City ambitions – Mayer Brown adds to London laterals tally with hire of BLP finance partner
Mayer Brown has added to its tally of recent London hires as Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) finance and restructuring partner Trevor Wood…
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Jones Day’s EMEA private equity ambitions grow with hire of BLP’s Weir and McKeeve
Recognised as a strong choice for UK mid-market buyouts and cross-border transactions, Jones Day’s London private equity team has expansive ambitions with the…
Back to school: lateral hire market picks up with renewed vigour as autumn arrives
BLP sees three partners depart; London hires hit double figures for September The lateral hire market in the City picked…
Financial results 2013: BLP reveals PEP slump of 39%
Following an unusual waiting game that has ensured Berwin Leighton Paisner’s profit figure has remained a topic of growing interest since…
Comment: The lingering enigma of BLP’s bad year
Success is a mysterious beast. Hard to define, built up over years and often the result of a formula even…
Clifford Chance snares BLP’s contentious tax head
Senior exits from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) continue apace as Clifford Chance has confirmed the hire of Liesl Fichardt, the…
Back of the net: BLP and Fladgate advise on Gareth Bale’s £85m transfer to Real Madrid
It was a busy football transfer window for some of the UK’s leading law firms, with Berwin Leighton Paisner’s Graham Shear…
The lingering enigma of BLP’s bad year
Success is a mysterious beast. Hard to define, built up over years and often the result of a formula even…
Compliance drive – BLP’s financial services partner joins Barclays investment arm as EMEA head
As leading retail and investment banks bolster their internal compliance functions it has emerged that Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) financial services…
BLP loses head of private equity Raymond McKeeve to Jones Day
With all eyes on Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) the news that corporate finance partner and global head of private equity…
Real estate round up: Hogan Lovells, BLP and Nabarro show credentials while Mishcons makes key hire
Unsurprisingly, what little major real estate work that is around has found its way to the usual trio of law…
One trick pony – BLP to retain MLS in wake of partner departures
‘Two people leaving doesn’t mean the whole business collapses,’ says Neville Eisenberg, Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) managing partner of 14…
Why the Serious Fraud Office should now be left to get on with its knitting
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is an organisation under pressure. Pressure from MPs over the severance packages of former executives,…
Financial results 2013: BLP confirms bad year as revenues drop by 5%
It appears today (19 July) is a good day to try and bury bad news. With Dundas & Wilson earlier…
102 jobs to go as BLP redundancy consultation concludes – 58 legal staff depart
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has confirmed that it has cut 102 jobs that were placed under review in May, with 58…
Taylor Wessing to review secretarial jobs
96 London support staff put on notice of potential redundancy. Taylor Wessing is to make 26 of its City secretaries…
Lawyers On Demand launches new pay-as-you-go model as demand increases for flexible staffing
As senior private practice and in-house lawyers increasingly turn to flexible staffing options to manage their costs, Berwin Leighton Paisner’s…
Revolving Doors: Osborne Clarke, Eversheds and Bryan Cave among firms to make key strategic hires
Europe has been the focus of much lateral partner activity over the past week, as firms including Eversheds and Osborne Clarke make…
Redundancy announcements increase as top partners predict difficult H2 for UK firms
Continuing pressure on UK legal market threatens largest redundancy levels since 2009 The level of legal redundancies this year is…
Redundancy round continues as BLP latest to announce fee-earner cuts
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has become the latest major UK law firm to announce job cuts as firms increasingly examine…