Two of Scotland’s largest independent law firms, Brodies and Shepherd & Wedderburn, have reported growth in both revenue and profitability for 2018/19. Brodies, which is Scotland’s largest firm, saw its turnover increase by 12 per cent from £68.6m to £76.9m, while profits before partner distributions also saw double-digit growth of 14 per cent from £32.9m […]
The poor pipeline of female employment silk applications isn’t due to shyness or lack of ability; it’s structural.
DLA Piper has appointed Trevor Ivory as the new managing partner of its Birmingham office. Real estate partner Ivory replaces Huw Dolphin, who has headed the Birmingham office for five years. Ivory joined DLA in 2015 from Howes Percival and specialises in real estate planning, with a particular focus on delivering strategic development and infrastructure […]
As global business firms recalibrate their offering on the Continent, there is no let-up in localised battles for talent, with DLA Piper the latest firm to rebuild practices in Warsaw. The Lawyer can reveal that DLA Piper‘s Warsaw office has brought in a two-lawyer corporate group from CMS as it seeks to rebuild its practice after […]
DLA Piper and Herbert Smith Freehills have been called up to defend Clydesdale Bank against a slew of claims that allege it mis-sold loans to SMEs.
Two of Scotland’s largest independent law firms, Brodies and Shepherd & Wedderburn, have reported growth in both revenue and profitability for 2018/19. Brodies, which is Scotland’s largest firm, saw its turnover increase by 12 per cent from £68.6m to £76.9m, while profits before partner distributions also saw double-digit growth of 14 per cent from £32.9m […]
The poor pipeline of female employment silk applications isn’t due to shyness or lack of ability; it’s structural.
DLA Piper has appointed Trevor Ivory as the new managing partner of its Birmingham office. Real estate partner Ivory replaces Huw Dolphin, who has headed the Birmingham office for five years. Ivory joined DLA in 2015 from Howes Percival and specialises in real estate planning, with a particular focus on delivering strategic development and infrastructure […]
As global business firms recalibrate their offering on the Continent, there is no let-up in localised battles for talent, with DLA Piper the latest firm to rebuild practices in Warsaw. The Lawyer can reveal that DLA Piper‘s Warsaw office has brought in a two-lawyer corporate group from CMS as it seeks to rebuild its practice after […]
DLA Piper has appointed a new UK head of restructuring following the departure of two of its former heads to Mayer Brown. Partner Robert Russell replaces DLA lifer Amy Jacks as head of UK restructuring. In March, The Lawyer reported that Jacks was leaving the firm alongside its former global restructuring co-chair Michael Fiddy to […]
We’re all watching eagerly for the changes coming at Allen & Overy on 1 May as its merger with Shearman & Sterling finally goes live. But Addleshaws has its own significant change that day. Next Wednesday, Andrew Johnston will officially kick off his tenure as managing partner with longstanding incumbent John Joyce stepping aside. Addleshaws […]
There’s no doubt that firms are using non-UK growth to power their global figures. Of the 35 Top 50 firms for which The Lawyer has historical global revenue data, all but four saw higher growth outside the UK in the five years since 2019. Included in this group is Herbert Smith Freehillls (HSF), where London remains […]
Which law firms are private equity houses looking to invest in? The answer, if the conversations we’re having with managing partners are anything to go by, is ‘pretty much all of them’. Most regional firms of note have had speculative approaches at some time in the last five years or so, as private equity gradually […]
Barclays’ legal team was once among the most influential in the UK. That power has diminished over the last decade, yet the banking giant still packs a punch when it comes to talent management. Some 40 lawyers are understood to have left Barclays in the UK last year. There are cost-cutting measures at play here, […]
Keystone Law, the poster child for the platform firm, is likely to break the psychologically important £100m revenue barrier in 2025. The success of this firm has spawned a new market, which is challenging traditional firms on the talent front. More than 3,500 lawyers now work across a variety of fee-sharing outfits, research from Atlas […]
On Monday, an explosive trial between IBM UK and Swiss software developer LzLabs is set to commence for nine weeks, with Quinn Emanuel and Clifford Chance going head-to-head for their respective clients. Quinn Emanuel-backed IBM brought the lawsuit in 2021, alleging it is “inconceivable” that LzLabs could have developed its rival technology – which can […]
Northern firm Ward Hadaway is actively exploring mergers and expansion opportunities in England as it targets £100m revenue by 2034. The firm generated approximately £48m in the 2023/24 financial year, which means it is looking to grow approximately 100 per cent within a decade. A shorter term target of reaching £75m by 2029 has also […]
Linklaters and Slaughter and May are leading on BHP’s mega-offer for rival mining company Anglo American. It emerged this morning that Australian giant BHP had put forward an unsolicited proposal to Anglo American If the deal went ahead, it would be valued at around £31bn. Linklaters is on call for Anglo American as it discusses […]
The ex-general counsel of Haleon has announced that he has joined energy and chemicals business Aramco, which is based in Saudi Arabia. Bjarne Tellman was hired by GSK four years ago to prepare the company for the creation of Haleon, one of the UK’s largest corporate demergers in 20 years. The purpose of the demerger […]
The wait is finally over. In just under a week, the transformational merger between Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling will go live. But while the deal is done, the job is only just beginning. On this episode of The Lawyer Podcast, editor Catrin Griffiths and litigation editor Christian Smith look at how the […]
