China Elite: Top 30 Chinese firms’ financial results revealed
The highest-grossing law firms in China produce some of the lowest revenues per lawyer in the country, exclusive research by The Lawyer has found.
Gowling WLG advises Crown Estate on Leicester site purchase
In December 2015 Gowling WLG completed the transaction that saw client The Crown Estate and its partner Gingko Tree Investment Limited – together Fosse Park West LLP – acquire the 12.5 acre Castles Acre site in Leicester from Everards Brewery. The site will be used to build a 150,000 sq ft extension to the Fosse […]
Exclusive: Morton Fraser and MacRoberts head towards merger
Morton Fraser and MacRoberts are in the midst of late stage merger talks, The Lawyer understands.
Shearman & Sterling overhauls partnership and lures back Brussels head
Shearman & Sterling has snatched back the head of its Brussels office as it accelerates plans to increase profit by targeting under-performers and restructuring its top-heavy management structure.
China Elite: Top 30 Chinese firms’ financial results revealed
The highest-grossing law firms in China produce some of the lowest revenues per lawyer in the country, exclusive research by The Lawyer has found.
Gowling WLG advises Crown Estate on Leicester site purchase
In December 2015 Gowling WLG completed the transaction that saw client The Crown Estate and its partner Gingko Tree Investment Limited – together Fosse Park West LLP – acquire the 12.5 acre Castles Acre site in Leicester from Everards Brewery. The site will be used to build a 150,000 sq ft extension to the Fosse […]
Exclusive: Morton Fraser and MacRoberts head towards merger
Morton Fraser and MacRoberts are in the midst of late stage merger talks, The Lawyer understands.
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Debevoise breaks $1bn globally and $150m in the City
Debevoise & Plimpton has broken through the $1bn revenue barrier for the first time after posting record financial results for 2019. Firm-wide turnover rose by 13 per cent from $929.3m to a new high of $1.05bn in a year that saw all of the key metrics head north. In a year when the firm confirmed […]
Quinn’s Prevezer in shock return to the Bar
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s former London co-managing partner Sue Prevezer QC is going back to the Bar after 12 years in private practice.
US duo act on Morgan Stanley’s $13bn trading acquisition
Davis Polk & Wardwell and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have taken the lead roles in Morgan Stanley’s $13bn acquisition of online trading platform E*Trade. Davis Polk’s team advising its longstanding client Morgan Stanley included partners from both its New York and Washington DC offices, and it was led by managing partner Neil Barr […]
The speed read: Greenberg beefs up; and a law school mystery
Under-the-radar Greenberg makes promises in litigation Mishcon de Reya isn’t used to losing partners from its beloved disputes group, but this week The Lawyer revealed two would be making the move – and to a US firm no less. Banking disputes head Masoud Zabeti and fellow litigator Mohammed Khamisa QC are joining Greenberg Traurig, a […]
White & Case reveals uncharacteristic dip in London turnover
White & Case’s London revenue decreased by four per cent last year, while globally the firm recorded a rise in its financials to hit $2.2bn. Revenues at the firm’s UK outpost were $337m in 2019, a 3.7 decrease from the 2018 figure of $350m. Globally though turnover rose by 6.6 per cent to $2.2bn. Its […]
Simpson Thacher hires Linklaters’ London head of tax
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has made its first City partner hire in just over a year, bringing in Linklaters’ former head of global tax to its office. Yash Rupal will make the move to the US firm having been a partner at the magic circle firm since 1996. He represents a range of corporates, financial […]