DWF loses entire family law practice as national head exits with 15 lawyers
DWF has lost its family law capability after head of family David Pickering and his entire team decamp to Manchester-based firm JMW, The Lawyer has learned.
Gowling WLG sells Monaco office in shift from private client work
Gowling WLG’s Monaco office has been acquired by an advisory firm, nearly two decades after legacy firm Lawrence Graham launched private client-focused operations in the principality. The office has been acquired by advisory firm Maitland, with the new entity being renamed as Maitland Advisory (Monaco). It will be led by former Gowling partner Peter Walford, who will now […]
Private client fee transparency: one rule for Macfarlanes, another for Boodle Hatfield
From today, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is requiring firms that offer certain private client-related services to disclose information on their fees.
Magic circle duo rally behind fintech start-up with $20m cash injection
Linklaters is injecting cash into fintech startup Nivaura as part of a combined $20m funding round that also sees contributions from firms such as Allen & Overy and Orrick. Following the funding, Linklaters will team up with the startup on a collaboration that aims to boost the company’s growth and technology. The company has netted […]
Schillings’ prized family team departs en masse from firm
Schillings is to lose its seven-strong family team, led by partner Davina Katz, who is launching her own firm.
DWF loses entire family law practice as national head exits with 15 lawyers
DWF has lost its family law capability after head of family David Pickering and his entire team decamp to Manchester-based firm JMW, The Lawyer has learned.
Gowling WLG sells Monaco office in shift from private client work
Gowling WLG’s Monaco office has been acquired by an advisory firm, nearly two decades after legacy firm Lawrence Graham launched private client-focused operations in the principality. The office has been acquired by advisory firm Maitland, with the new entity being renamed as Maitland Advisory (Monaco). It will be led by former Gowling partner Peter Walford, who will now […]
Private client fee transparency: one rule for Macfarlanes, another for Boodle Hatfield
From today, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is requiring firms that offer certain private client-related services to disclose information on their fees.
Magic circle duo rally behind fintech start-up with $20m cash injection
Linklaters is injecting cash into fintech startup Nivaura as part of a combined $20m funding round that also sees contributions from firms such as Allen & Overy and Orrick. Following the funding, Linklaters will team up with the startup on a collaboration that aims to boost the company’s growth and technology. The company has netted […]
How Baker McKenzie built a dawn raid app
Bakers claims its app is unique in the legal market and the effort goes on to add bespoke functions for clients
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Fieldfisher reveals 12 per cent rise in H1 financials despite transactional “slow-down”
After three years of skyrocketing growth, Fieldfisher‘s turnover for the 2019/20 half-year reached £129m, recording slower growth due to disruption caused by political instability and international trade frictions. The 12 per cent growth marks a more conservative trajectory as opposed to the staggering 26 per cent of the previous year, when revenue around this period […]
DWF acquires 400-strong Spanish firm in largest deal to date
Listed law firm DWF is to take over Spanish law firm Rousaud Costas Duran (RCD), after the firm posted a 10 per cent increase in revenue for its first half-year results since listing on the London Stock Exchange. Revenue went up from £133.4m to £146.8m, with the firm’s international division and connected services division recording […]
Mills & Reeve pilots ‘innovation trainees’ as part of strategy drive
Mills & Reeve has come up with a new programme aimed at allowing graduates to take on innovation projects for the firm and its clients. The initiative, dubbed the ‘project and innovation trainee programme’, is the latest in a line of changes first begun in 2015 by managing partner Claire Clarke to increase profitability and […]
Election 2019: Clients add ‘Corbyn Clauses’ to deals as they prep for potential Labour win
Clients are preparing to back out of deals if the Conservatives fail to win a majority or Labour win power in this Thursday’s General Election, senior lawyers have said, with a growing trend for the inclusion of ‘Corbyn clauses’ into deal documentation. In recent months, numerous lawyers in corporate and real estate circles have highlighted […]
Global Corporate 50: The non-elite firms with transatlantic capability may have got it right
Sticking to your knitting in the UK and Europe may have the virtue of coherence, but without a US deals platform, UK firms are hobbled on the global stage, research from The Lawyer Global Corporate 50 shows. The report show the extent to which global corporate billings are firmly within the US sphere of influence. […]
Clydes hires NEDs to bring the “voice of the client” into the boardroom
Clyde & Co has appointed two non-executive directors (NEDs) to its management board – the first time such a position has been created at the firm. Former Lloyd’s of London CEO Dame Inga Beale and former Grant Thornton US CEO Stephen Chipman will join Clydes’ board in the new year, as independent board members. Clydes […]