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…
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…
Deal Watch: Slaughters, Dentons, Taylor Wessing and Nabarro act on high profile European deals Legal Business Europe and particularly the UK has thrown up a number of high profile mandates from the nationally significant restructuring of…
Clyde & Co advises Olswang on claim arising from £460m Esporta sale Legal Business Clyde & Co’s professional financial disputes team led by rated team head Sarah Clover is advising Olswang on a multi-million pound claim stemming from…
Deal watch: CMS, Matheson and Akin Gump act on high-profile international deals Legal Business As international M&A catches the headlines, CMS Cameron McKenna has advised a consortium owned by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing…
Nabarro points to bonus and high performance uplift as it freezes junior lawyers pay Legal Business Nabarro has defended its decision to freeze the salaries of its trainees, newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers and those with one to…
Revolving Doors: Olswang, Macfarlanes, Dechert, DWF and Weightmans in strategic partner hires David Stevenson Macfarlanes and Dechert have made key strategic hires in the past few days while top 35, 382-lawyer UK firm Olswang has…
Nabarro’s PEP up by 30% as firm posts modest growth in revenue Legal Business Nabarro’s profit per equity partner (PEP) has risen by 30% over the past financial year, figures released by the firm today…
Dundas cancels vacation scheme as trainee intake is deferred Francesca Fanshawe Dundas & Wilson’s beleaguered City office has deferred its 2014 trainee intake by a year and cancelled its London summer…
Reports season 2013 – Bird & Bird and Olswang post healthy revenue increases Legal Business Two international firms with strong European practices and a core media focus, Bird & Bird and Olswang, have posted solid…
Deal Watch: Nabarro and Ashurst act on sale of LSE HQ as King & Spalding secures repeat European M&A for GSK David Stevenson Ashurst and Nabarro‘s real estate teams have secured a role on the sale of another landmark London building, while King…
Revolving Doors: King & Spalding, Olswang and Sullivan & Cromwell in key partner hires Legal Business The past week saw a clutch of firms including Kennedys, Olswang, King & Spalding and Sullivan & Cromwell make key…
CMS and Osborne Clarke scale back Integreon deals Sarah Downey CMS Cameron McKenna (CMS) and Osborne Clarke (OC) have scaled back their legal process outsourcing (LPO) agreements with Integreon within…
More partner exits from Dundas & Wilson Legal Business Beleaguered Dundas & Wilson is shortly to lose London private equity partners Simon Sale and Nadim Meer to Mishcon de…
Nabarro’s talent programme reaps eight partner promotions Francesca Fanshawe Nabarro has promoted eight lawyers to its partnership, with the majority of appointments in the firm’s City office. The promotions,…
Olswang creates executive committee in management overhaul Legal Business Olswang has concluded an extensive governance review that has seen the creation of an executive committee responsible for the firm’s…
Integreon loses business development chief to Elevate Sarah Downey LPO provider Integreon has lost its business development chief John Croft to legal services provider Elevate, just weeks after CMS…
Nabarro’s talent programme reaps eight partner promotions Francesca Fanshawe Nabarro has promoted eight lawyers to its partnership, with the firm’s City office awarded the lion’s share. The promotions, effective…
Dundas & Wilson woes continue as it loses private equity duo to Mishcons Sarah Downey Dundas & Wilson has lost private equity partners Simon Sale and Nadim Meer to Mishcon de Reya, the latest in…
Stewart steps out of Goldstein shadow as Olswang hands popular head another term David Stevenson TMT specialist Olswang has re-elected long-time head David Stewart as chief executive for another three years. Before being elected chief…