Stewarts Law LLPs show top earner takes home £1.7m as overseas revenues exceed 20% of turnover
The highest paid member at Stewarts Law pocketed £1.7m over the 2015/16 financial year, according to the firm’s filings at Companies House.
Revolving doors: Greenberg hires to support new KWM team as A&O and Fieldfisher add to their benches
Greenberg Taurig has made another lateral play in the City to build on its real estate funds hires from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) as Weightmans, Paul Hastings, Mayer Brown, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Fieldfisher have all made new appointments.
Former Ashurst securities head emerges at Fieldfisher to launch alternative legal business
Fieldfisher has formed a new business focused on offering alternative legal services aided by document-reading software. The new business unit, called Condor, is being overseen by former Ashurst head of securities and derivatives Christopher Georgiou.
SDT clears News of the World lawyer of spying claims
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has dismissed claims against Farrier & Co partner Julian Pike, a solicitor accused of advising News International that it should spy on lawyers who were acting for victims of phone hacking.
Bird & Bird profits rise 2% after €17m spend on new City headquarters, accounts reveal
Bird & Bird‘s turnover increased 5% to €344.5m for the 2015/16 financial year, according to the firm’s recently filed accounts. Alongside the increase in turnover, the firm saw its profits rise by 2% to €96m and net debt tumble by 15% to €39.5m. The accounts partially attribute this downslide to the stronger Euro against Sterling.
DWF adds 200 staff with claims management acquisition
DWF has continued its expansion by acquiring claim managers Triton, saving them from administration. The bolt-on will see 215 members of Triton’s staff join DWF, as the firm continues expanding its fast-growing global insurance practice.
Mishcon’s claimants succeed as Supreme Court rules an Act of Parliament is required to trigger Brexit
The Supreme Court has ruled that the UK cannot leave the EU without parliamentary approval, in a decision which means there will be a debate in the House of Commons to determine how Article 50 can be triggered.
In-house: Berendsen hires first general counsel as textile firm expands
FTSE 250 company Berendsen has appointed its first general counsel with the appointment of Alice Darwall from Proxmity Advisors.
Revolving doors: Addleshaws loses another litigator as Kirkland, Hogan Lovells and Bryan Cave make new hires
The steady pace of lateral hires continues in the beginning of 2017, with Kirkland & Ellis, TLT, Hogan Lovells, K&L Gates and Bryan Cave making appointments around the globe.
‘A truly global caseload’: ICC figures show arbitration growth in LatAm and Asia in record year
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has revealed record figures for new cases filed in 2016, with substantial increases in caseload for Latin America and South and East Asia.