US expansion drives record revenue at Kennedys as Weightmans’ profits soar 25%
After a year of ambitious international growth, Kennedys has posted record revenue of £286m, up 8% on last year, despite…
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Revolving doors: City laterals bounce back with Milbank, Weightmans and Lewis Silkin
City lateral recruitment regained momentum following a slow Christmas holiday break, with Milbank, Weightmans, and Lewis Silkin all making hires in…
‘Developing market share’: Weightmans opens shop in Newcastle through Watson Burton acquisition
National player Weightmans has expanded into North East England after acquiring Newcastle-based firm Watson Burton, adding nine partners to the…
Financials 2017: Weightmans posts stable turnover with 21% profit increase to £11m
Top 50 national firm Weightmans has today (6 July) posted a flat turnover of £95m, while profit is up 21%…
Weightmans triples promotions as Kingsley Napley’s round makes women majority of partnership
National law firm Weightmans has tripled its fixed share member promotions since last year, while Kingsley Napley has also announced…
Weightmans and Ward Hadaway ‘mutually withdraw’ from merger discussions
Weightmans and Newcastle-based Ward Hadaway have ended merger discussions which would have created a £130.8m national firm after ‘both firms…
‘The way forward’: Weightmans latest LB100 firm to establish global insurance alliance
Following DAC Beachcroft‘s decision to establish a four-firm international network earlier this year, Weightmans is collaborating with firms from the…
‘Shared strategic objectives’: Weightmans in merger talks with Newcastle’s Ward Hadaway
National firm Weightmans is in merger talks with Newcastle-based Ward Hadaway, Legal Business can reveal, with both firms understood to…
Weightmans performance disappoints as PEP slips 19% and revenue misses £100m target
Weightmans managing partner John Schorah has slapped a £100m revenue target on the firm for 2016/17 after a year of…
Weightmans and DAC Beachcroft reappointed as North West local authorities finalise £10m panel
DAC Beachcroft, Hill Dickinson, Weightmans, and Geldards have been appointed as partners on the North West Legal Consortium’s £10m legal…
Partner promotions: Pinsents makes up two thirds in the City as Weightmans makes up three in Liverpool
Pinsent Masons has made up two thirds of its 18-strong partner promotions round in its City office, while Weightmans promoted…
North west clients – The delivery business
To mark our Regional Insight report, we teamed up with Weightmans to assemble a group of senior in-house counsel in…
Weightmans re-elects Schorah and Cutts to serve second term
National LB100 firm Weightmans has re-elected its management team of John Schorah and Dan Cutts to serve another three year…
Pinsents and CMS miss out as DLA Piper, DWF and Weightmans make it onto Scots government legal panel
Both Pinsent Masons and CMS Cameron McKenna have missed out on spots as nine firms were awarded places on the…
News in brief – July 2015
FRESHFIELDS BREAKS CITY LOCKSTEP TO BRING IN KIRKLAND’S McKIMM Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s hire of Kirkland & Ellis high-yield heavyweight Ward…
‘A good little business’: Weightmans completes Leeds merger to create £100m firm
Legal Business 100 firm Weightmans has completed its merger with local Leeds firm Ford & Warren, creating a combined entity…
Weightmans targets July for merger with Leeds-firm Ford & Warren
National firm Weightmans is looking to establish an offering in Yorkshire, announcing it is in final merger negotiations with single…
Weightmans’ growth slows but still manages 2.5% revenue increase to £89.2m
National firm Weightmans today (26 May) announced a modest revenue increase of 2.5% for the 2014/15 financial year to £89.2m…
Partner promotions: Weightmans makes an all-female round as BLM cuts its to six and Browne Jacobson’s partnership passes 100
This week saw Weightmans carry out its first all-female promotions round, making four women up to partner level, while BLM…
North West: Not so grim
Commercially-driven Manchester is helping to lead the North West’s striking transformation from industrial heartland to modern knowledge economy.