US firm Fried Frank made quite a splash in 2006 when it raided Simmons & Simmons for a five-partner team to lead its Hong Kong launch. But fast forward to January 2015 and it’s a different story. That was when the firm announced its decision to pull out of the Chinese special administrative region after […]
Mishcon de Reya has secured permission to bring a judicial review against accountancy firm KPMG for its client nursing home operator Holmcroft Properties. The ruling by Mr Justice Parker in the High Court on Friday (24 April) following a one-day hearing sets down that KPMG can be considered a public body and therefore the subject […]
Wealth management company London & Capital has appointed Thomas Donlon as general counsel. Donlon started working in the firm’s legal and compliance team last month. Joining from financial planners Towry, Donlon will provide advice to London & Capital’s key business divisions and support the expansion of its US family office in the coming year. He is […]
Burges Salmon has promoted six to partner in an all-male promotions and has made a lateral hire from Clifford Chance, bringing its total partner figures up to 81. The firm has promoted across its practice areas, with one apiece in construction and engineering, corporate finance, pensions, real estate, disputes and litigation, and energy and utilities. Of […]
Linklaters has made up 23 partners in its latest promotions round signalling a renewed focus on its corporate group in London and continental Europe. The magic circle firm made up nine partners to its corporate practice, an increase on just three made up in the group last year (7 April 2014). It is a recent […]
Six partners and 10 legal secretaries are to leave Ince & Co following the firm’s second redundancy consultation in its London practice in a year. Ince launched a review to “restructure its partnership” and support teams earlier this year, said international senior partner Jan Heuvels. Three partners have now left the firm following the consultation […]
Royal Dutch Shell global legal director Donny Ching has put fee arrangements at the forefront of his next panel review, scheduled for April 2016. Over the last few years Shell has managed a robust approach to pricing, with the adoption of what it terms ‘appropriate fee arrangements’ (AFAs). The in-house team has made heavy use […]
Lewis Silkin has announced that it has opened its first international office, in Hong Kong, to support its clients’ employment and global mobility issues in the Asia-Pacific region. The office will be based within Hong Kong’s Universal Trade Centre and will be headed up by immigration and global mobility partner Antonia Grant. Managing partner Ian […]
Eversheds has announced the promotion of 22 lawyers to the firm’s partnership. A further 10 lawyers have been promoted to the position of legal director internationally. The biggest increase was in the firm’s commercial department where 12 new partners were added to the practice along with one legal director, while the real estate practice group […]
Parabis has announced a number of changes to its board, including the appointment of chief operating office (COO) Jason Powell as group chief executive. Powell joined Parabis in 2013 and worked alongside group commercial director, Tim Roberts, through a period of restructuring within the firm, which followed rapid expansion (19 May 2014). Parabis closed its […]
The Lawyer’s first ever judging panel for the Business Leadership awards consisting exclusively of senior in-house lawyers has been unveiled today. This September the Business Leadership awards will celebrate innovation in legal services delivery and all round operational excellence. And this year, assisting the editorial team with their assessment of this will be our first-ever […]
BLP and Squires lag, but elsewhere female partner promotion stats look healthy. For years women have been told that the unbalanced female to male ratio at partnership level will right itself as PQE ticks by and generations move up the ranks. And for years that rhetoric has proved untrue. But this year might just see […]