Smiths Group names City and magic circle firms to first-ever panel
Technology company Smiths Group has launched its inaugural legal panel, appointing a raft of city and magic circle firms, The Lawyer understands.
Controversial Lloyds/HBoS circular got magic circle seal of approval, says former CEO
Three magic circle firms reviewed a shareholder circular that has been criticised for misleading investors about Halifax Bank of Scotland’s (HBoS) finances, according to Lloyd’s former CEO.
The Lawyer’s top 200 UK law firms revealed
The top 200 UK law firms of this year have been revealed with the publication of The Lawyer UK 200 2017.
In ten years’ time there will be no independent Scottish firms
If we are to learn anything from the demise of the Scottish market, it is never to become wholly reliant on the hands that feed you.
Smiths Group names City and magic circle firms to first-ever panel
Technology company Smiths Group has launched its inaugural legal panel, appointing a raft of city and magic circle firms, The Lawyer understands.
Controversial Lloyds/HBoS circular got magic circle seal of approval, says former CEO
Three magic circle firms reviewed a shareholder circular that has been criticised for misleading investors about Halifax Bank of Scotland’s (HBoS) finances, according to Lloyd’s former CEO.
The Lawyer’s top 200 UK law firms revealed
The top 200 UK law firms of this year have been revealed with the publication of The Lawyer UK 200 2017.
Simmons financials rebound in second consecutive year of PEP growth
Simmons & Simmons’ average profit per equity partner (PEP) rose 8 per cent to £686,000 over 2017/18, just two years after the firm reported a 10 per cent slump in its profits. In its 2017/2018 financials, Simmons’ turnover grew 12 per cent from £316.1m to £354m, following on from a more modest 7 per cent rise in […]
2017/18 financials: The latest law firm results
UK-headquartered firms have been piling in to release their 2017/18 financial results. Which firms have reported so far?
Trio of firms lead as Allianz pushes into student accommodation market
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has advised Allianz Real Estate on its largest equity investment into the UK, agreeing a £350m deal with Greystar and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). The deal sees German investor Allianz Real Estate acquire a 40 per cent stake in UK student accommodation platform Chapter from Greystar and PSP. HSF […]
Akin Gump confirms London’s central role with new committee appointment
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has underlined its commitment to London as one of its key offices worldwide with the appointment of office head Sebastian Rice as chair of the firm’s global partnership admissions committee. M&A partner Rice has been a member of the committee, which is responsible for laterals and promotions, since 2014, […]
Gianni Origoni joins rivals in Shanghai
Italian heavyweight Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners is launching an office in Shanghai in its first international expansion for four years. The Shanghai office is Gianni Origoni’s eleventh office globally, and its second in Asia. It launched in Hong Kong in 2014 and signed a formal alliance agreement with Chinese firm Han Kun Law […]
Pinsents growth slows as firm hits £450m mark
Turnover at Pinsent Masons rose by 6 per cent over 2017/18, putting it behind the pace of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, Eversheds Sutherland and Taylor Wessing, which have all reported double-digit growth. Turnover rose 11 per cent in the 2015/16 financial year to £423.1m, though that slowed this year giving it a total of […]