Revenue hike sees Edwards Angell vie for elite US status in City

The firm’s London ­revenue rose from $20.6m (£12.76m) in 2009 to $30.3m in 2010, an increase of 47 per cent that outstripped its global revenue growth of 4 per cent to $287.5m. The firm has a 14 January financial year-end.

Edwards Angell’s London office was formed in ­January 2008 following the acquisition of Kendall ­Freeman. It embarked on a hiring spree in the City last year, and of the 12 partners hired in 2010 five were in London.

They include Niall ­McAlister, a corporate ­partner who joined this month from CMS Cameron McKenna, and IP specialist Ben Goodger from Rouse Legal.