Two firms in The Lawyer’s UK top 50 managed to increase revenue by more than 20 per cent over 2023/24, highlighting a buoyant year across the legal industry. Kennedys’ turnover rose by 22.5 per cent from £313.6m to £384.3m, while Burges Salmon, this year’s fastest-growing top 50 firm, saw its total revenue balloon by 27.1 per cent […]
A&O Shearman is looking to cut 10 per cent of its global partnership, but it’s doing so in a year in which its London recruitment team has been at its busiest. The firm has hired eight lateral partners in the City so far this year and last week’s announcement of “planned business changes” does little […]
Herbert Smith Freehills kicked off its fight today in the Commercial Court to strike out a $13.8bn claim against client TPG by jailed Russian billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov, who made his fortune during Dmitry Medvedev’s presidency. HSF called upon Brick Court’s Mark Howard KC to refute the claim, which alleges that the private equity giant and […]
As revealed in The Lawyer’s Horizon email on Friday, law firms’ use of Twitter as a platform to self-promote has diminished significantly in the last year. Before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK top 50 firms collectively posted about 2,000 Tweets a month, spiking during the lockdowns. Since then, and particularly since Elon […]
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Dickson Minto has made a rare dip into the recruitment market with the appointment of a real estate partner from Walker Morris. The former group head of Leeds-based Walker Morris’ real estate practice Jeremy Moore has joined Scotland’s Dickson Minto as a partner with immediate effect. Moore will be based out of Dickson Minto’s London […]
Womble Bond Dickinson is preparing to expand significantly in the US, with a merger confirmed with Phoenix firm Lewis Roca. The geography-driven deal, which aims to plug several strategic gaps in the larger firm’s office network, is set to go live at the start of next year. The merged firm will be known as Womble […]
After months of negotiations, The Spectator Magazine has been sold to hedge fund tycoon Paul Marshall, with four firms in action. White & Case led for Marshall and Old Queen Street Ventures (OQS Media) on the acquisition. The acquisition follows a receivership process undertaken last year by Lloyds Banking Group and the acquisition of a […]
A senior tax partner from Travers Smith is set to join Latham & Watkins’ practice after 18 years at the UK firm. Simon Skinner, who had been at Travers since 2006 and is a former head of the firm’s tax practice, joins the US firm’s London office with a background in corporate finance, PE and […]
RPC is set to defend Google in another class action launched against it in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) over alleged anti-competitive practices regarding its UK Google Play Store. Geradin Partners has launched the £1.04bn claim on behalf of class representative and competition law expert Professor Barry Rodger, who represents UK Android app developers. Rodger […]
The long-running battle between the Russian Federation and the former majority shareholders in Yukos Oil must wait until 2026 for a preliminary issues trial, more than a decade after the case was first filed. According to court documents seen by The Lawyer, an eight-day preliminary issues trial is due to begin on 19 January 2026, […]
Harbottle & Lewis is representing parenting website Mumsnet in a pre-action dispute with artificial intelligence giant OpenAI. Mumsnet claims that the developer has scraped billions of words of its content against the site’s terms of use. It is claiming copyright infringement, breach of terms of use and database right infringement, and has written to openAI […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. As the Court year wraps up today, The Lawyer’s weekly litigation content will pause until the Michaelmas term starts in October. Before that, however, we dive into the most high-profile and controversial judgment of the year: Mr Justice Robin […]
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