LLP latest – Herbert Smith Freehills sees its overdraft rise by 140% as borrowing totals £111m David Stevenson Significantly increased debt has been a recurring theme for many of the latest limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts filed at…
LLP Latest – Freshfields sees drop in equity partners and highest paid earner as Clydes grows across the board Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the second Magic Circle firm to release its 2012/13 limited liability partnership (LLP) filings with Companies…
LLP filings 2012/13 – DAC Beachcroft, Dentons, Olswang and Ince & Co reveal numbers Legal Business DAC Beachcroft, Dentons, Olswang and Ince & Co have joined the ranks of leading UK law firms to have filed…
LLP latest: CMS Cameron McKenna posts revenue and profit drops for LLP but highest earner remains stable Legal Business Top ten LB100 firm CMS Cameron McKenna has posted a revenue drop for its UK limited liability partnership (LLP) of 6.6%…
LLP latest: Penningtons and Addleshaws both see highest-paid member drawings fall during last financial year Jaishree Kalia Penningtons Manches is the latest top-100 UK firm to file its limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts for 2012/13, which in…
LLP filings 2012/13 – Nabarro’s highest earner sees pay increased by 31% Legal Business Following a seven-month period in which its year-end profitability rose significantly but its half-year revenue was flat, top 30 LB100…
LLP latest: Trowers accounts confirm profits slide as Holman and Stephenson Harwood power on Jaishree Kalia What finer way to kick off the New Year than a stream of law firm limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts?…
LLP results 2012/13 – CC reveals drop in management committee pay as LG records further decline in turnover Sarah Downey Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) limited liability partnership accounts for the 2012/13 year have revealed a 5% drop in total remuneration paid…
LLP filings 2012/13 – BLP sees bank borrowing increase from £14m to £45m David Stevenson Following a year of partner departures and a significant drop in profit per equity partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner’s limited liability partnership…
Comment: The New New Normal – a changing market beckons for 2014 Legal Business The last three years have drawn to a close heralding another 12 months much like those that went before: depressing.…
H1 2013/14: Nabarro points to pick up in corporate and real estate amid flat half year results Sarah Downey Nabarro has posted flat half year (H1) revenues for the 2013/14 year, with figures rising by a marginal 0.3% from…
Half-year financial results point to relative revival at leading UK firms Legal Business Cyclical departments increasing contribution to bottom line As an analytical tool half-year figures may be superficial but as a litmus…
H1 2013/14: Ashurst sees combined half year figures rise by 6% Jaishree Kalia Newly-merged Ashurst has joined the growing numbers of top 50 LB100 firms to report an increase in turnover during the first…
H1 2013/14: Bird & Bird reveals revenue increase of 5% Legal Business Bird & Bird today (3 December) attributed a 5% increase in its half year (H1) 2013/14 revenues to the strengthening of…
H1 2013/14: Taylor Wessing reveals UK revenue increase of 10% Sarah Downey Taylor Wessing has joined a band of leading City firms to have turned out a double digit increase in revenue for…
H1 2013/14: BLP reveals a 6% increase in turnover Jaishree Kalia By any estimation 2012/13 was Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s) annus horribilis but the top 20 firm is showing modest signs of…
H1 2013/14: Osborne Clarke sees half year revenues jump by 12% Legal Business Osborne Clarke is the latest top 50 firm to announce positive results for the first half (H1) of the 2013/14 financial…
H1 2013/14: A&O discloses revenue rise of 7.5% Jaishree Kalia The first of the Magic Circle firms to disclose its 2013/14 half year (H1) results, Allen & Overy (A&O) has done…
Positive financials continue as Simmons & Simmons posts an 8% increase in H1 revenues David Stevenson Top-20 Legal Business 100 firm Simmons & Simmons has reported an 8% increase in revenues for the half year (H1)…
Hill Dickinson sees H1 revenues up 6% following summer cash call David Stevenson Top-40 LB100 firm Hill Dickinson has posted a half year increase in revenues from £54.9m from £51.9m this time last…