Mergers helps drive 11% revenue growth at CMS with profits up 3% Sarah Downey With two mergers under its belt in 2014, CMS has unveiled double digit growth in revenue for the financial year…
Be wary of vaulting ambition as competition ramps up in Scotland Legal Business An interesting battle is raging in Scotland on levels large and small. In early May, the Scottish National Party (SNP)…
DAC Beachcroft set for defining post-merger management election Kathryn McCann DAC Beachcroft is gearing up for a management election this summer between both insurance and non-insurance partners as the firm…
DAC Beachcroft set for defining post-merger management election Kathryn McCann DAC Beachcroft is gearing up for a management election this summer between both insurance and non-insurance partners as the firm…
Relying on new friends: Dentons to close Singapore office ahead of Dacheng combination Legal Business Within months of announcing a combination with one of China’s biggest law firms, Dacheng, Dentons is closing down its Singapore…
News in brief – May 2015 Legal Business WHITTAKER STEPS DOWN AS LLOYDS GC Group general counsel (GC) Andrew Whittaker is stepping down from his role at Lloyds…
Singapore scramble: Morgan Lewis teams up with Stamford Law to enter market Legal Business Singapore continues to be an attractive legal market for many Western law firms targeting the fast growing Asia-Pacific region with…
News in brief – March 2015 Legal Business JP MORGAN TURNS TO GOLDMAN SACHS FOR NEW EMEA GC JP Morgan Chase hired heavyweight counsel, and former lawyer at…
Comment: What a ‘combination’! Dentons Dacheng pushes the concept of a firm to breaking point Legal Business In January 2005 DLA hooked up with US duo Piper Rudnick and Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, triggering a debate that…
What a ‘combination’! Dentons Dacheng pushes the concept of a firm Legal Business In January 2005 DLA Piper hooked up with US duo Piper Rudnick and Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, triggering a…
Targeting the UK: Slater & Gordon in talks with Quindell over division purchase Jaishree Kalia Alternative Business Structure (ABS) Quindell has entered negotiations to sell one of its operating divisions to Australian law firm Slater…
Targeting Australia: Withers establishes presence with local tax firm BLW and corporate boutique alliance Legal Business Private-client focused firm Withers has launched a presence in Australia, creating Withers SBL through an alliance with tax practice Balazs…
Uría Menéndez takes stake in first major Latin America tie-up Legal Business As Dentons hires IDB’s general counsel in hunt for regional mergers Last month saw leading Iberian law firm Uría Menéndez…
Consolidation in US mid-tier continues as Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman set to merge Mark McAteer The run of consolidation in the US national market continues with Dallas-bred Locke Lord and Boston’s Edwards Wildman this week announcing plans to…
Uría Menéndez takes stake in two allies as elite Latam duo agree groundbreaking tie-up Legal Business Iberian leader Uría Menéndez has elevated its offering in Latin America and acquired a 30% stake in the merger of its…
Silver linings playbook: can Norton Rose Fulbright bring its disputes team into the global elite? Legal Business Sarah Downey assesses the post-merger state of NRF’s dispute resolution practice With Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)’s eye-catching union now over…
Q&A with Blake Morgan’s Walter Cha Tom Moore The merger between Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole went live on 1 July to create Blake Morgan. The firm’s managing…
Ceasefire or guerrilla skirmishes – Ashurst struggles to reconcile its post-merger factions Jaishree Kalia Jaishree Kalia reports on the uneasy peace still hanging over the post-merger Ashurst It’s been over eight months since Charlie…
Hogan Lovells ties up with Mexico’s Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa Legal Business Hogan Lovells has made further inroads in Latin America by tying up with leading Mexican firm Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa…
Cameronics redux: a hard-to-grasp institution that looks set to surprise Legal Business Given that I get paid to poke around law firms’ inner workings, it’s not that often that I find it…
