Macfarlanes breaks £200m barrier as PEP grows 26% in buoyant year Marco Cillario Macfarlanes has grown its revenue 20% to £201.5m in yet another sign of a strong financial year for mid-tier City firms.…
Macfarlanes launches white-collar practice with Eversheds team head hire Thomas Alan Macfarlanes has today (9 March) announced that Eversheds Sutherland corporate crime head Neill Blundell will be joining the firm in…
Deal watch: Global 100 elite line-up on $6bn GKN-Dana transatlantic union Marco Cillario A group of elite firms both sides of the Atlantic, including Macfarlanes and Slaughter and May, face off as British…
No politics, please – Macfarlanes names new head two years before high profile chief stands down Marco Cillario For most law firms, nailing down your c-suite successor two years in advance may look excessive, but when your leader…
‘Willingness to adapt’: Macfarlanes defies Brexit effect with PEP up 8% Legal Business In a challenging but ‘good year’ for the firm, Macfarlanes has continued growing with revenues up 4% to £167.6m.
Dealwatch Legal Business SKADDEN PULLS MOODY’S IN €3BN DEAL Allen & Overy (A&O) and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom led as Moody’s…
‘A landmark transaction’: Macfarlanes advises UK tech start-up Improbable on $502m financing from SoftBank Madeleine Farman Macfarlanes has advised UK based virtual simulation start-up Improbable on its $502m financing raised from Japanese telecoms group SoftBank.
Life during law: Tom Usher, Macfarlanes Kathryn McCann My father, who sadly died last year, did his articles. Absolutely hated it. Left as soon as he could. He…
City elite reduce partnership rounds as Slaughters makes up seven and Macfarlanes three Legal Business After making its first ever lateral hire in London last month, Slaughter and May has strengthened its London bench with…
Trainee retention: HSF and Hogan Lovells post rates as Macfarlanes joins top of the class at 100% Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has posted a spring trainee retention rate of 77%, compared to a rate of 94% this…
‘An aggressive timetable’: Macfarlanes, Reed Smith and Travers line-up on largest main market IPO of 2017 so far Legal Business Macfarlanes, Reed Smith and Travers Smith have all advised on Xafinity’s £190.3m flotation, in what is the largest premium main…
A buzzword with edge – Macfarlanes head reviews the most hyped professional services book for years Legal Business Collaboration within a law firm is as self-evidently a good thing as motherhood and apple pie. But then you might…
City stalwart Macfarlanes opens in Brussels with KWM hires Legal Business Despite being known for its reluctance towards overseas expansion, Macfarlanes is launching a new office in Brussels early this year…
KWM competition trio defects to Macfarlanes in rare lateral play by City thoroughbred Legal Business City firm Macfarlanes has made a rare triple lateral hire with three partners from King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) European…
Macfarlanes LLPs show profit dip to £82.5m as management pay rises Legal Business After record profitability last year Macfarlanes has reported a 9% fall in profits to £82.5m, while management pay was up,…
Another defection from Macfarlanes as competition head moves to White & Case Legal Business In a rare move, White & Case has hired Macfarlanes competition and EU head Marc Israel after 15 years at…
‘A great enhancement to our practice’: Quinn lures Macfarlanes’ Berman in latest City hire Sarah Downey In a rare defection from Macfarlanes, financial services head David Berman is set to join Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
Deal watch: Corporate activity in July and August 2016 Legal Business US ELITE LEAD AS VERIZON TAKES YAHOO! FOR $4.8BN Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &…
Macfarlanes gets the gig as firms line up on Verizon’s $2.4bn purchase of Fleetmatics Legal Business Just days after the headline grabbing acquisition of Yahoo!, Goodwin Procter, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, A&L Goodbody and Macfarlanes…
After five years of growth Macfarlanes revenue stalls and PEP falls 17% Legal Business Following one of its most successful years, Macfarlanes has seen revenue remain static at £161m for 2015/16, up less than…
