Bevan Brittan has posted its sixth year of consecutive growth, posting a 12 per cent increase in turnover from £39.2m to £44m. Net profit stood at £9.6m last year, up from £7.8m the previous financial year. Average profit per equity partner increased from £313,000 to £443,000 – a phenomenal rise of 43 per cent. The firm […]
Ashurst has grown its government and public sector capability with two partner hires from Norton Rose Fulbright and HWL Ebsworth.
Norton Rose dispute resolution partner Melanie McKean and HWL Ebsworth TMT partner Angela Summersby will join the firm’s Canberra office.
Product liability lawyer Rod Freeman’s move from Hogan Lovells to Cooley was more than just your average lateral hire. By joining one of the world’s top technology-focused firms, Freeman was offering a glimpse into the future. How so? Partly because while Cooley is a relatively new player in Europe, as a tech firm through and […]
A tumultuous 2017 for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) provided new opportunities to shine for director David Green QC. In his last full year in charge of the body, critics and admirers alike have cited his more “muscular” approach to litigation as a sign of the body’s ongoing success. Securing the future of the SFO […]
Sharpe Pritchard partner Trevor Griffiths was propelled into the limelight in 2017 following the much-reported school attendance and holidays in term time case. Judicial review expertise Isle of Wight Council v Platt was expedited to the Supreme Court in January 2017. From there the debate turned on the definition of ‘regular’ attendance at school. Griffiths, […]
From shoring up the South African banking system to helping home buyers in Cambridgeshire, it’s been a busy year in finance.
Since 2013, the same five firms have occupied the top five positions in The Lawyer’s Litigation Top 50.
Earlier this week, Mishcon became a public player in a toxic battle over anti-Semitism that is threatening to engulf the Labour Party.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has arrived in London. The US firm revealed in June that it was to launch a office in the City to provide US access and support to UK-based technology and life sciences companies. It officially opened yesterday, based on Old Street in the heart of London’s technology community. The new shop will […]
“We want to be at the forefront of law firm tech innovation,” says Mishcon’s chief technology officer Nick West
It is a historical oddity of magic circle figures that there is always one firm that has an off year.
Lawyers discuss the lessons that can be learned from recent cyber security breaches and the best ways to prevent future infringements
Back at Shearman, Ward McKimm will be reunited with his former client base – and with some old friends.
But much has changed in the seven years since he left Shearman & Sterling. Can the superstar partner replicate his past success, or is it true that you can never go back?
Corporates are increasingly going direct to funders with opportunities, meaning firms are last in on the conversation
University pension scheme lawyer Louise Howard talks about her job looking after the pensions of 350 higher education and research institutions
The Walker Morris Planning & Environment Team has been ranked 7th in the ‘Highest Rated Planning Law Firms‘ for 2018 in the national annual Planning Law Survey, having consistently achieved high national rankings in the past. The Planning Law Survey is an in-depth report highlighting the solicitors, law firms and barristers that are considered the leading planning law […]
Law firm Walker Morris is continuing to expand its nationally leading Energy, Infrastructure & Government Team with the appointment of Victoria Bradley as a Director. Victoria joins the Walker Morris team which has advised on over £3 billion worth of projects in the last three years, delivering nationally significant infrastructure and energy projects around the […]
On Monday 26th March 2018, No5 Barristers’ Chambers will hold its Annual Planning Seminar at the ICC in Birmingham. The key-note theme will be “Revving-up the Midlands Engine” delivered by Gareth Bradford. Keynote speaker: Gareth Bradford, Director of Housing and Regeneration at the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) – Gareth oversees implementation of the WMCA’s plans […]
A month on from the UK Government announcing that it will boost the UK’s digital infrastructure with over £1bn of public investment, international law firm Gowling WLG is calling for public and private sectors to be open to new ideas and ready to support new technologies when it comes to developing our infrastructure for the […]
Elliot Gold represented Avon and Somerset constabulary in a major whistleblowing and sex-discrimination claim. A police officer claimed that he had been subjected to 27 detriments over nearly three years. After his cross-examination by Elliot, and on the third day of the nine-day hearing, the Claimant withdrew his claim. Elliot went on to secure a costs order […]
Invicta Law chief executive Geoff Wild, Kent’s former head of legal, has spearheaded public sector law service’s transformation. Invicta Law’s journey from troubled in-house legal team to profitable alternative business structure providing a commercial service to local government bodies has been 20 years in the making. It culminated in 2017 with Invicta Law – formerly […]
After arriving from Weightmans in January 2016, Kiran Bhogal was given the remit of creating a health practice of note within Hill Dickinson. Two years on from her arrival, she is doing just that. A steady 2016 became an excellent 2017 involving a landmark case taken to the Supreme Court, N v ACCG, and chairing […]
Clifford Chance partner Jessica Gladstone is on the Brexit front line, advising clients on the complex issues that have arisen since the vote. Her experience negotiating multilateral treaties and representing the UK at the UN (in a past life she was a legal adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) makes her one of the […]
The former Tower Hamlets mayor and solicitor Lutfur Rahman has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) after being found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices.
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has turned to Mayer Brown to advise it on the liquidation of Carillion, The Lawyer understands.
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has cut its panel from 23 to just six in its latest review, The Lawyer can reveal. The firms that have won a place on the streamlined panel are Gowling WLG, DWF, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown and Osborne Clarke. The new panel consists of two lots: […]
