Due to rapid growth and internationalisation the 100 largest firms in the UK now constitute an even higher proportion of the revenue of the UK 200, but are they making the most of their overseas ventures?
This year The Lawyer’s Global Growth Index – a new part of The Lawyer UK 200 – tracks overseas revenues at UK-led law firms, and their office openings. Have five years of global expansion altered the revenue profiles of the top UK law firms, and what’s the return on investment?
Back in 2011, The Lawyer predicted that Hogan Lovells partner Ben Higson would be one to watch. Four years on, he has not disappointed.
Focus and a ruthlessly realistic outlook are required in an increasingly segmented and comparatively low-growth market.
King & Wood Mallesons European head of employment Nicola Kerr has left the firm’s London office for Brown Rudnick. Kerr, who joined legacy SJ Berwin as an associate in 1992, was promoted to the partnership four years later. She is set to become a partner in Brown Rudnick’s corporate group, advising employers and senior executives at hedge funds, private equity houses, broker-dealers and family offices.
Political pressure in the healthcare sector means Spire GC Dan Toner is shifting his focus away from corporate and towards culture and process.
If Belinda Bradberry thought the 2010 demerger of her then-employer Cable & Wireless was a big deal, she probably did not realise that within four years she’d have moved from London to Miami and would soon be working on a transaction set to double the size of the business she remained with.