Tim Eyles set to step down after three terms as TW boss
Taylor Wessing managing partner Tim Eyles will stand down in June 2018 after over 10 years at the helm of the firm, The Lawyer can reveal.
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Taylor Wessing’s Eyles: We need creativity as lawyers turn into business consultants
Taylor Wessing’s UK managing partner Tim Eyles wants lawyers to be more creative. Sounds like a lightbulb has gone off. Taylor Wessing’s UK managing partner Tim Eyles is one of those lawyers who enjoys peering into a crystal ball occasionally. Under his leadership his firm has just launched an initiative called “lightbulb” which replaces the […]
Taylor Wessing elects PE lawyer as new senior partner
Taylor Wessing has become the latest firm to announce a management change, this time electing Dominic Fitzpatrick as its new senior partner.
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.
Taylor Wessing names new managing partner to replace Tim Eyles
Tim Eyles set to step down after three terms as TW boss
Taylor Wessing managing partner Tim Eyles will stand down in June 2018 after over 10 years at the helm of the firm, The Lawyer can reveal.
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Taylor Wessing’s Eyles: We need creativity as lawyers turn into business consultants
Taylor Wessing’s UK managing partner Tim Eyles wants lawyers to be more creative. Sounds like a lightbulb has gone off. Taylor Wessing’s UK managing partner Tim Eyles is one of those lawyers who enjoys peering into a crystal ball occasionally. Under his leadership his firm has just launched an initiative called “lightbulb” which replaces the […]
Taylor Wessing elects PE lawyer as new senior partner
Taylor Wessing has become the latest firm to announce a management change, this time electing Dominic Fitzpatrick as its new senior partner.
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.
Travers Smith’s Dunkirk spirit during an 18-month office overhaul
Travers Smith has not moved offices. It has not abandoned its treasured room-sharing system for open plan. But someone walking into 10 Snow Hill, where Travers has been based since 1990, would be forgiven for thinking they had lost their way. The firm has recently completed a total refurbishment of its offices, all while keeping […]
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BT reels in new litigation head from TLT
BT has ushered in a new director of legal for litigation, hiring investigations partner Michael Isaacs from Bristol-headquartered firm TLT. Isaacs’ career has spanned a range of different roles, both in-house and in law firms. Before his 11-month stint at TLT, he was head of banking and finance litigation at Pinsent Masons from 2013 to […]
University of Law to launch Hong Kong campus in first international gambit
The University of Law (ULaw) has pledged to open its first international campus, in Hong Kong, by spring 2019. The new campus will receive its first student intake the following September and will initially offer a portfolio of postgraduate courses. A spokesperson for the institution said that courses will be taught in English; but would not […]
Weil makes up for last year’s London omission with three City promotions
After promoting no-one in London last year, Weil Gotshal & Manges has announced its highest number of City promotions in three years. The US firm has made up three new partners in London out of a total of 11 globally. James Bromley will be a partner in the private funds practice, while Alexander Martin will join the […]
Mayer Brown’s global promotions hit seven-year high
Mayer Brown is to make up 34 lawyers to partner next year, its highest global round since 2012 when 39 promotions took effect. Four City partners have been made up; employment lawyer Giles Bywater, banking and finance lawyer Merryn Craske and litigators James Morris and James Whitaker. Morris trained at Nabarro and Craske at Baker McKenzie, […]
Revealed: Slaughters’ expected fees for Wonga’s collapse
Slaughter and May is in line to pick up a pay packet of £700,000 for its work advising on the administration of payday lender Wonga, falling in line with fees already paid to legal advisers on retail restructurings. The firm was drafted in when Wonga collapsed into administration under a mass of compensation claims at […]
Deloitte legal arm to launch early next year with a “Big Bang”
Over 10 months since announcing its intentions to launch a UK legal arm, Deloitte is gearing up for an official opening at the start of next year with a team of 60 lawyers, The Lawyer has learned. The big four accountancy firm, which currently has a team of 50 practising lawyers and 125 fee-earners, is getting ready […]