Sponsored briefing: Interview with Doug Bryden (partner and head of risk and operational regulatory) and Heather Gagen (partner, dispute resolution) Guest Blog What are your backgrounds in terms of advising and acting for clients on ESG-related risks? Doug Bryden (DB): I have…
Revolving doors: Dechert makes double hire in California as King & Spalding lures Brussels head Tom Baker In a more muted round of lateral partner recruitment as August draws to a close, Dechert, King & Spalding and Dentons…
Revolving doors: Withers makes global splash with four partner hires as Curtis opens in Saudi Arabia Tom Baker In a week of significant international expansion, Withers has added four lateral partners to its global benches while Curtis, Mallet-Prevost,…
Revolving doors: A&O launches Silicon Valley tech team as Linklaters hires litigation star Tom Baker In a major expansion of its US operations, Allen & Overy (A&O) has made an eye-catching move for seven White…
Financials 2020/21: Linklaters maintains Magic Circle resilience with double-digit profit hike Tom Baker Despite the pandemic, the 2020/21 financial year proved to be an improved outing for Linklaters as revenues inched up and…
Financials 2020/21: HFW breaks £200m revenue barrier as profits soar by 30% Tom Baker HFW has continued to perform resiliently in the face of the pandemic, today (9 August) posting a 3% rise in…
Financial results 2020/21: Travers overcomes Covid blip as revenue spikes 15% and PEP surges 22% Nathalie Tidman The financial performance of Travers Smith has seen a dramatic double-digit bounce-back as turnover increased 15% to £185.7m and profit…
Revolving doors: White & Case enters recruitment overdrive as Lewis Silkin establishes Belfast employment hub Tom Baker After a quieter July, the pace of partner recruitment has picked up significantly this week, with notable activity at White…
Comment: Why giving associates exposure to clients could be a win-win scenario Becky Pritchard Law firms spend big money making sure they have the best junior lawyers. A newly qualified lawyer at a Magic…
Revolving doors: Addleshaws and White & Case push on during summer slowdown with two hires each Tom Baker Amid the typical summer lull in lateral partner appointments, Addleshaw Goddard and White & Case have bucked the trend with…
Financials 2020/21: Addleshaws to triple bonus provision following standout year Mark McAteer Addleshaw Goddard has kept pace with an emerging trend over the past month, posting robust financial results for 2020/21 following…
Financials 2020/21: ‘Tremendous resilience’ from Freshfields yields 5% turnover and profit growth Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has weathered the coronavirus crisis to report a 5% addition to its top line and profit per…
Financials 2020/21: Osborne Clarke shows spirit with 7% revenue growth and double-digit profit surge Nathalie Tidman Osborne Clarke has rallied in the face of last year’s Covid-hindered financials to record a 7% international revenue increase to…
Financials 2020/21: ‘Fortunate’ Macfarlanes adds 10% to top line as 26-50 LB100 firms post mixed results Nathalie Tidman Firms ranked 26-50 in the Legal Business 100 – Macfarlanes, TLT and Watson Farley & Williams – have posted a…
Financials 2020/21: RPC latest to shrug off lean spell to post robust financial growth Mark McAteer RPC is the latest LB100 firm to emerge from a ‘very challenging’ period to today (22 July) post exceptional financial…
Revolving Doors: HSF and RPC reunite with former London insurance specialists Mark McAteer Amid an uncharacteristically sluggish week for lateral hires, two top-50 Legal Business 100 firms have welcomed former colleagues back to…
Financials 2020/21: ‘Strongest-ever quarter’ rescues revenue growth at Clifford Chance Tom Baker Clifford Chance had a late flurry of transactional activity to thank for a respectable set of Covid financials, as profit…
Financials 2020/21: Ashurst breaks the £1m PEP barrier again as turnover climbs 10% Tom Baker In another set of buoyant pandemic financial results, Ashurst has breached the £1m-profit-per-equity-partner barrier for the first time since the…
‘An element of the exceptional’: Simmons latest to post striking pandemic financials with double-digit revenue growth and soaring profits Tom Baker Simmons & Simmons managing partner Jeremy Hoyland said there was ‘an element of the exceptional’ in the firm’s financial results…
Comment: Value is critical but ESG intentions must check out in Morrisons take-private Nathalie Tidman ‘This level of scrutiny of governance is quite unusual. Historically in deals of this kind, no-one ever used to ask:…
