This week in Beyond the Bubble, in association with LexisNexis… London: Fee-earner time spent on innovation at Harbottle & Lewis will be recorded and rewarded as the firm launched its new “Innovation Fund” in June, which will be used to invest in new technology to make processes more efficient for the business. The move is […]
Pinsent Masons has increased its topline by 7 per cent in another year of growth. Revenue hit £649.6m for 2023/24, up from £605.9m the previous year. 2023/24 concludes the first full year in post for Laura Cameron as managing partner, having taken over from John Cleland in May 2023. Speaking to The Lawyer, Cameron commented: “It’s […]
Hengeler Mueller’s co-managing partner has ruled out any further dramatic changes to its partnership, as the German firm gears up to welcome its first salaried members in the new year. The introduction of a salary partner tier in May 2023 was a significant deviation from the conservative culture at Hengeler Mueller. It stood as a […]
An old-school Lincoln’s Inn firm with royal connections. A media-savvy employment specialist. And a full-service regional outfit with a non-lawyer CEO. The similarities aren’t immediately apparent but Farrer & Co, Lewis Silkin and Birketts all passed £100m in revenue in 2023/24, leaving rivals trailing in their wake. That’s what’s so impressive about these three firms. […]
Slaughter and May and Travers Smith are leading on Legal & General’s sale of its UK housebuilder, Cala Homes. Slaughters is leading for longstanding client L&G as it sells Cala to to Ferguson Bidco, a joint venture between Sixth Street Partners and Patron Capital. Slaughters corporate partner Victoria MacDuff is at the helm of the […]
Cahill Gordon & Reindel has added a new partner to its ranks in London, following a number of exits from its finance practice over the year. Cahill has hired Andrew Kelly as a partner, a former Clifford Chance member. He joins its banking and capital markets practice, working on high yield matters, acquisition financings, recapitalisations […]
Greenberg Traurig is leading for Harland & Wolff, the company famous for building the Titanic, as it looks set to appoint administrators. Harland & Wolff posted a notice of intention to appoint an administrator yesterday. Greenberg’s team is led by corporate partner Shashank Krishna, co-vice chair of the restructuring group John Houghton and corporate partner […]
In a bid to expand its intellectual property practice, Addleshaw Goddard is adding five lawyers to its ranks from a specialist City firm. Stobbs’ head of litigation Geoff Steward is joining Addleshaws, along with four lawyers. Steward has worked at Stobbs for nearly six years, and played a key role in developing the firm’s IP […]
Having introduced a firmwide bonus for the first time two years ago, Shoosmiths is now contemplating whether to develop an individual reward scheme for its lawyers. The firmwide bonus, set up in August 2022, recognises all firm employees (excluding partners). It set out to pay staff between 5 to 7 per cent of their basic salary […]
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Eversheds partners aren’t really in the business of throwing curveballs. This week, partners in the International LLP – that’s everything outside the US – cemented Keith Froud as Lee Ranson’s chief executive successor in an uncontested election. We’d have stopped taking bets on this one years ago, you could see it coming a mile off. […]
The Higher Education sector is in big trouble. As we reported last month, universities are struggling to fill places on their undergraduate courses – not least for law degrees. Many are in financial distress. Tuition fees for home students have been capped at £9,250 since 2017 and are falling well behind what is profitable, but […]
Associate retention is one of the biggest bugbears for law firm leaders, as competitive salaries and the promise of greater opportunities lure rising stars away. Added to this, a firm’s biggest cost is its people, but that didn’t stop Freshfields last year pledging to up its trainee intake from 90 to 100 from 2025. Should […]
Of the UK Top 50 firms, just 16 have no overseas offices, and of the remaining 34, more than half (19) were bigger outside the UK last year. Internationalisation is a hallmark of a Top 50 firm, but for many it is the UK that keeps the investment pipelines pumped. For firms with international offices, […]
The upcoming UK200 has welcomed its sixth employee ownership trust (EOT) member. Altrincham’s Myerson Solicitors joins Yorkshire’s Ison Harrison and the West Midlands’ Talbots Law in embracing employee ownership, having converted from a limited liability partnership (LLP) to a 100 per cent employee-owned company last week. The EOT model allows all employees to take a […]
Slaughter and May and Travers Smith are leading on Legal & General’s sale of its UK housebuilder, Cala Homes. Slaughters is leading for longstanding client L&G as it sells Cala to to Ferguson Bidco, a joint venture between Sixth Street Partners and Patron Capital. Slaughters corporate partner Victoria MacDuff is at the helm of the […]
Cahill Gordon & Reindel has added a new partner to its ranks in London, following a number of exits from its finance practice over the year. Cahill has hired Andrew Kelly as a partner, a former Clifford Chance member. He joins its banking and capital markets practice, working on high yield matters, acquisition financings, recapitalisations […]
Greenberg Traurig is leading for Harland & Wolff, the company famous for building the Titanic, as it looks set to appoint administrators. Harland & Wolff posted a notice of intention to appoint an administrator yesterday. Greenberg’s team is led by corporate partner Shashank Krishna, co-vice chair of the restructuring group John Houghton and corporate partner […]
In a bid to expand its intellectual property practice, Addleshaw Goddard is adding five lawyers to its ranks from a specialist City firm. Stobbs’ head of litigation Geoff Steward is joining Addleshaws, along with four lawyers. Steward has worked at Stobbs for nearly six years, and played a key role in developing the firm’s IP […]
Having introduced a firmwide bonus for the first time two years ago, Shoosmiths is now contemplating whether to develop an individual reward scheme for its lawyers. The firmwide bonus, set up in August 2022, recognises all firm employees (excluding partners). It set out to pay staff between 5 to 7 per cent of their basic salary […]