Disputes perspectives: Rob Fell Tom Baker I was one of those children who spent a lot of time arguing with parents and siblings over the dinner…
The business of saving lives Nathalie Tidman ‘Every week two women are killed by their partners and three commit suicide due to domestic abuse.’ With such a…
Sponsored briefing: Interview with Doug Bryden (partner and head of risk and operational regulatory) and Heather Gagen (partner, dispute resolution) Guest Blog What are your backgrounds in terms of advising and acting for clients on ESG-related risks? Doug Bryden (DB): I have…
Financial results 2020/21: Travers overcomes Covid blip as revenue spikes 15% and PEP surges 22% Nathalie Tidman The financial performance of Travers Smith has seen a dramatic double-digit bounce-back as turnover increased 15% to £185.7m and profit…
Life During Law: David Patient Nathalie Tidman My father was a consultant obstetrician, his brother was an accountant, but I was rubbish at science and didn’t like…
End of an era for Travers as Reed to succeed Patient as managing partner Nathalie Tidman David Patient is to hand the Travers Smith managing partner baton to private equity partner Edmund Reed, the firm announced…
‘Not out of the woods yet’: Coronavirus puts the kibosh on Travers’ decade of revenue growth amid profit dive Nathalie Tidman Travers Smith has suffered one of its biggest financial setbacks due to the coronavirus pandemic, recording an 11% slump in…
Dealwatch: Slaughters and Ashurst make headlines on i newspaper sale as DLA and A&O dine out on Bookatable acquisition Muna Abdi In a busy week for UK buyouts, Slaughter and May advised Daily Mail and General Trust on the £49.6m acquisition…
Former Travers managing partner Lilley joins Deloitte Legal as employment head Thomas Alan Big Four accountancy firm Deloitte has bulked up its UK legal bench by hiring Andrew Lilley, the former managing partner…
Some challenges: Travers ups NQ pay range following 11% revenue growth and subdued PEP Muna Abdi Travers Smith has marked a tenth consecutive year of revenue growth with an 11% increase in turnover, although profit per equity…
Travers’ private equity star Dolman joins Summerfield at the corporate helm Muna Abdi Travers Smith has appointed Paul Dolman as co-head of corporate in addition to his existing role of head of private equity…
Deal watch: Seats at the table for Travers, Skadden and Gateley as Pret acquires EAT and Oliver’s chain collapses Marco Cillario Two opposite developments in the UK high street have seen City and US firms advise as food chain Pret A…
Sponsored briefing: Excessive litigation – how can it be discouraged and stopped? Guest Blog Huw Jenkin assesses the options for curbing excessive or aggressive litigation In the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)’s November 2018 report…
Travers female partner promotions suffer amid scaled back round Nathalie Tidman A firm more progressive than many in the City on gender diversity, Travers Smith has made up just one female partner…
Defying gravity – Inside the improbable rise of Travers and Macfarlanes Marco Cillario ‘If you look at Wall Street, this model is replicated again and again. There is no reason it shouldn’t work…
Legal 500 data: behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2019 rankings Our cover feature this month looks at London-centric peer firms Macfarlanes and Travers…
Deal watch: Healthy pickings for Travers and DLA on Unilever’s £150m graze buyout as firms navigate Interserve rescue saga Nathalie Tidman Travers Smith and DLA Piper have sated their appetites on The Carlyle Group’s £150m disposal of graze while a raft of advisers…
Travers’ former tax head Kathleen Russ elected as senior partner successor to Chris Hale Tom Baker Travers Smith has nominated former tax department head Kathleen Russ (pictured) as its new senior partner, to succeed long-serving Chris Hale…
Deal watch: Slaughters and Kirkland drill into giant $12bn offshore plc merger as Travers and Eversheds maximise L&G’s pensions buy-out Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May and Kirkland & Ellis have led on the $12bn combination of UK Plc offshore drilling companies Ensco and Rowan…
Deal round-up: Travers advises Shazam on Apple buyout as Freshfields and Norton Rose strike gold on $18bn mining merger Tom Baker In the latest flurry of deals, Travers Smith has represented popular mobile app Shazam on its buyout by tech giant Apple,…
