http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com/magazine/graphics/logo-rss.png http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/data-blog/number-crunching/number-crunching-clifford-chance-private-equity-practice/3003768.article http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/data-blog/number-crunching/number-crunching-clifford-chance-private-equity-practice/3003768.article Last week’s news that Clifford Chance global head of private equity David Walker is leaving to join Latham & Watkins in London marks yet another major departure from the magic circle firm’s practice, following six previous key partner exits from the firm’s funds, tax or buyouts teams since 2009. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-ao/3002035.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-ao/3002035.article Of all the magic circle firms Allen & Overy (A&O) is probably the most transparent when it comes to reporting figures. It was the first of the group to become an LLP under senior partner Guy Beringer, an ardent advocate of transparency. Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-dla-piper-asia-pacific/3001796.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-dla-piper-asia-pacific/3001796.article This month DLA Piper’s UK country head Andrew Darwin will begin his new role as Australia managing partner, a position he is expecting to occupy for two years. Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:48 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-quinn-emanuel/3000970.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-quinn-emanuel/3000970.article If anyone is looking for evidence that litigation is recession-proof, check out the stats for US litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-clifford-chance-asia-pacific/3000443.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-clifford-chance-asia-pacific/3000443.article Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/data-blog/number-crunching-watson-farley-and-williams/1016528.article http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/data-blog/number-crunching-watson-farley-and-williams/1016528.article Watson Farley & Williams narrowly missed the £100m turnover barrier for the 2011/12 financial year, posting a 12 per cent revenue hike to £99.8m Mon, 4 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-wragge-and-co/1016464.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-wragge-and-co/1016464.article The tail-end of Wragge & Co’s 2012 was marked by the departure of banking head and asset finance specialist Paula Laird for US firm Squire Sanders, and a three-partner City team including former managing partner Richard Haywood and current corporate chief Maurice Dwyer, who joined RPC. Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-stone-king/1014529.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-stone-king/1014529.article In 2012 Bath-headquartered Stone King commemorated 227 years in business, but the firm also had another cause for celebration: a promising hike in turnover, with unaudited total revenue for the 2011-12 financial year-end jumping by 8.49 per cent to £11.5m. Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-bond-pearce-and-dickinson-dees/1014356.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-bond-pearce-and-dickinson-dees/1014356.article When Bond Pearce and Dickinson Dees announced they were in merger talks a couple of weeks ago the synergies between the two firms were instantly interesting. Never mind the fact that geographically the firms are almost mirror-images – Bond Pearce in the South West and Dickinson Dees in the North East – when it comes to financials this is as close to a merger of equals as it is possible to get. Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-eversheds/1014216.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-eversheds/1014216.article Ten years ago Eversheds, not long after it had come together as a unified partnership with a single profit centre, was the UK’s seventh largest law firm by turnover. In 2011-12 it is the eleventh. Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-bird-and-bird/1013389.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-bird-and-bird/1013389.article Bird & Bird’s continued international expansion has laid the foundations for another year of increased global turnover. Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-nabarro/1013290.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-nabarro/1013290.article A few UK200 firms – such as DWF – have managed to grow in the downturn. A few, such as Berwin Leighton Paisner, have come back stronger than ever after a wobble. Nabarro fits into neither category. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-slaughter-and-may/1012875.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-slaughter-and-may/1012875.article Despite the global economy’s woes, Slaughter and May’s corporate practice has experienced its traditionally strong deal flow over the past three years. Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-mongolia/1012733.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-mongolia/1012733.article Among emerging markets the BRICs, and latterly the CIVETS (Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa), tend to take centre stage. Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-hong-kong-ipos/1012664.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-hong-kong-ipos/1012664.article The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) has been the world’s largest bourse by deal volume for the past three years. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-brazilian-ipos/1012566.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-brazilian-ipos/1012566.article In 2007-08, the Brazilian stock exchange (Bovespa) was one of the highest performing of its kind in the world, with 64 companies choosing to list there in 2007 alone, according to data from Thomson Reuters. Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-tech-ipos/1012485.