Retention round up: mixed bag as Shoosmiths, Dentons, Taylor Wessing record reduced rates Sarah Downey Following last week’s round of positive trainee retention rates within a mix of Magic Circle, international and regional firms; the…
Hong Kong drive: Addleshaws makes foray into local law two months after HK launch Francesca Fanshawe Addleshaw Goddard’s objective to offer capability across the major disputes and arbitration centres has been given a boost by its launch…
Investment costs: Hill Dickinson partners vote through £2.8m cash call Sarah Downey It’s been a tough year for national firm Hill Dickinson. With both profit per lawyer and profit per equity partner…
Financial results 2013: Burness Paull (minus the Williamsons) outstrips Scottish rivals with post-merger results Sarah Downey In the first few months since its eye-catching merger at the beginning of December last year, Burness Paull has climbed…
Real estate round up: Hogan Lovells, BLP and Nabarro show credentials while Mishcons makes key hire Legal Business Unsurprisingly, what little major real estate work that is around has found its way to the usual trio of law…
Asia round-up: Bakers ushers in new Singapore head as MoFo and Taylor Wessing plot regional growth David Stevenson Aside from the big Asia Pacific news this week of SJ Berwin’s tie-up with King & Wood Mallesons, other major…
Vision of the future? Former eBay dispute resolution team heads to Europe Legal Business An online dispute resolution (ODR) technology business spun out of eBay is setting up in the UK after receiving a…
Deal watch: Student Loans Company invites law firm tenders for £40bn debt portfolio sale Sarah Downey The Government’s plan to take the Student Loans Company debt off its balance sheet has moved up a gear as…
Bar round-up: Essex Court and Outer Temple Chambers boost their ranks Sarah Downey It’s been a good summer so far for Essex Court Chambers and Outer Temple Chambers, with Daniel Oudkerk QC recently…
Retention round up: UK firms score top marks on trainee job offers Sarah Downey Despite the wave of redundancies and poor financials of late, firms are still posting high retention rates of junior lawyers…
Good girl gets mad: Rihanna wins t-shirt tiff against Topshop Sarah Downey In a case where the profile of the parties far outshone the legal substance and had many media outlets overexcited,…
Latham, Sidley and Skadden lead the US pack in Legal 500 research Legal Business Often hailed as one of the greatest US success stories of the last 25 years, new research underlines the elevated…
What’s in a name? SJ Berwin and King & Wood Mallesons seal union David Stevenson Forming a ground-breaking union between a leading City firm and an Asia powerhouse, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partners confirmed…
Deal watch: Latham and Wachtell lead on largest public deal of the year David Stevenson In what remains a gloomy cross-border deal market, US leaders Latham & Watkins and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have…
Redundancy watch: DWF, Hill Dickinson and Taylor Wessing all confirm job cuts Sarah Downey The stream of UK law firm job cuts continues apace as DWF, Hill Dickinson and Taylor Wessing have today (30…
Do you need to think about tougher tax rules for your partnership? Er, probably David Stevenson Does abuse of tax rules for partnership require a major clampdown by the taxman? That’s the £300m question and the…
Amid a punishing regional market, Challinors becomes latest to call in the administrators Sarah Downey It’s not as if anyone needs reminding that the legal market remains challenging, and doubly so for regional advisers. But…
Barristers free to conduct litigation as Bar watchdog ushers in new ‘risk-based’ conduct regime Sarah Downey While the post-Legal Services Act (LSA) shake-up moves far more slowly for barristers than their solicitor cousins, the Bar continues…
Financial results 2013: steady as she goes for Burges Salmon Francesca Fanshawe It’s been another year of solid organic growth for stalwart Burges Salmon, with revenue, profit and profit per lawyer (PPL)…
After mounting controversy Bar watchdogs face court challenge to procedures in high-stakes move Legal Business Regulators are never popular but the Bar’s watchdogs have seen sustained controversy finally escalate into a court challenge to their…
