Financial results 2013: LG’s revenue falls for a third year while Irwin Mitchell posts turnover and profit growth Jaishree Kalia Top 25-firm Irwin Mitchell has today (26 July) posted strong revenue and profit growth for the last financial year, while…
Guest post: In the ABS landscape, it’s all about the brand – oh yes Legal Business ‘Tesco Law’ is a phrase that, thankfully, is finally dying out as the reality of alternative business structures (ABSs) takes…
Financial results 2013: the good, the bad and the ugly as Howard Kennedy FSI, Clarke Willmott and Manches reveal results Legal Business The latest results for firms in the second half of LB100 are a mixed bag, as Howard Kennedy reports inflated…
Ropes & Gray lands marquee role in GSK Chinese bribery investigation David Stevenson Even in an age in which corporate investigations have become some of the most sought after work for legal advisers,…
Asia Round-up: Singapore in focus for Minter Ellison, Sidley Austin and Taylor Wessing Legal Business The decline in Singapore M&A has seemingly done little to dampen the enthusiasm of international firms to launch or build their…
Moving slowly forwards – Eversheds seals another Tyco-style deal Francesca Fanshawe While single service retainers appear unlikely to become a broad fixture of the legal market, Eversheds continues to push on…
Deal watch: M&A activity picks up as A&O, Linklaters and Hogan Lovells secure key roles David Stevenson With Q1 2013 reported as one of the slowest starts to the year M&A-wise for a decade, the deal market…
One trick pony – BLP to retain MLS in wake of partner departures David Stevenson ‘Two people leaving doesn’t mean the whole business collapses,’ says Neville Eisenberg, Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) managing partner of 14…
Guest post: ‘Culture’ wins yet another victory over business judgment (or how to actually have a law firm strategy) Legal Business Here’s Scenario One: you’re in an executive committee or practice group or departmental meeting at your law firm, and the…
Financial results 2013: Scottish elite numbers make grim reading as Maclay reveals results Legal Business Following Dundas & Wilson’s announcement last week that its revenues and profits had tumbled dramatically for the second year running, the…
Kirkland’s trophy hire – Robert Khuzami to join the firm in Washington Legal Business If securing senior US regulatory agency lawyers can be compared to a highly competitive game of cards, then Kirkland &…
Resurgence in debt and equity capital markets sees Allen & Overy claim top spot for issuer and manager roles David Stevenson Allen & Overy (A&O) has topped Thomson Reuters’ table of legal advisers on global debt and equity capital markets work for…
In-house Round-up: Swiss Re GC to DAC, Co-op’s Gulliford to Pannone, FACT appoints first GC and Auction.com takes on senior legal team Francesca Fanshawe If it had seemed that the flow of UK hires between private practice and in-house was very much one-sided in…
European expansion – Osborne Clarke continues international drive with Paris launch Francesca Fanshawe At the start of 2012 Osborne Clarke (OC) had little in the way of a direct international presence but the…
Comparing apples with, err, pears: Dentons’ financials show slight increase in revenue as Withers and Travers reveal numbers Legal Business If the financial results of 2013 are useful for one thing, it will be to remind us of the sheer…
Why the Serious Fraud Office should now be left to get on with its knitting Jaishree Kalia The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is an organisation under pressure. Pressure from MPs over the severance packages of former executives,…
Turns out not all publicity is good as law firm admits it revealed JK Rowling’s secret crime novel side-line Jaishree Kalia Media law firms have long received a profile far outranking their small size thanks to their close proximity to celebrity…
Financial results 2013: Dundas & Wilson fails to halt the slide as profits fall 21% Francesca Fanshawe It was once Scotland’s most revered firm but Dundas & Wilson continues to experience misery heaped upon misery, rounding off…
Financial results 2013: BLP confirms bad year as revenues drop by 5% David Stevenson It appears today (19 July) is a good day to try and bury bad news. With Dundas & Wilson earlier…
European movers: Bakers bolsters Madrid office with team of 20 as Hogan Lovells launches in Luxembourg and Wragges takes on Paris team David Stevenson In many ways it is a curious time to be building up corporate and finance capability in the depressed Spanish…
