Hot 100 Business Leadership: How to maximise your team’s performance
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European moves: 21 January 2016
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices.
DAC Beachcroft sees profit jump 11.6 per cent to £34.7m
DAC Beachcroft has seen operating profit jump by 11.6 per cent from £31.1m to £34.7m according to its 2014/15 accounts, despite turnover remaining flat. The firm’s net profit increased by 19.6 per cent, from £25.5m to £30.5m, while the top of equity increased from £439,000 to £468,000. Despite the increase in profit DAC’s turnover remained […]
The Hot 100 2016: Competition
Hot 100 Business Leadership: How to maximise your team’s performance
Find out more about this year’s Hot 100 here.
European moves: 21 January 2016
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices.
DAC Beachcroft sees profit jump 11.6 per cent to £34.7m
DAC Beachcroft has seen operating profit jump by 11.6 per cent from £31.1m to £34.7m according to its 2014/15 accounts, despite turnover remaining flat. The firm’s net profit increased by 19.6 per cent, from £25.5m to £30.5m, while the top of equity increased from £439,000 to £468,000. Despite the increase in profit DAC’s turnover remained […]
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Freshfields recruits White & Case trio in Brussels
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Covington’s London revenue falls after record 2018
Covington & Burling’s London revenue decreased last year after a bumper 2018 in which it crossed the $100m mark, the firm’s latest financial results show. Turnover at Covington’s London office shrunk to $101.17m last year after soaring in 2018, when it rose by 26 per cent from $80.5m to $101.25m. Globally, revenue increased to almost […]