Halliwells forces councils to follow EU procurement rules
Halliwells has won a major victory in the High Court that could force local authorities to withdraw from a mutual insurance scheme designed to overhaul how they purchase insurance.
Taylor Wessing posts 11 per cent revenue rise
Taylor Wessing has posted a double-digit increase in turnover, boosting global revenue by 11 per cent to hit a total of £180m. Taylor Wessing’s UK branch grew at a similar rate, posting a similar turnover increase of 11 per cent to reach £97.5m. This figure marks and increase of £7m from last year’s haul of […]
Shoosmiths’ turnover breaches £100m mark
Shoosmiths has broken through the £100m barrier with a turnover of £103m, which is an 8.4 per cent rise on the previous year’s. Chief executive Paul Stothard said the firm had begun to feel the benefit of reducing its dependence on volume work. “We have some good relationships on the volume side, but what we’re […]
Harbottle looks to tax dept for new chief
Media and entertainment firm Harbottle & Lewis has appointed tax partner Glen Atchison as its new managing partner, taking over from Lawrence Abramson. Atchison will take up his role at the start of June after leading the tax practice for 10 years. He has been on the firm’s management committee since 2006.
The trouble with best friends…
The ‘best friends’ moniker that Slaughter and May uses to describe its alliance of likeminded firms has always had that cute ring of the playground about it. Only Slaughters could get away with it really.
Halliwells forces councils to follow EU procurement rules
Halliwells has won a major victory in the High Court that could force local authorities to withdraw from a mutual insurance scheme designed to overhaul how they purchase insurance.
Taylor Wessing posts 11 per cent revenue rise
Taylor Wessing has posted a double-digit increase in turnover, boosting global revenue by 11 per cent to hit a total of £180m. Taylor Wessing’s UK branch grew at a similar rate, posting a similar turnover increase of 11 per cent to reach £97.5m. This figure marks and increase of £7m from last year’s haul of […]
Shoosmiths’ turnover breaches £100m mark
Shoosmiths has broken through the £100m barrier with a turnover of £103m, which is an 8.4 per cent rise on the previous year’s. Chief executive Paul Stothard said the firm had begun to feel the benefit of reducing its dependence on volume work. “We have some good relationships on the volume side, but what we’re […]
Harbottle looks to tax dept for new chief
Media and entertainment firm Harbottle & Lewis has appointed tax partner Glen Atchison as its new managing partner, taking over from Lawrence Abramson. Atchison will take up his role at the start of June after leading the tax practice for 10 years. He has been on the firm’s management committee since 2006.
Roca Junyent beats growth target as corporate coups boost coffers
Spanish firm Roca Junyent has enjoyed solid growth this year, boosting its revenue by 13 per cent. The firm posted a turnover of e36.3m (£29m), up from last year’s total of e32m (£25m), breaking through its target of 11 per cent growth after a year of acting on large corporate deals. The biggest deal for […]
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TLT seals deal with real estate firm for second Scottish bolt-on
TLT has acquired Glasgow commercial real estate firm Leslie Wolfson to enhance its offering in the Scottish city and add three partners to its more than 200-strong real estate practice. Leslie Wolfson senior partner Howard Beach joins the Bristol-headquartered firm along with partners Andrew McCowan and Donna Strong, while Alan Carlton – Leslie Wolfson’s fourth […]
K&L Gates white collar duo reunite at Jenner & Block
Building on its key hire of K&L Gates white-collar partner Christine Braamskamp earlier this year, Jenner & Block has taken its second partner from the US firm in a bid to build out in the City. Jenner & Block has hired London-based partner Paul Feldberg into Braamskamp’s team. Feldberg spent less than a year at K&L […]
The 60 second interview: “If lawyers behave like robots, they will be replaced by robots”
Ahead of his session at In-house Counsel as Business Partner in association with EY, Shoosmiths partner Tony Randle talks to The Lawyer about the need for a fundamental understanding of the in-house environment, and of private practice and in-house lawyers working together on driving efficiency. In a world where innovation is the new norm, what will differentiate […]
Lawyers’ efforts in vain as Tchenguiz abandons Grant Thornton battle
Property mogul Robert Tchenguiz has walked away from his lawsuit against accountancy firm Grant Thornton, three months after completely overhauling his legal line-up. Tchenguiz argued he was owed £1.6bn following the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing and later alleged that Grant Thornton conspired to have the Serious Fraud Office investigate him to prevent him from […]
White & Case pursues London capital markets growth with Kirkland hire
White & Case has snagged yet another partner for its London practice, this time from the global capital markets team at Kirkland & Ellis. Gilles Teerlinck joins the firm’s capital markets practice after almost six years at Kirkland, where he made partner in 2016. He previously spent three years at Linklaters, where he was a […]
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. DLA Piper takes number one spot in the ranking, Clifford Chance number two and Allen & Overy comes in third place.