CMS Cameron McKenna overhauls partnership structure
CMS Cameron McKenna will reform its partnership remuneration model on 1 May, enabling salaried partners to become equity partners quicker…
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Taylor Wessing snares Harbottles IP head Owen
Taylor Wessing (TW) has secured a prominent lateral hire to its intellectual property team, recruiting the head of Harbottle &…
Trophy US hire for Freshfields as it lures former head of DoJ’s crime division
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has recruited former acting head of the criminal division at the Department of Justice (DoJ) to bolster…
Consolidation update: Thomas Eggar secures takeover of City boutique Pritchard Englefield
South East stalwart Thomas Eggar is to absorb City boutique Pritchard Englefield as the run of consolidation within the UK…
Redundancies: Pinsent Masons to lose 13 fee-earners in employment reshuffle
Pinsent Masons is to cut 13 fee-earners from its employment practice in a third round of redundancies since the firm’s…
Dundas & Wilson woes continue as it loses private equity duo to Mishcons
Dundas & Wilson has lost private equity partners Simon Sale and Nadim Meer to Mishcon de Reya, the latest in…
Stewart steps out of Goldstein shadow as Olswang hands popular head another term
TMT specialist Olswang has re-elected long-time head David Stewart as chief executive for another three years. Before being elected chief…
Nabarro promotes restructuring head Godfrey to international role
Nabarro has appointed restructuring and insolvency head Patricia Godfrey as its new head of international. As part of the new…
OFT senior director joins Gibson Dunn’s City office
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has recruited Ali Nikpay, senior director at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into its antitrust…
FSA slaps Pru with £30m fine before its split
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) handed out its last penalty before being split up after fining companies in the Prudential…
CoA makes up three women in recent justice appointments
Three female judges have been appointed to the Court of Appeal (CoA) in the latest round of promotions, which has…
Litigation group Proven appoints David Gold to board
Litigation support business, Proven, had hired former Herbert Smith senior partner Lord David Gold as its chairman. Gold, who currently…
Osborne Clarke retracts bulk of outsourced staff four years after deal
Osborne Clarke (OC) is set to withdraw the majority of its outsourced staff from provider Integreon and bring them back…
Freshfields latest to promote new partners with 14 making the grade
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed 14 new partners, with just under half of the promotions made in London. The Magic…
Withers and Speechly Bircham set to merge
Private client leaders Speechly Bircham and Withers are set to merge, potentially creating a 600-lawyer, £170m practice that will fit…
CMS to reduce scope of Integreon outsourcing agreement
CMS Cameron McKenna is to scale back its staff outsourcing agreement with Integreon just three years into its ten-year contract.…
DWF makes 38 redundancies post Cobbetts pre-pack
Following its acquisition of Cobbetts, DWF has laid off 38 staff from its central services support team following a consultation…
Top HSF litigator Greeno defects to Quinn Emanuel’s City arm
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) partners received more bad news this morning as it emerged that top litigator Ted Greeno has…
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square merges with public law specialists Atlas Chambers
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square has merged with Public law set Atlas Chambers in a bid to boost headcount following a…
Freshfields partners with Stephen Lawrence charity to provide scholarships to aspiring black lawyers
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is launching a scholarship with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust (SLCT) to help students from black and…