Ashurst halts profit distributions amid turbulent financial period
Ashurst has halted its upcoming quarterly profit distribution to partners (PEP) following disappointing financial results which saw profits per equity…
Project Prism: Inside Ashurst’s integration plans
Ashurst‘s raft of investments are coming to light after managing partner Paul Jenkins flagged those costs as a reason the…
Simmons loses another patent heavyweight as A&O takes IP head
Allen & Overy (A&O) has made its fifth major lateral hire this month, taking on Simmons & Simmons head of…
Another Ashurst exit as restructuring partner Roberts quits for Reed Smith
Ashurst has seen yet another partner exit with Reed Smith hiring restructuring partner Diane Roberts into its London office.
Allen & Overy beats UK rivals to top 2015 deal table for European private equity
Allen & Overy (A&O)’s growing private equity (PE) team has had a strong year, topping Dealogic’s European PE table after…
Ashurst to revamp lockstep and add bonus pool after financials disappoint
Following another disappointing round of financial results, Ashurst is considering implementing a raft of changes to partner remuneration.
Allen & Overy beats UK rivals to top 2015 deal table for European private equity
Allen & Overy (A&O)’s growing private equity (PE) team has had a strong year, topping Dealogic’s European PE table after…
A&O teams up with Deloitte for pioneering joint venture targeted at banking giants
Axiom and Ashurst follow with similar service to meet regulations In the first marquee joint venture between a Magic Circle…
Ashurst retreats in Europe, closing Stockholm and Rome
Ashurst closed the doors to two of its European offices in June, confirming it will dissolve its Swedish offering with…
Life during law: Stephen Lloyd, Allen & Overy
I haven’t the faintest idea why I became a lawyer. I’d signed up to be a management consultant after university…
‘Another milestone’: White & Case and A&O take roles in $1.3bn software deal as Avast buys AVG
White & Case, Allen & Overy, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek have won advisory roles as…
Freshfields rides out choppy deal market to outpace CC and A&O with £82m revenue hike
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer posted a revenue increase of 7% to £1.327bn for the 2015/16 financial year, clawing back from last…
‘Not where I’d like them to be’: Ashurst disappoints again with 10% revenue tumble
Ashurst has posted its second year of falling revenues following its merger with Blake Dawson in 2013 with turnover dipping…
‘Very well-balanced’: Allen & Overy posts modest growth with revenue up by 2.3%
The first of the Magic Circle to report financials this year, Allen & Overy (A&O) posted another year of growth…
Ashurst extends banking practice with KWM funds finance hire
Ashurst has continued to hire into its banking practice, appointing King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partner Robert Andrews to its…
Faith in London: Texas firm Haynes and Boone to open in the City with boutique merger
Texas headquartered law firm Haynes and Boone is to open its first European office, announcing a merger with London boutique…
Global London advances: Latham makes key finance hire with appointment of Ashurst finreg head
Latham & Watkins has bolstered its regulatory and disputes offering in the City with the hire of Ashurst’s head of…
European retreat: Ashurst pulls out of Rome days after Sweden exit
In its second European closure this month, Ashurst is shutting the doors to its Rome office after five years, with…
Jumping on the bandwagon: Ashurst and Axiom unite for new tech service aimed at banks
Axiom has partnered with Ashurst in a joint venture aimed at helping banks meet new regulations coming into force next…
‘A local foothold’: Mayer Brown opens doors in Dubai
Mayer Brown has opened the doors to its Dubai Office, six months after appointing two Baker & McKenzie partners to…