‘Continuing growth’: Taylor Wessing makes capital markets play with K&L Gates senior corporate hire
Taylor Wessing has made a key hire in a bid to boost its equity capital markets offering with the appointment…
Bird & Bird’s net debt rises by a fifth, as highest paid member gets 12% more
Bird & Bird‘s net debt rose by 21% in the last financial year to €46.3m from €38.3m in 2014 following…
MAB set to close as corporate and property teams move to Veale Wasbrough Vizards
Having endured an exodus of partners in recent weeks, Matthew Arnold & Baldwin (MAB) has confirmed it is to close…
Holman Fenwick Willan posts revenue and profit slide in latest LLP accounts
The latest to emerge in a run of recent LLP filings is Holman Fenwick Willan, which has seen its revenue…
Clifford Chance executive committee group pay falls by 7% amid revenue and profit dip, LLP accounts reveal
Clifford Chance‘s (CC) 12-strong executive leadership group saw an average 7% decrease in pay packets in the last financial year…
Avoiding nearshoring: Clifford Chance to move 400 staff to Canary Wharf low-cost hub
While peers have chosen low-cost hubs farther afield in the UK, Clifford Chance (CC) is moving its back-office staff from…
Hamlins boosts media offering with senior BBC lawyer hire
West End firm Hamlins has enhanced its media offering with the recruitment of BBC lawyer Julian Ward, who after a…
Parabis founders take £4m loan to complete Plexus MBO
A buyout team comprising the founders of the now-defunct Parabis Group has formally acquired its defendant insurance firm Plexus Law,…
Asia moves: Memery Crystal agrees partnership with China’s Yingke
As China continues to internationalise its economy, one of its largest law firms, Yingke, has announced an exclusive strategic partnership…
The In-House Lawyer Survey – Buying IBM
Client rankings from our fourth annual in-house survey show that GCs continue to trust premium advice. Can non-law firm providers…
Linklaters ranked best adviser for second year in annual survey
Sarah Downey reports on the clients’ verdict Linklaters has again been awarded top marks as an external adviser in Legal…
The In-House Lawyer Survey – More than a number
Our fourth annual client survey shows the maturing role of in-house counsel leading to greater job satisfaction. But in winning…
The In-House Lawyer Survey – Bang for your buck
Our fourth in-house survey shows a softening stance towards external advisers from general counsel, reflecting the need for high-quality consultative…
Dentons to vote on new union with Australian and Singaporean firms
Dentons announced last night (2 October) it intends to create a tripartite union with Australian firm Gadens and Singaporean firm Rodyk…
Dentons boosts competition offering with BLP veteran hire
Dentons has enhanced its competition and antitrust offering by appointing longstanding Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) partner Adrian Magnus to join…
‘Supporting strategic expansion’: Wilberforce takes barrister duo from 3 Stone Buildings
Wilberforce Chambers continues to expand, adding Fenner Moeran QC and Andrew Child from 3 Stone Buildings, just weeks after bringing…
Pro bono, confusion and funding gaps – mixed messages as Gove meets City firms to discuss a law firm levy
Was it a progressive discussion about boosting pro bono and One Nation values, or an opportunistic attempt to tap the…
‘Every man for himself’: 11SB carved up as Wilberforce and Radcliffe pick up barristers
The demise of 11 Stone Buildings (11SB) has led to a feeding frenzy as rival chambers begin to swoop on…
Hardwicke Chambers and White & Case take barristers from soon-to-be-dissolved 11 Stone Buildings
Hardwicke Chambers is the latest to take members from soon-to-be-dissolved London commercial and chancery set 11 Stone Buildings (11SB), confirming…
Wilberforce Chambers takes silk trio and five juniors from soon-to-be dissolved 11SB
Wilberforce Chambers has taken silks Lexa Hilliard QC, Alan Gourgey QC and Marcia Shekerdemian QC from 11 Stone Buildings (11SB)…