Clifford Chance executive committee group pay falls by 7% amid revenue and profit dip, LLP accounts reveal Sarah Downey Clifford Chance‘s (CC) 12-strong executive leadership group saw an average 7% decrease in pay packets in the last financial year…
‘I’m less and less keen on the generalists’: Simmons posts modest half-year revenue rise as firm targets high-growth sectors Legal Business Reduced commercial activity has slowed growth at Simmons & Simmons after a record-breaking 2014/15, with the firm reporting a modest…
Hitting the target: Gateley posts 11% rise in revenue in first post-IPO results Legal Business The UK’s first listed law firm Gateley has hit its revenue target by achieving a 10.9% rise to £29.6m, up…
H1 2015/16: Double-digit growth for TLT as Browne Jacobson praises London for revenue lift Kathryn McCann Bristol-headquartered TLT has continued its strong growth into the first half of this financial year, posting double digit revenue growth…
H1 2015/16: ‘Well balanced’ – Clyde & Co turnover rises 8% as firm praises sector focus Legal Business Clyde & Co has posted an 8% rise in turnover totalling £192m for the first half of the 2015/16 financial…
H1 2015/16: ‘Plenty more to be done’ – DAC Beachcroft posts modest 2% revenue rise Legal Business National firm DAC Beachcroft has unveiled a 2% rise in 2015/16 half year revenues to £100.8m, while overall net debt…
H1 2015/16: Watson Farley points to lateral hires as revenues grow 5% Legal Business Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) said its investment in lateral hires has seen revenues improve as the firm posted 5%…
H1 2015/16: Nabarro stays on track with revenues up 4% at half-year stage Legal Business Nabarro has today (1 December) released steady half-year results for the 2015/16 financial year with revenue increasing 4% to £56.3m…
H1 2015/16: Steady as she goes – A&O attributes 4% revenue rise to London performance Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) has posted a 4% revenue increase for the first six months of the 2015/16 financial year. Turnover…
More investment planned as DWF notes profit fall and borrowings rise in annual review Kathryn McCann Profit at top-25 firm DWF fell 7% for the year ending 30 April 2015 from £50.4m to £46.7m, which the…
H1 2015/16: ‘An exceptional year’ – OC still going strong with double digit revenue growth at home and abroad Kathryn McCann Osborne Clarke (OC) has posted another set of strong financial figures for the first six months of the year, with…
Trading update: Gateley expects 10% increase in half year revenue Kathryn McCann The UK’s first listed law firm, West-Midlands based Gateley said it is on track to lift revenues by 10% to…
H1 2015/16: ‘All signs are looking positive’ – Fieldfisher posts first half revenues up 8% Legal Business Fieldfisher has banked £58.4m for the first six months of the 2015/16 financial year, an 8% rise on last year,…
U-turn: White & Case’s LLP reverses the trend with UK/Africa offices posting 12% rise in turnover Legal Business White & Case‘s most recent limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts filed at Companies House show turnover at its UK and…
King & Spalding’s London revenues up 16% as legal headcount lifted by 40% Legal Business Revenue at the London branch of US firm King & Spalding (K&S) surged 16% to £27.2m in 2014 as the firm…
Dechert results: revenue slides by £2m in London as highest earner takes home £2.7m Legal Business The highest take-home pay at Dechert’s London office rose by 16% last year to £2.69m, despite income at the City office…
Slater & Gordon unveils £20m UK profits in revised accounts Legal Business Following controversy after its £637m purchase of Quindell’s Professional Services Division (PSD), Australian-listed Slater & Gordon (S&G) has revealed a revised…
Comment: What can you be sure of as the LB100 goes down the rabbit hole? Legal Business It’s common in the legal industry to talk about unprecedented change but there are many rules of professional gravity unchanged…
What can you be sure of as the LB100 goes down the rabbit hole? Alex Novarese It’s common in the legal industry to talk about unprecedented change but there are many rules of professional gravity unchanged…
UK-driven law firms outperform City leaders in this year’s dynamic-changing LB100 Kathryn McCann This year’s Legal Business 100 (LB100) has seen the dynamics of the UK legal market turn on its head as…
