Herbert Smith has made up 10 lawyers to partner in its annual round of promotions, with the total dipping slightly from last year’s 13. Of the 10, three are based solely in London, with another two splitting their time between London and international offices. The rest hail from offices in Japan, Qatar, France and Russia. […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has promoted 21 lawyers to partner across its global network, including nine in London.
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has added 19 associates to the partnership in its first round of promotions following the merger between Herbert Smith and Freehills, with over half based in Asia Pacific. Among the 19 new partners, 10 are based in the Asia Pacific region with seven in the Australia offices and one each in […]
Herbert Smith has announced the promotion of 13 lawyers to its partnership, with a strong focus on Asia and emerging markets. The appointments cover seven of the firm’s offices and a wide range of global transactional and contentious practices. The number of promotions is down from 2010, when Herbert Smith made up 18 new partners. […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has made up more new partners in Asia-Pacific for the third time since its 2012 merger, seeing 10 of its 17 new partners based in the jurisdiction.
A team of seven regulatory lawyers from Axiom Ince is the latest to leave as concerns mount over the firm’s future. Irwin Mitchell has recruited the group, led by former Ince Group partners Philip Somarakis and Colette Kelly. Somarakis is Ince’s former head of regulatory solutions and joins as Irwin Mitchell’s national head of regulatory. […]
A team from Axiom Ince has exited its Birmingham office as concerns mount over the firm’s future after a string of scandals. The moves come as Axiom Ince is understood to have told clients that it will soon cease to trade, according to RollonFriday. Acuity Law, has hired three immigration lawyers from Axiom Ince. The […]
Harbottle & Lewis is the latest firm to confirm to The Lawyer that it will be changing its financial year-end due to new HMRC rules related to basis period reporting. HMRC’s new rules, which took effect from the 2023/24 financial year starting 6 April, seek to simplify tax payments by taxing a business’ profits in the tax year […]
Watson Farley & Williams has reduced energy usage in its London office by 24 per cent as the firm gears up for an external audit by the British Standards Institute (BSI) towards the end of the year. The firm was aided by an internationally recognised environmental management system (EMS) that helps a business complete 23 […]
Lengthy discussions over Arm’s multibillion-dollar listing proved fruitful for its advisers as the legal fees wracked up ahead of its Nasdaq float. Since Arm’s parent company SoftBank announced in February 2022 that plans to sell to NVIDIA had fallen through, all eyes were on Arm to complete its IPO now valued at $54.5bn (£44bn). For the […]
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A team of seven regulatory lawyers from Axiom Ince is the latest to leave as concerns mount over the firm’s future. Irwin Mitchell has recruited the group, led by former Ince Group partners Philip Somarakis and Colette Kelly. Somarakis is Ince’s former head of regulatory solutions and joins as Irwin Mitchell’s national head of regulatory. […]
A team from Axiom Ince has exited its Birmingham office as concerns mount over the firm’s future after a string of scandals. The moves come as Axiom Ince is understood to have told clients that it will soon cease to trade, according to RollonFriday. Acuity Law, has hired three immigration lawyers from Axiom Ince. The […]
Harbottle & Lewis is the latest firm to confirm to The Lawyer that it will be changing its financial year-end due to new HMRC rules related to basis period reporting. HMRC’s new rules, which took effect from the 2023/24 financial year starting 6 April, seek to simplify tax payments by taxing a business’ profits in the tax year […]
Watson Farley & Williams has reduced energy usage in its London office by 24 per cent as the firm gears up for an external audit by the British Standards Institute (BSI) towards the end of the year. The firm was aided by an internationally recognised environmental management system (EMS) that helps a business complete 23 […]
Lengthy discussions over Arm’s multibillion-dollar listing proved fruitful for its advisers as the legal fees wracked up ahead of its Nasdaq float. Since Arm’s parent company SoftBank announced in February 2022 that plans to sell to NVIDIA had fallen through, all eyes were on Arm to complete its IPO now valued at $54.5bn (£44bn). For the […]
