Legal Business Awards 2020 – Insurance Team of the Year Mark McAteer The entries have been assessed, the shortlists have been drawn up and our panel of general counsel judges have had…
Lead sponsor message: Pinsent Masons Guest Blog In-house leaders in today’s world are navigating an era of unprecedented change. Our clients’ businesses span the globe. They operate…
‘Doing business the right way’ sees PEP fall significantly at Pinsents as turnover growth slows Thomas Alan Profit per equity partner (PEP) endured a 12% drop at Pinsent Masons over the last financial year as the firm continues…
Pinsents makes up non-lawyers to partner as it mulls quarterly distributions delay in wake of Covid-19 Hamish McNicol Pinsent Masons has promoted staff outside of traditional legal services to partner for the first time in a slightly increased…
Sponsored briefing: Business as usual in the UK courts Guest Blog Pinsent Masons discusses exciting times for UK patent litigation in 2020 and beyond For the past four years, Brexit has…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 UK 2020: Breakdown of Pinsent Masons’ top-tier rankings Pinsent Masons has topped the list of firms with…
Pinsents launches flexi-lawyering brand Vario in Germany following New Law acquisitions Thomas Alan Pinsent Masons has finalised two alternative legal services acquisitions, enabling the firm to launch its flexible lawyering business Vario in…
Revolving doors: City hires aplenty as Goodwin adds Kirkland PE player and Weil makes restructuring lateral Muna Abdi Leading US firms have continued to ramp up lateral recruitment in London as Goodwin Procter hired a private equity partner from…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 UK 2020 : Who tops the new rankings? Pinsent Masons is once again the firm with the most…
Stake in the ground: Pinsents bolsters alternative services with project management division Hamish McNicol Pinsent Masons has launched a client and legal project management division as it continues to ramp up investment in non-legal…
The price of everything – Law firm metrics cannot measure broader values that will define their future Guest Blog Pinsents senior partner Richard Foley argues the industry needs new benchmarks for success As Legal Business publishes its LB100, it…
Revolving doors: Back to school for new City Clydes, Kennedys and Pinsents laterals as European hires continue apace Muna Abdi City firms have been gearing up for what looks to be a busy September as Clyde & Co, Kennedys and…
Revolving doors: City move for Weil as HSF adds duo in South Africa Muna Abdi In a quiet week for lateral recruitment, Weil, Gotshal & Manges hired from Ashurst in the City as other firms made…
Pinsents holds back ‘significant’ investment from partner profits amid 7% revenue growth Hamish McNicol Pinsent Masons has ring-fenced ‘significant funds’ from partner profits in a bid to prioritise investing in the business, in turn cutting…
Prohibitively expensive: Pinsent lands £25m litigation funding deal Muna Abdi Pinsent Masons has secured a £25m preferred-supplier deal with litigation funder August Ventures to offer ‘non-recourse’ funding at better terms than…
Pinsents, Bird & Bird, BCLP and Network Rail the big winners at the 2019 Legal Business Awards Thomas Alan Pinsent Masons, Bird & Bird, Network Rail and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) were among the major winners at the…
Third German office and trio of Dublin hires the latest moves in Pinsents’ international odyssey Marco Cillario Pinsent Masons has kicked off 2019 in expansionist mode, opening a new office in Frankfurt, right after finishing 2018 with…
‘A global solution’: Pinsents hires six partners for Frankfurt launch as DLA expands in Dublin Hamish McNicol Pinsent Masons has hired six partners from a range of firms for a new Frankfurt office, the firm’s third opening in…
Deal watch: Bakers and Slaughters drink in £3.1bn Horlicks acquisition as AJ Bell IPO yields dividends for Pinsents and Addleshaws Nathalie Tidman As the market hunkers down for the festive season, GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) £3.1bn sale to Unilever of Horlicks has warmed the…
International round-up: Fieldfisher opens third China office as Pinsents settles Madrid dispute Tom Baker Ever-expansive Fieldfisher has bolstered its presence in Asia having opened a third office in China, while Pinsent Masons has settled a dispute…
