For the first time The Lawyer UK 200 has dissected the financials of the bottom half of the table to reveal a group of firms tackling a tough market with entrepreneurial zeal. However, their revenue range suggests consolidation pressures are growing.
Today sees the launch of a brand new investigation, the latest in the UK 200 series and one that focuses on the 100 firms in a £1.308bn, primarily domestic, market.
Shortly after appearing in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 in 2010 Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) IP partner Lewis Cohen moved across to Mishcon de Reya to grow its commercial contract practice.
The CRA 2015 giveth and the 2015 CAT rules taketh away with a transitional regime that hampers collective redress and benefits cartels.
Today’s banking and finance practices have to navigate a myriad of risks, including those from cyber security, politics and far-flung jurisdictions.
Osborne Clarke partner James Mullock has joined Bird & Bird as a partner in its international privacy and data protection group in London.
Mere months before retiring, the GC of Pennon Group Ken Woodier tells The Lawyer about 18 years spent working for an acquisitive FTSE 250 company and why he prizes personal relationships over panels.
As if the leap from professional support lawyer to GC wasn’t hard enough, Mollie Stoker took on the task of creating from scratch an in-house legal team for newly acquired soft drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena.
Swiss firms have bagged major business from global brands such as GSK, Novartis and Crédit Suisse this year, while their Asia ventures have come good.