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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The speed read: Brexit drama; Cristiano Ronaldo at Fieldfisher; and late London launches
Too many lawyers in the City? It’s not stopping firms from making London debuts or paying them like footballers. Here are the key takeaways from the week. US firms are still making slow and cautious steps in London In the summer of 2016, The Lawyer analysed which US firms had still not pursued a London […]
Ince hires from shipping rival to fill senior partner vacancy
Ince has hired the former head of Hill Dickinson’s global shipping practice as its new senior partner, marking the first person to take on the role since Ince’s pre-pack administration deal with Gordon Dadds last year. Julian Clark will take the position, over a year after Ince’s former senior partner Jan Heuvels stood down. Heuvels’ […]
Matrix barrister slams Home Office over “knee-jerk reaction” to visa test cheating claims
A public law barrister at Matrix Chambers has accused the Home Office of “detonating lives” in the wake of a report into how the UK Government handled allegations that international students had cheated in its English language tests. The Commons Select Committee carried out an inquiry into what happened over five years ago when the […]
UK200: Two more firms join the £1m PEP club
A record 12 firms in this year’s UK 200: the Top 100 report posted an average profit per equity partner (PEP) of £1m or more, The Lawyer can reveal, a rise of two on the 10 in 2017/18. Several firms in this PEP millionaire dozen have average profits that are well over the £1m benchmark. All four […]
Revolut hires from Schillings and Linklaters to boost in-house team
Fintech company Revolut has expanded its in-house team with a double hire from Linklaters and Schillings to deal with a range of issues that affect start-ups.
Former RBS in-houser leaves White & Case after a year
RBS’ former litigation head Laura Durrant, who joined White & Case amid a spate of hires to its financial institutions group, has left the firm after little over a year. Durrant previously spent eight years at RBS and four years as an associate at Herbert Smith Freehills. Following her exit from White & Case, she […]