London Boroughs’ Legal Alliance halves panel as Pinsents, TLT and Ashford reappointed Francesca Fanshawe The London Boroughs’ Legal Alliance (LBLA) has joined the rising number of organisations to drastically slim down its roster of…
Party for one: E.ON appoints Pinsent Masons as its sole UK adviser Legal Business The single-supplier legal advisory model appears to be gaining traction as Pinsent Masons has won its second exclusive fixed-fee contract this…
Eversheds, Pinsent Masons and DLA Piper lead the UK pack in The Legal 500 Legal Business National heavyweights score for breadth of recommendations as CC shines in the City Eversheds has once again emerged as the most…
European expansion: Speechlys opens second Swiss base as Pinsents and OC bolster Euro offices through lateral hires Sarah Downey It’s been a year of highs and lows for private client firm Speechly Bircham which, after enduring flat revenues for…
Litigation heads from Lloyds Banking and Pinsent Masons leave for US and South African LPO providers Legal Business US legal process outsourcing (LPO) provider Clutch has signalled its intentions to expand its UK presence with the hire of…
Revolving Doors: Squire Sanders, Pinsent Masons and Bird & Bird boost corporate and finance capability Legal Business Squire Sanders has today announced the hire of US Dorsey & Whitney City-based corporate finance partner Matthew Doughty in a week that has also seen…
Pinsent Masons’ post merger revenue up by 40% Legal Business Top 20 UK law firm Pinsent Masons has seen its year-on-year turnover increase by 40% from £221m to £309m thanks…
Revolving Doors: Chadbourne, A&O, Trowers and Pinsent Masons boost City offering Francesca Fanshawe London dominated the lateral hiring scene over the past week with firms including US Chadbourne & Parke, Allen & Overy…
Three steps forward… will Tyco-style deals ever sweep the market? Francesca Fanshawe As infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty signs up Pinsent Masons as its sole legal adviser for general matters, Legal Business asks…
Pinsents boosts partnership by fourteen Francesca Fanshawe Pinsent Masons has promoted 14 lawyers to its partnership with a further 11 awarded the position of legal director. The…
Pinsent Masons launches Singapore TMT practice with key local hire David Stevenson Pinsent Masons has launched a technology media and telecoms (TMT) practice in its Singapore office through the hire of local…
Redundancies: Pinsent Masons to lose 13 fee-earners in employment reshuffle Francesca Fanshawe Pinsent Masons is to cut 13 fee-earners from its employment practice in a third round of redundancies since the firm’s…
Pinsents launches flexi-lawyer service for clients Jaishree Kalia Pinsent Masons is set to launch a contract lawyer service that will provide clients with access to lawyers on a…
Turkey and Africa expansion on the cards for Pinsents Legal Business Following an extremely acquisitive year since its strategic alliance with Salans came to an end, Pinsent Masons shows no signs…
DLA Piper ramps up French offering with boutique addition Legal Business DLA Piper’s recent takeover of French corporate boutique Frieh Bouhenic is the most significant development in a spate of activity…
It’s all in a name: why branding matters Legal Business Over the past few months CMS Cameron McKenna’s managing partner Duncan Weston has been on a charm offensive. Through lunches…
Consolidation is the word of the day across Scotland’s firms Legal Business The Scottish market is awash with merger rumours. Perhaps the imminent tie-up between McGrigors and Pinsent Masons has kick-started the…
Eversheds boosts construction practice with McGrigors team Legal Business Eversheds has bolstered its Manchester offering with the hire of an eight-lawyer contentious construction team from McGrigors just months before…
Pinsents and McGrigors tie-up gets rubber-stamped Legal Business Pinsent Masons and McGrigors confirmed in early February that partners had voted in favour of the two firms merging. The…
Round the Houses – Office Moves Legal Business From upwardly mobile US firms to national practices with ambitious City plans, we analyse the winners and losers of law…