (H1) results, Allen & Overy (A&O) has done…
Enhancing the brand: US IP specialist launches in London Jaishree Kalia One of the strongest intellectual property firms in the US, Washington DC-based Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, has launched…
In-house: former Thomson Reuters group GC resurfaces at Rentokil Sarah Downey The former Europe & Asia general counsel (GC) of global multimedia giant Thomson Reuters, Daragh Fagan, has resurfaced at UK-based…
Team work in the public sector as Bevan Brittan joins forces with Harrow and Barnet councils Francesca Fanshawe The dividing line between private practice and public legal services providers is blurring again with Harrow and Barnet councils unveiling…
Positive financials continue as Simmons & Simmons posts an 8% increase in H1 revenues David Stevenson Top-20 Legal Business 100 firm Simmons & Simmons has reported an 8% increase in revenues for the half year (H1)…
Some eye watering growth statistics later and its goodbye from Latham’s Bob Dell Legal Business When the ordinarily press-shy chair and managing partner of Latham & Watkins, Robert Dell, gave Legal Business his first-ever in…
Hill Dickinson sees H1 revenues up 6% following summer cash call David Stevenson Top-40 LB100 firm Hill Dickinson has posted a half year increase in revenues from £54.9m from £51.9m this time last…
On your merit: RPC abolishes flat rate salary for NQs Legal Business City law firm RPC has taken the final steps to adopting an entirely merit driven pay model as it today (19…
NRF loses second competition veteran as Mark Jones joins Hogan Lovells Legal Business Hogan Lovells has confirmed its latest lateral hire is Norton Rose Fulbright longstanding antitrust partner Mark Jones, who is to join the…
Panel win: Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ announces first-ever EMEA line-up Legal Business One of Japan’s largest banks, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) today announced its first-ever panel for Europe, the Middle East…
Merger watch: Hogan Lovells to tie-up with South Africa’s Routledge Modise Legal Business Hogan Lovells is to combine with South African law firm Routledge Modise, with the union set to go live on 1…
Revolving doors: Key hires for Mayer Brown, Sullivan & Worcester, Harbottle, DWF, Irwin Mitchell and Burness Paull Legal Business Mayer Brown is continuing to beef up its City offering with its seventh partner hire in two months, as Allen…
Dentons’ Howard Morris to join Morrison & Foerster as head of business restructuring Legal Business One of Dentons best-known long term senior managers and a solid restructuring partner, Howard Morris has joined Morrison & Foerster to head…
Learning to live together – HSF strives to thrash out compromise on partner pay as key vote looms Legal Business It often seems getting a deal agreed is the hardest part – as in the case of Herbert Smith, which…
Investment costs: DAC Beachcroft issues £10m cash call amid positive half-year financials Sarah Downey DAC Beachcroft has issued a £10m cash call to LLP members and simultaneously increased its rolling credit facility to £40m,…
Blazing a trail: DWF unveils 58% H1 revenue growth and increased profits David Stevenson It set the market on fire this year after picking of the lion’s share of Cobbetts at the end of…
At last a City deal for Wragge & Co? Midlands giant aims for £170m tie-up with Lawrence Graham David Stevenson Wragge & Co at last has the prospect of achieving its long-held dream of securing a substantive City merger, with…
Guest post: Time to face the dangerous delusion of the entrepreneurial lawyer Legal Business For years, I’ve been hearing law firms describe their cultures as ‘entrepreneurial’ and hardly the slightest attention. Like ‘collegial’ or…
Wragge & Co sees H1 revenues and profits up as Metcalfe to leave after end of MP term Legal Business Wragge & Co has named October 2013 as its highest billing month since the boom years as it joins the ranks…
