DMH Stallard secures merger as turnover hits £25m
DMH Stallard is to merge with Sussex firm Rawlison Butler.
No deal is better than a bad deal: Simmons’ pursuit of the perfect US merger
Over the past decade and a half Simmons’ trajectory has been characterised by spurts of activity and troughs of timidity laced, until recently, with misapprehensions of the firm’s brand position.
The 60 second interview: Coding is a “red herring” for lawyers
DWF managing director and head of development Jonathan Patterson talks to The Lawyer ahead of this year’s Business Leadership Summit, which focuses on the law firm of 2025.
Simmons China head quits law to set up own advisory firm
Simmons & Simmons’ head of China Davis Wang has left the firm to set up his own advisory firm focusing on corporate governance and proxy management.
Taylor Wessing launches emergency gender targets as female partner numbers drop
Taylor Wessing has launched a new diversity strategy after failing to meet its 2018 female partner targets, The Lawyer can reveal.
DMH Stallard secures merger as turnover hits £25m
DMH Stallard is to merge with Sussex firm Rawlison Butler.
No deal is better than a bad deal: Simmons’ pursuit of the perfect US merger
Over the past decade and a half Simmons’ trajectory has been characterised by spurts of activity and troughs of timidity laced, until recently, with misapprehensions of the firm’s brand position.
The 60 second interview: Coding is a “red herring” for lawyers
DWF managing director and head of development Jonathan Patterson talks to The Lawyer ahead of this year’s Business Leadership Summit, which focuses on the law firm of 2025.
Simmons China head quits law to set up own advisory firm
Simmons & Simmons’ head of China Davis Wang has left the firm to set up his own advisory firm focusing on corporate governance and proxy management.
Lo♥︎ing legal life: 5 ways to use this summer to start creating the life you want
This week systemic coach Zita Tulyahikayo and barrister James Pereira QC suggest five things you can do over the summer to enhance your well being and start creating the life you want.
Two-thirds of criminal barristers work for nothing one day a week
Most say the reason they work additional unpaid hours is because the solicitor does less than previously.
Taylor Wessing names new managing partner to replace Tim Eyles
Taylor Wessing‘s co-head of international litigation Shane Gleghorn has been announced as the firm’s new managing partner. Gleghorn will take up the role on 1 October, replacing Tim Eyles. Last December, The Lawyer revealed Eyles would step down in June 2018 at the conclusion of his third term at the helm of the firm. Eyles […]
Matrix branches out from law with crisis management team launch
Matrix Chambers has launched a new chambers-wide initiative designed to involve its barristers at an earlier stage to provide impartial advice during regulatory investigations. Integrity+ is a new service available to clients which will see Matrix barristers provide objective advice on issues such as the correct choice of law firm or accountant representation in the first […]
Leapfrog takes on new general counsel after Linklaters exit
Emerging markets investment firm Leapfrog Investments has hired a new general counsel, three months after GC and Linklaters corporate partner Stuart Bedford exited to return to full-time private practice. Leapfrog has appointed Frances Holliday, who was general counsel at asset manager Kazimir Partners, to oversee the legal function of the London-based company. Holliday previously spent nearly a […]
Browne Jacobson hits £73m revenue in eighth year of growth
Browne Jacobson has grown its top line by 9.2 per cent, rising from £66.8m to £73m in the 2017/18 financial year and mirroring its performance in 2015/16. With last year’s results, the firm has now grown its top line by £23m, or 46 per cent, since 2012/13 and its eighth consecutive year of revenue growth. […]
UBS weighs up new formal EMEA litigation panel launch
UBS EMEA head of litigation Susy Bullock is deliberating whether to formalise a legal panel for the investment bank’s work in the region to mirror those already in place the Americas and Asia Pacific. The panel would be Bullock’s first in the role after having joined UBS from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher as an associate […]