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Alexanders Holding was advised by Fladgate Fielder in relation to a term loan facility of £1.75m to refinance acquisition costs of Alexanders of Lincoln with the Royal Bank of Scotland
Alexanders Holding was advised by Fladgate Fielder in relation to a term loan facility of £1.75m to refinance acquisition costs of Alexanders of Lincoln with the Royal Bank of Scotland
Alison Parkinson, vice-chair elect of the Association of Women Solicitors, will address a meeting of the Federation Internationale Des Femmes Des Carrieres Juridiques in London on 23 May. Parkinson will give a speech titled ‘Dismissal, redundancy and the glass ceiling’ at the Naval Club, W1. Two members of the group’s UK section will also speak. […]
ASIM has also confirmed details on its conference and AGM to be held at the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, on 16-17 June. Labour MP Andrew Smith, junior shadow minister for the Treasury, will address the conference, also open to non-ASIM members. Contact ASIM on 01892 870065.
THE LEGAL Aid Board has attacked the Law Society, claiming it named a London law firm whose franchise was suspended. But society head of professional policy Russell Wallman says the accusation is a bid to divert attention from the board’s “disgraceful” behaviour over the suspension. Evans Butler Wade is threatening the LAB with legal action […]
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Trowers & Hamlins has become the latest firm to offer an innovation seat to its trainees as a part of its training contract. From the beginning of April, trainees at Trowers will have the option to sit in the innovation team and develop their competency in legal tech. Trowers’ training contract is divided into four […]
Scandinavian firm Hannes Snellman has finalised the split between its Swedish and Finnish businesses, citing “a divergence of the business strategies…in Helsinki and Stockholm”. The firm announced in February 2024 that the split would take place and the necessary arrangements have taken place splitting the offices into two distinct entities under the Hannes Snellman operating […]
With the 2023/24 financial year-end just days away, law firm leaders are doing everything they can to make sure no bill is left unsent and no debt is left uncollected. For many firms, that process will include turning to a raft of new technology solutions to try and speed up the cashflow process. However, at an […]
This year marks an end to a series of bumper promotions rounds at Linklaters, with just 27 being made partner as of 1 May 2024. The magic circle firm has elected 27 new partners – a decrease of 34 per cent from the 41 promotions announced in both 2023 and 2022. The size of the […]
A High Court default judgment has brought an end to the long-running dispute involving the Emirati sovereign wealth fund RAKIA, US businessman Farhad Azima, Dechert and its former partner Neil Gerrard. The default judgment, which was granted by the High Court yesterday, has resulted in the dismissal of two High Court judgments and one Court […]
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How many trainees does it take to build a law firm? We welcome your suggestions for punchlines on that one (winner gets published in a future Horizon). But if one was inclined to think of a serious answer, one would naturally say that the larger the firm, the more graduates you need. After all, big […]
In the lower echelons of The Lawyer UK200, some firms are contending with major succession issues that could mean there is little option to find a merger deal whatever the cost. Growth is increasingly hard to come by for the Independent firms (ranked 101-200), but that doesn’t mean it’s all doom and gloom. Analysis by […]
TLT has promoted an all-female cohort amid a push to achieve a 50 per cent female partnership by 2029. This year’s new partners include restructuring and insolvency lawyer Ainslie Benzie in Glasgow and head of estates Debbie Gale in Bristol. In Manchester, Roisin Bell in financial services disputes, Rachel Smith in property finance and Debbie […]
Fieldfisher has promoted 10 lawyers to partner in its 2024 promotions round, eight of whom have been made up in London. The London promotions, effective from 1 April, comprise four women. This includes private client lawyer Alice Vink, banking and finance director Anna Crosby, clinical negligence director Helen Thompson and Shaheen Mosquera, who specialises in […]
Harbottle & Lewis has named its first female senior partner, as longstanding incumbent Gerrard Tyrrell steps down. Family lawyer Catherine Bedford will take on the role from 1 April, succeeding privacy and defamation litigator Tyrrell, who has had held the senior partner position for nearly 17 years. Bedford joined the firm in 2017 to lead […]
The flexible lawyer service launched by Linklaters five years ago increased its headcount by 30 per cent over 2023. Re:link is understood to now have 350 lawyers on its platform, representing a 30 per cent rise over the past year. It was set up in 2019 making it the second such offering from a magic […]
As firms continue to debate how frequently partners and staff should be physically in the office, Gowling WLG is the latest to reveal a tweak to its policy. The firm has said that teams should spend at least 60 per cent of their time in the office. Lawyers and staff had previously been on a […]
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