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…
Travers Smith matches Slaughters associate base pay as indies beat Brexit woes to lift salaries Legal Business Despite post-Brexit referendum market turbulence, independent firms Travers Smith and Macfarlanes have both elevated their newly-qualified (NQ) pay levels, with…
Macfarlanes makes up six partners in male-only round Sarah Downey Macfarlanes has made up six new internal partner promotions across its tax, real estate, corporate and disputes practices, with senior…
‘This is a gritty place’: Macfarlanes’ leaders on the hustle it takes to look effortless Legal Business Victoria Young talks to the singular City player about success and bucking the market ‘Strong culture’, ‘high quality’ and ‘entrepreneurial’…
A&O, Macfarlanes and Travers Smith to contest top prize at the Legal Business Awards Legal Business Allen & Overy, Macfarlanes and Travers Smith are among the firms competing to be named Law Firm of the Year…
Comment: We must run just to stay in place – Macfarlanes’ head asks what it takes to be a partner in 2016 Legal Business I confess the analogy is not perfect, but reflecting on the bizarre and often contradictory pressures on partners in law…
Here we must run, just to stay in place – what it takes to be a law firm partner in 2016 Legal Business Macfarlanes’ Charles Martin reflects on the paradoxes facing the modern partner I confess the analogy is not perfect, but reflecting…
News in brief – February 2016 Legal Business CASES AGAINST LAW FIRMS DOWN Figures collated by RPC suggest the post-financial crisis wave of professional negligence claims against law…