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-tech-ipos/1012485.article Last week the much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of social networking behemoth Facebook inched a little closer, when it won approval from US government regulators to distribute its S-1 public offering prospectus and hit the road. Mon, 7 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-energy/natural-resources-ipos/1012339.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-energy/natural-resources-ipos/1012339.article When Glencore floated on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in May 2011 for just under $10bn (£6.24bn), it posted the largest capital raising by an international company in London and became the fifth-largest mining-related company on the London bourse. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-russian-ipos-in-london/1012040.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-russian-ipos-in-london/1012040.article After enjoying the coveted position as the top-choice listing venue for large Russian companies, leading aluminium producer Rusal shocked the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in 2010 when it opted to go public on the Hong Kong Exchange, with the aim of tapping into the Chinese market. Sun, 1 Apr 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-skadden/1011924.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-skadden/1011924.article Data on US firms advising a UK target has highlighted the marked trend towards lower deal volumes since the zenith of 2007, with the occasional higher value matter thrown in. Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-mexico/1011843.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-mexico/1011843.article Mexico, dragged down by the slump in US consumer spending, has not done as well out of the recession as many of its Latin American neighbours. However, things started to look up in 2010 when its economy grew by 5.5 per cent - its fastest annual growth rate in more than a decade. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-shearman-and-sterling/1011757.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-shearman-and-sterling/1011757.article The UK and Continental Europe has long presented challenges for Shearman & Sterling. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-uk-law-firms-in-spain/1011670.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-uk-law-firms-in-spain/1011670.article For a market that has experienced some of the worst of the global financial crisis - with Moody’s recently slashing its credit rating to A3 - there continues to be a surprising amount of interest in Spain from UK law firms. Mon, 5 Mar 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-sullivan-and-cromwell/1011568.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-sullivan-and-cromwell/1011568.article The credit crunch bit the London offices of US firms hard when it comes to M&A deals involving British targets. Last year the level of deals involving UK targets was the lowest by value since 1996, but Sullivan & Cromwell London partner Tim Emmerson is predicting a European uptick. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-norton-rose/1011464.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-norton-rose/1011464.article The all-singing, all-dancing Norton Rose global network has held up well in international corporate work, especially since mergers in Australia, Canada and South Africa gave it access to key energy and resources markets. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-wragge-and-co/1011357.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-wragge-and-co/1011357.article According to managing partner Ian Metcalfe, Wragge & Co was once described by one auditor as, “the most conservatively-financed law firm in the UK”. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-brazil/1011245.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-brazil/1011245.article While the world was still reeling from the impact of the economic crisis, Latin America was thriving. Brazil in particular has experienced an enormous surge in growth in recent years and was recently named the sixth largest economy in the world. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-king-and-wood-mallesons/1011145.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-king-and-wood-mallesons/1011145.article Many unions are a result of the long-term relationship between couples, but the link between China’s King & Wood and Australia’s Mallesons Stephen Jaques seems like love at first sight. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-addleshaw-goddard/1011021.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-addleshaw-goddard/1011021.article Earlier this month Addleshaw Goddard announced that managing partner Paul Devitt would continue for a second term in the role. Devitt breezed back into office in an uncontested election, even though the firm has had a tough downturn. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-barclays/1010911.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-barclays/1010911.article Barclays might have one of the biggest bank panels in the world, but that doesn’t prevent it from having close relationships with select firms. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-blake-dawson/1010833.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-blake-dawson/1010833.article Now for one of those factoids that everyone assumes is true: Ashurst’s merger with Australian firm Blake Dawson is all about energy and infrastructure. Mon, 9 Jan 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-numis-securities/1010730.article http://www.thelawyer.com/number-crunching-numis-securities/1010730.article Mid-market equity capital markets brokers tend to spread their mandates quite evenly, so it is hardly surprising that no single firm stands out on inspection of City investment bank Numis Securities’ recent deal list. Mon, 2 Jan 2012 00:00 GMT