‘An element of the exceptional’: Simmons latest to post striking pandemic financials with double-digit revenue growth and soaring profits Tom Baker Simmons & Simmons managing partner Jeremy Hoyland said there was ‘an element of the exceptional’ in the firm’s financial results…
Legal Business Award 2020 – Legal Technology Team of the Year Thomas Alan The entries were reviewed and our panel of general counsel judges delivered their verdicts: we are now delighted to reveal…
City biz support jobs axed again as Taylor Wessing makes 28 redundant Marco Cillario Taylor Wessing has made 10% of its 270-strong City business services staff redundant, the latest in a string of firms moving…
Taylor Wessing loses practice head as Latham targets UK mid-market for first City tech laterals Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins has become the latest US player to expand its City emerging company capabilities by targeting two mid-market UK…
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…
Revolving doors: DLA wins back Proskauer real estate partner as Macfarlanes and Dentons make City hires Muna Abdi City lateral recruitment picked up pace again last week as DLA Piper won back a real estate partner from Proskauer Rose,…
Revolving doors: NRF loses insurance team to DAC Beachcroft as Taylor Wessing taps Fieldfisher for life sciences co-head Muna Abdi In an otherwise sedate week for City legal recruitment, DAC Beachcroft has proved the exception to the rule for August hiring,…
Taylor Wessing breaks £150m UK revenue barrier as PEP rises 13% Marco Cillario Taylor Wessing has kicked off the financial reporting season for the UK top-25 with another year of double-digit growth in profit…
Life during law: Shane Gleghorn Marco Cillario My mother is Irish and my father English. They were first-generation immigrants. I was born a year after my mother’s…
‘A third way’: Taylor Wessing enters alliance with West Coast leader Wilson Sonsini Marco Cillario Marco Cillario assesses Taylor Wessing’s alliance with Silicon Valley royalty Wilson Sonsini as RPC forges US insurance partnership While the…
Taylor Wessing to enter alliance with West Coast leader Wilson Sonsini Marco Cillario Taylor Wessing is entering into an alliance with Silicon Valley firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati. The UK top 20 firm…
City biz services staff under threat again as Taylor Wessing mulls 34 redundancies Marco Cillario The transfer of business services roles into low-cost bases shows no sign of slowdown in 2019, with top 20 UK…
LB100 case study: Taylor Wessing Legal Business Long-serving managing partner Tim Eyles (pictured) received a nice farewell gift in his last year at the helm of Taylor…
Taylor Wessing follows northshore wave with 10-lawyer Liverpool launch Marco Cillario Taylor Wessing is joining the growing list of City firms expanding into low cost centres in the UK by launching an…
Taylor Wessing’s UK PEP shoots up 20% as global revenue exceeds the £300m mark Marco Cillario In another early sign of a good 2017/18 for UK firms, Taylor Wessing has followed up on a disappointing performance last…
Taylor Wessing finalises leadership overhaul as litigation chief succeeds veteran managing partner Eyles Hamish McNicol Taylor Wessing has completed its management reshuffle with the election of the law firm’s litigation co-head Shane Gleghorn (pictured) to managing…
Trio of top-30 firms unveil new partners with Taylor Wessing and HFW boosting promotions rounds Tom Baker LB100 top-30 firms Taylor Wessing, Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) and Dentons have all announced their Spring partner promotions covering the…
For what they’re worth – Links, 2Birds and Pinsents among law firms disclosing chunky gender pay gaps Marco Cillario The UK’s top law firms have begun disclosing figures on gender pay gaps, with an initial round of numbers showing…
LLP latest: Taylor Wessing tightens its belt as Pinsent Masons gets expansive Hamish McNicol The latest round of LLP accounts show profit, management pay and remuneration for the highest earning member all fell at…
Taylor Wessing elects new senior partner as season of change for firm continues Marco Cillario Days after veteran managing partner Tim Eyles announced he is stepping down next year, Taylor Wessing has elected Dominic FitzPatrick…
