Global Litigation Top 50: the success stories of 2019
The speed of growth in contentious activity at many firms over 2018/19 is almost as high as it has ever been over the past five years.
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The speed of growth in contentious activity at many firms over 2018/19 is almost as high as it has ever been over the past five years.
While its UK competitors pile in to report single-digit PEP growth for 2018/19, Pinsent Masons saw a decline in its average profit per equity partner to £620,000. The 5 per cent decrease in PEP was in spite of a 7 per cent jump in turnover to £482m. Gross profit also rose during the last financial […]
Fourteen GCs and senior counsel at a roundtable hosted by The Lawyer and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner discuss how the latest trends create challenges and opportunities for firms
Greenberg Traurig executive chairman Richard Rosenbaum responds to Dentons’ Joe Andrew’s opinion piece published last week. The recent opinion piece strongly touting the verein model as the only obvious answer and disparaging other methods of global law firm growth as “colonial” brought to mind a saying I was taught early on in my career: “The […]
The number of firms producing turnover of more than $1bn continues to rise, according to The Lawyer’s Global 200 report.
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In the third of our series of articles tackling common IP personal data concerns, we’re looking at how IPs should handle data subject access requests (SAR).
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Employment law is not crystal clear on this question; an employer has a duty to ensure the safety of their employees and all those with whom they interact during the course of their work. Therefore, there may be a case for insisting that all employees are vaccinated.
Karl Anders, Louise Power and Sandip Singh, Walker Morris’ Housing and Banking Litigation specialists, explain The UK Government’s recent announcement that legislation to significantly reform leasehold property ownership is on the horizon.
The speed of growth in contentious activity at many firms over 2018/19 is almost as high as it has ever been over the past five years.
While its UK competitors pile in to report single-digit PEP growth for 2018/19, Pinsent Masons saw a decline in its average profit per equity partner to £620,000. The 5 per cent decrease in PEP was in spite of a 7 per cent jump in turnover to £482m. Gross profit also rose during the last financial […]
Fourteen GCs and senior counsel at a roundtable hosted by The Lawyer and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner discuss how the latest trends create challenges and opportunities for firms
Greenberg Traurig executive chairman Richard Rosenbaum responds to Dentons’ Joe Andrew’s opinion piece published last week. The recent opinion piece strongly touting the verein model as the only obvious answer and disparaging other methods of global law firm growth as “colonial” brought to mind a saying I was taught early on in my career: “The […]
Simmons & Simmons has lost another partner to Dentons, with banking and finance lawyer Richard Pallot-Cook rejoining the firm after six years. Richard Pallot-Cook, who specialises in corporate and financial restructuring, work-outs and insolvency, moved across from legacy SNR Denton to Simmons & Simmons in 2013. Having trained at legacy Eversheds, he was at SNR […]
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DMH Stallard has reached critical mass size – but it now has more work to do to secure its future.
Fans of celebrity showdowns will be denied their thrills this year following the Duchess of Sussex’s successful application for summary judgment against Associated Newspapers, but the Daily Mail’s favourite law firm still has a full pipeline for 2021. Over the last few years RPC partner Keith Mathieson has also fastened his grip on defence work […]
Bevan Brittan has handed out a 3 per cent pay rise to all its employees alongside an additional 3 per cent ‘thank-you bonus’ to be applied to the last six months and paid now. The firm had previously postponed its September 2020 annual pay review due to uncertain economic conditions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
Ropes & Gray has added a new partner to its funds team, in the same week it also launched a European life sciences group with a recruit from Arnold & Porter. Emily Brown is the latest funds joiner from Schulte Roth & Zabel. She has been at Schulte’s London office for over two years and […]
Linklaters has rolled out a platform to change the way its secretarial function operates in light of new working practices introduced during the pandemic. The magic circle firm has bought a third-party platform, called Service Now, to ensure better work allocation across its secretarial pool. With the prospect of a hybrid model split between remote […]
Covington & Burling’s London revenue increased by 12 per cent last year, as global turnover also saw double-digit growth. This is after the firm’s City growth was static in 2019, decreasing by 0.1 per cent. In 2020, the firm’s revenue in its London offering leapt to $113.6m from $101.2m. In 2015, the firm’s London turnover […]
Reed Smith, Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have acted on Daily Mail and General Trust’s (DMGT) £70m acquisition of New Scientist. DMGT instructed co-chair of Reed Smith’s global corporate group Delphine Currie on the purchase, alongside senior associate Daryl Cue and client relationship partner Lawrence Radley. The Daily Mail publisher picked up the […]
Simmons & Simmons has introduced a long-term working policy inspired by the changes brought about by the pandemic. The firm will introduce a hybrid working system that allows employees to work up to two to three days per week from home when restrictions are lifted, as agreed with line managers. Over the coming months, country […]