KWM China bail out fails and EUME arm moots merger rescue plan
King & Wood Mallesons’ Chinese rescue deal has failed, The Lawyer has learned.
China’s Top 30 firms post combined revenue up 55 per cent
China’s top grossing firms made 55 per cent more money in 2015 than two years previously, exclusive research by The Lawyer has revealed. Click here to view The Lawyer China Elite 2016 report The Lawyer’s third edition of the China Top 30 report – an annual ranking and analysis of China’s leading law firms – […]
Olswang: the glory, the egos and the fall
This week our main feature is a story of management and mis-management. And as it’s about Olswang, you can throw in a dash of drama.
A&O revenues jump 13 per cent at half-year mark
Allen & Overy (A&O) is the first magic circle firm to reveal its half-year results for 2016/17, posting growth of 13 per cent to £731m.
KWM China bail out fails and EUME arm moots merger rescue plan
King & Wood Mallesons’ Chinese rescue deal has failed, The Lawyer has learned.
China’s Top 30 firms post combined revenue up 55 per cent
China’s top grossing firms made 55 per cent more money in 2015 than two years previously, exclusive research by The Lawyer has revealed. Click here to view The Lawyer China Elite 2016 report The Lawyer’s third edition of the China Top 30 report – an annual ranking and analysis of China’s leading law firms – […]
Olswang: the glory, the egos and the fall
This week our main feature is a story of management and mis-management. And as it’s about Olswang, you can throw in a dash of drama.
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The speed read: Brexit drama; Cristiano Ronaldo at Fieldfisher; and late London launches
Too many lawyers in the City? It’s not stopping firms from making London debuts or paying them like footballers. Here are the key takeaways from the week. US firms are still making slow and cautious steps in London In the summer of 2016, The Lawyer analysed which US firms had still not pursued a London […]
Ince hires from shipping rival to fill senior partner vacancy
Ince has hired the former head of Hill Dickinson’s global shipping practice as its new senior partner, marking the first person to take on the role since Ince’s pre-pack administration deal with Gordon Dadds last year. Julian Clark will take the position, over a year after Ince’s former senior partner Jan Heuvels stood down. Heuvels’ […]
Matrix barrister slams Home Office over “knee-jerk reaction” to visa test cheating claims
A public law barrister at Matrix Chambers has accused the Home Office of “detonating lives” in the wake of a report into how the UK Government handled allegations that international students had cheated in its English language tests. The Commons Select Committee carried out an inquiry into what happened over five years ago when the […]
UK200: Two more firms join the £1m PEP club
A record 12 firms in this year’s UK 200: the Top 100 report posted an average profit per equity partner (PEP) of £1m or more, The Lawyer can reveal, a rise of two on the 10 in 2017/18. Several firms in this PEP millionaire dozen have average profits that are well over the £1m benchmark. All four […]
Revolut hires from Schillings and Linklaters to boost in-house team
Fintech company Revolut has expanded its in-house team with a double hire from Linklaters and Schillings to deal with a range of issues that affect start-ups.
Former RBS in-houser leaves White & Case after a year
RBS’ former litigation head Laura Durrant, who joined White & Case amid a spate of hires to its financial institutions group, has left the firm after little over a year. Durrant previously spent eight years at RBS and four years as an associate at Herbert Smith Freehills. Following her exit from White & Case, she […]