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…
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…
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,…
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…
102 jobs to go as BLP redundancy consultation concludes – 58 legal staff depart David Stevenson Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has confirmed that it has cut 102 jobs that were placed under review in May, with 58…
Taylor Wessing to review secretarial jobs Sarah Downey 96 London support staff put on notice of potential redundancy. Taylor Wessing is to make 26 of its City secretaries…
Lawyers On Demand launches new pay-as-you-go model as demand increases for flexible staffing David Stevenson As senior private practice and in-house lawyers increasingly turn to flexible staffing options to manage their costs, Berwin Leighton Paisner’s…
Revolving Doors: Osborne Clarke, Eversheds and Bryan Cave among firms to make key strategic hires Legal Business Europe has been the focus of much lateral partner activity over the past week, as firms including Eversheds and Osborne Clarke make…
Redundancy announcements increase as top partners predict difficult H2 for UK firms David Stevenson Continuing pressure on UK legal market threatens largest redundancy levels since 2009 The level of legal redundancies this year is…
Redundancy round continues as BLP latest to announce fee-earner cuts Caroline Hill Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has become the latest major UK law firm to announce job cuts as firms increasingly examine…
Pinsents launches flexi-lawyer service for clients Jaishree Kalia Pinsent Masons is set to launch a contract lawyer service that will provide clients with access to lawyers on a…
BLP – Ten years gone Legal Business Berwin Leighton Paisner is a decade old this year, a period marked by impressive financials, a revolving door of partners…
