Centro launches £5m transport panel
Centro, an organisation responsible for the delivery of public transport in the West Midlands, has launched a review of its legal framework valued at £5m.
DAC Beachcroft raids DWF for six-partner team
DAC Beachcroft has raided DWF’s Newcastle office, picking up a six-partner insurance team.
Eversheds tops UK legal brand rankings as DLA rises above Pinsents
Eversheds has been ranked as the strongest legal brand in the UK, ahead of DLA Piper and Pinsent Masons. The research, conducted by Acritas, is carried out every year among 2,300 senior buyers of legal services. Eversheds has taken first position for three of the past four years, leading last year’s Acritas rankings of the […]
Brexit will “test the mettle” of lawyers
There’s a lurid fascination that comes with watching the UK’s Brexit debate from the US. At one level, it seems not unlike a marriage in its death throes. You know both husband and wife and feel terribly about it all, but cannot avert your eyes. The only winner? Neil Sedaka. Breaking up, as we’re told, is hard to do.
Centro launches £5m transport panel
Centro, an organisation responsible for the delivery of public transport in the West Midlands, has launched a review of its legal framework valued at £5m.
DAC Beachcroft raids DWF for six-partner team
DAC Beachcroft has raided DWF’s Newcastle office, picking up a six-partner insurance team.
Eversheds tops UK legal brand rankings as DLA rises above Pinsents
Eversheds has been ranked as the strongest legal brand in the UK, ahead of DLA Piper and Pinsent Masons. The research, conducted by Acritas, is carried out every year among 2,300 senior buyers of legal services. Eversheds has taken first position for three of the past four years, leading last year’s Acritas rankings of the […]
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The speed read: DWF’s finances; Taylor Wessing’s American dream; and who runs Addleshaws?
While many lawyers are out of the City on half-term, others in the industry have been securing US deals, mulling leadership bids and bringing High Court disputes to an end.
Freshfields teams up with Canadian firm on Dairy Crest offer
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been called in by Canadian firm Stikemann Elliott to co-lead on Dairy Crest’s sale to a transatlantic buyer. The magic circle firm has been providing UK legal advice to Canadian company Saputo, which produces milk and dairy products. Freshfields corporate partner Stephen Hewes has taken the lead alongside colleague Peter Hall, […]
Squires quartet part ways with firm
Four more partners have left Squire Patton Boggs’ London office, in the wake of former managing partner Robert Weekes’ move to Crowell & Moring earlier this month. UK litigation head Laurence Winston and restructuring partners Paul Muscutt and Cathryn Williams are to part ways with the firm, while Robin Baillie in the infrastructure practice is […]
Burges Salmon braces for no-deal Brexit with “defensive” strategy
Burges Salmon is preparing for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, with plans to resort to an Irish partnership structure if Britain cannot agree terms with the EU.
Shearman’s revenue closes in on $1bn barrier
Shearman & Sterling’s global turnover increased by 5 per cent over 2018, though the pace of growth has fallen behind some of Shearman’s US peers who have all reported double-digit gains this year. Turnover at Shearman rose to $955.5m in 2018, an increase of 4 per cent. This followed the addition of just $5m to […]
Addleshaws’ senior partner faces fresh challenge in firm elections
Addleshaw Goddard’s senior partner Charles Penney faces a challenge to his bid for another term, with another contender stepping forward to take on the role. Penney, who is seeking a second term in the top job, will run against contender Michael Leftley, who heads the employment, incentives & immigration group in London. Leftley has been […]