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-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/fee-radical/1016344.article http://www.thelawyer.com/fee-radical/1016344.article Our latest in-depth analysis of UK M&A legal bills reveals a good performance by smaller firms and success fees on the rise Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/buying-in-bulk/1015332.article http://www.thelawyer.com/buying-in-bulk/1015332.article Laterals fad sweeps bar as chambers add numbers to fend off consolidation Mon, 5 Nov 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/china-light/1015128.article http://www.thelawyer.com/china-light/1015128.article Mention of Chinese outbound investment always gets lawyers excited, so here is The Lawyer’s reality check on dealflow, highlighting Linklaters’ fantastic 2012. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:11 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/cc-in-front-seat-at-carlyle/1014413.article http://www.thelawyer.com/cc-in-front-seat-at-carlyle/1014413.article The flurry of deals undertaken by private equity giant Carlyle this year has provided rich picking for a number of big firms Mon, 24 Sep 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/global-paths/1014247.article http://www.thelawyer.com/global-paths/1014247.article London is the bright spot in Gide Loyrette Nouel’s international downturn Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/earning-curve/1014102.article http://www.thelawyer.com/earning-curve/1014102.article The Lawyer reveals who has put in the highest legal bills for UK public M&A deals since the revamped Takeover Code came in a year ago Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00 GMT