City firm Mishcon de Reya has enjoyed another year of robust UK revenue growth and recorded a rise of 13% to £110m from £97.8m, meeting its 2016 target a year ahead of schedule.
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The City of London Law Society (CLLS) has issued a stark warning over what it deems ‘inconceivable’ changes in the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) proposal to allow lawyers to qualify through apprenticeships and has raised concerns that standards could fall if changes are carried out.
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed it has launched an investigation into professional services company Quindell, looking at public statements made regarding the company’s 2013/14 financial accounts – covering the period it owned a raft of legal brands.
Private client-focused Withers has re-appointed its longstanding managing director Margaret Robertson (pictured) for another three-year term following an uncontested election last week.
Having tackled New York and London, Latham & Watkins has tasked a group of partners to review its Asia strategy ahead of a push in the region.
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The controversial Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) is set to go ahead after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal against the scheme this morning (24 June) though the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has said it will need to consider the timing of its introduction given the delays caused by the legal challenge.
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Proskauer Rose’s rapidly expanding City office, which hired Baker & McKenzie’s private equity rainmaker Bruno Bertrand-Delfau last week, has bolstered its finance practice with DLA Piper’s leveraged finance and banking partner Alexander Griffith.
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As has been the case since its merger with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert in 2011, Global 100 firm Clyde & Co has posted strong revenue and profit growth on the back of an expansive year. The firm has today (23 June) reported an 8% revenue increase for 2014/15 to £395m, while profit per equity partner has grown 10% from £599,000 last year to £660,000.
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White & Case, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Slaughter and May have all won roles as CVC Capital Partners, Vatera Healthcare and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek teamed up to buy a controlling stake in pharmaceutical firm Alvogen.
Justice Secretary Michael Gove (pictured) has today (23 June) outlined his reform agenda for civil justice to tackle the ‘creaking, outdated’ current system by increasing the use of online tools, looking at whether formal hearings are always required and making cost savings through the court estate before further legal aid cuts.
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LB100 firm Freeths has continued the trend of strong financial performances for law firms at the national level, posting double-digit revenue growth for the 2014/15 financial year and surpassing £50m in turnover.
Eversheds has become the latest firm to enter the Northern Irish legal market with the launch of an outpost in Belfast covering general commercial and public sector legal work.
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Part of a wider changing of the guard, Slaughter and May is preparing to elect a new senior partner following partners being informed that incumbent Chris Saul (pictured) is to step down from the position and retire from the Magic Circle firm.
Stewarts Law has recorded double digit revenue growth of 14% to £53m for the 2014/15 financial year while Watson Farley & Williams announced it had consolidated the strong financial performance it achieved last year with a 7% increase in revenue from £117m to £125m.
LB100 firms Ashurst and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have both landed leading roles advising on the recent £112m takeover bid by Italy’s Ferrero International for British confectioner Thorntons, after the latter suffered falling profits and the resignation of its chief executive.
We’re now well into the Am Law 100 season. My former colleagues at The American Lawyer have published their biggest issue of their year, the annual scorecard of the 100 top-grossing US law firms. This much-anticipated report has managed to survive three decades of criticism and consternation and remains the financial benchmark in the US legal market.
After a three-way contest, the front-runners Edward Braham (pictured) and Christopher Pugh have won Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s leadership election with Braham set to serve as senior partner while Pugh will sit alongside Cologne-based Stephan Eilers as joint-managing partner.
Pinsent Masons, saying it is seeing increasing benefits from its 2012 McGrigors merger and its growing international offering, is the latest law firm to reveal a strong performance for the 2014/15 financial year with profits per equity partner (PEP) growing by a third and double digit revenue growth.
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US firm Reed Smith has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s) chief knowledge director Lucy Dillon, a hire indicative of knowledge management increasingly becoming an integral part of a law firm’s arsenal.
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National firm DWF has launched a range of new client services as it seeks to overhaul its business model including a centralised legal support centre with paralegals, a consultancy and a contract lawyer service.
