Bank of England’s lawyer headcount jumps 670% in five years
The number of lawyers at the Bank of England (BoE) has increased by approximately 670 per cent, rising from 13 individuals five years ago to between 90 and 100 today, it has emerged.
Akin Gump promotes London trio to partnership
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has promoted three London lawyers to partnership out of 12 worldwide, after making up no-one in the City last year. City-based counsel Sophie Jermine was promoted to the firm’s partnership from the start of January and is part of Akin Gump’s cross-border transactions team. She joined Akin Gump after […]
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Mishcon gears up for next decade with hire of Axiom’s UK head
Mishcon de Reya has hired the London general manager of alternative resourcing business Axiom in the newly created role of chief strategy officer. Nick West, a lawyer who previously worked at Lexis Nexis, joined Mishcon yesterday (6 January) as part of the firm’s senior management team. Axiom is best known as a provider of technology-enabled […]
KWM Europe and Middle East MP Boss to step down one year early
King & Wood Mallesons Europe and Middle East managing partner William Boss will step down from the role, resigning one year before his term officially ends in May 2017. Boss will remain in the role until the end of the financial year in April while a replacement is found. He took on the position in May 2015 after being […]
Skadden tops global M&A rankings as Freshfields and CC compete with US leaders
Bank of England’s lawyer headcount jumps 670% in five years
The number of lawyers at the Bank of England (BoE) has increased by approximately 670 per cent, rising from 13 individuals five years ago to between 90 and 100 today, it has emerged.
Akin Gump promotes London trio to partnership
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has promoted three London lawyers to partnership out of 12 worldwide, after making up no-one in the City last year. City-based counsel Sophie Jermine was promoted to the firm’s partnership from the start of January and is part of Akin Gump’s cross-border transactions team. She joined Akin Gump after […]
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Mishcon gears up for next decade with hire of Axiom’s UK head
Mishcon de Reya has hired the London general manager of alternative resourcing business Axiom in the newly created role of chief strategy officer. Nick West, a lawyer who previously worked at Lexis Nexis, joined Mishcon yesterday (6 January) as part of the firm’s senior management team. Axiom is best known as a provider of technology-enabled […]
KWM Europe and Middle East MP Boss to step down one year early
King & Wood Mallesons Europe and Middle East managing partner William Boss will step down from the role, resigning one year before his term officially ends in May 2017. Boss will remain in the role until the end of the financial year in April while a replacement is found. He took on the position in May 2015 after being […]
Simmons’ financial management pays off as profit soars and debt falls
A focus on costs and lock-up management helped Simmons & Simmons to soaring profits and a reduction in borrowing costs for the last financial year, the firm’s LLP accounts have shown. In the introduction to the accounts, filed with Companies House this week, the firm said it had continued to “maintain tight controls on costs, […]
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The City 50: Did you make the cut?
The rise of the American firms is made clear in the City 50 – The Lawyer’s first ever snapshot of the London-only revenues of US and UK firms.
Hogan Lovells appoints new German head as part of management reshuffle
Hogan Lovells has announced a management shake-up in Germany, with a newly created managing partner role to oversee all of the firm’s German offices. Current Munich office managing partner Stefan Schuppert has been appointed as managing partner of Germany, presiding over the firm’s four offices in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. An intellectual property lawyer, Schuppert […]
Rosenblatt builds on IPO with new litigation funding arm
Rosenblatt has announced details of its financial performance, four months after its initial public offering (IPO) went live. The financial results see Rosenblatt’s revenue total £3m in the eight-week period ending 30 June 2018, in what CEO Nicola Foulston describes as a “good, strong start to life as a public company”. That is up 15 per […]
UK top 100 crack £24bn in record year for revenue
Eversheds Sutherland is the biggest revenue riser in the UK 200 chart following last year’s merger.
Mayer Brown fills tax gap with new partner hire
Mayer Brown has added former Nabarro partner Simon Rose to its tax practice in London, nearly a year after the departure of its lead City partner to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. Rose joins Mayer Brown as its third tax partner in London. He started his career at SJ Berwin in 1994, working there until leaving to […]
Addleshaws parts ways with Scottish private client practice after team defection
Over a year into its Scottish merger, Addleshaw Goddard has lost a ten-strong private client team to independent firm Morton Fraser. The head of Addleshaw’s private client team in Edinburgh, Gregor Mitchell, will move across to Morton Fraser, alongside legal director Euan Fleming and a team of eight consultants, solicitors, paralegals and executive assistants. The defection comes […]