Eversheds has reported revenue growth of 7% to £405.5m for 2015/16. The increase follows a year of flat turnover for the firm after last year it posted £380.7m in revenue, up less than 1%.
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Eversheds has promoted 26 partners globally, with four in the firm’s London office, while TLT has made up four partners across the UK in a reduced round.
Of Eversheds’ 26 promotions, 11 of were female and ten are in its international offices with new partners in Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and United Arab Emirates.
The rough and tumble of trainee retention season offers contrasting images to future lawyers as Eversheds keeps on all eight trainees while Simmons & Simmons becomes the latest firm accused of tampering with its figures.
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The legal market has seen a high-profile return to chambers and a series of both national and international lateral appointments this week at firms such as Squire Patton Boggs, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Eversheds.
Fresh from failed merger talks with US firm Foley & Lardner, Eversheds is in talks with Harry Elias Partnership in a bid for a Singapore tie-up.
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Eversheds‘ highest-paid LLP member took home £1.46m last year, an increase of 5% on the previous year, while turnover at the firm dipped.
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Eversheds Manchester banking head Nigel Dale is leaving the firm after 20 years to join specialist lender Together as its general counsel (GC).
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Eversheds and Linklaters have won key roles on TDR Capital’s £1.3bn investment in Euro Garages, one of the UK’s largest privately-owned forecourt operators.
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In a move which sets him in a strong position to run for chief executive when incumbent Bryan Hughes steps down in 2017, Eversheds managing partner Lee Ranson (pictured) has been tasked with leading a ‘Growth Agenda’ following the firm’s subdued performance in this year’s Legal Business 100, which saw growth flatline, and profit per equity partner (PEP) edge up by 2%.
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In a move which sets him in a strong position to run for chief executive when incumbent Bryan Hughes steps down in 2017, Eversheds managing partner Lee Ranson has been tasked with leading a ‘Growth Agenda’ following the firm’s subdued performance in this year’s Legal Business 100, which saw growth flatline, and profit per equity partner (PEP) edge up by 2%.
The strategy revamp was announced during a practice group conference this summer as the firm’s three-year plan came to an end. Ranson told Legal Business the agenda was about making sure junior lawyers coming through the business have the skillsets and opportunities to sell.
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