German multidisciplinary firm Rödl & Partner has reported a sharp increase in the turnover of its legal services arm. Global turnover generated from legal and tax consulting jumped by 16 per cent to E50m (£34.4m) in 2004. Meanwhile, global firmwide turnover increased by 3 per cent to E151m (£103.8m) for the same period. Co-founder and managing partner Bernd Rödl said that the firm had successfully promoted growth in its central areas of accounting, legal and tax consultancy. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com, 28 February
Hammonds’ Leeds team defects to Addleshaws
Addleshaw Goddard is bolstering significantly its contentious construction practice with the hire of a five-partner team from Hammonds’ Leeds office. As first revealed on www. thelawyer.com (2 March), the team will add £4m to Addleshaws’ £40m Leeds revenues and increase the size of its national construction department, which currently numbers 25. Hammonds’ national construction head […]