Iberian firm Garrigues has become the first Continental European firm to break through the €350m (£307m) turnover barrier, holding its place as the largest independent firm in The Lawyer European 100. Garrigues posted a 2.2 per cent rise in revenue last year to push total income to €357.1m, keeping it comfortably ahead of French firm […]
Iberian giant Garrigues has seen its revenue rise above the €350m mark for the first time, cementing its position as the highest earning firm in Europe.
This data highlights the inroads the top US firms have made into the UK legal market, much of it powered by lateral hires.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is likely to launch an inquiry into a complaint over Clifford Chance’s investigation into the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) treatment of small companies in 2014.
Iberian firm Garrigues has become the first Continental European firm to break through the €350m (£307m) turnover barrier, holding its place as the largest independent firm in The Lawyer European 100. Garrigues posted a 2.2 per cent rise in revenue last year to push total income to €357.1m, keeping it comfortably ahead of French firm […]
Iberian giant Garrigues has seen its revenue rise above the €350m mark for the first time, cementing its position as the highest earning firm in Europe.
This data highlights the inroads the top US firms have made into the UK legal market, much of it powered by lateral hires.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is likely to launch an inquiry into a complaint over Clifford Chance’s investigation into the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) treatment of small companies in 2014.
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has kickstarted the tender process for a new £320m roster, inviting firms to bid for a place to provide commercial legal services to the UK public sector. The CCS opened the tender for the Wider Public Sector Legal Services (which was previously called Legal Services Marketplace) last October. It announced a five […]
Ashurst has been given the go-ahead to open in Luxembourg after receiving approval from the local bar association. The new office, focusing on finance and funds, will open in October this year, with corporate partner Isabelle Lentz at the helm. Lentz is currently the head of Ashurst’s Luxembourg desk in London, which was set up […]
Deloitte has received its alternative business structure (ABS) licence, becoming the last of the Big Four to set up a legal arm in the UK. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed that it has granted Deloitte the right to operate as a multi-disciplinary practice. The licence came into effect on the 15 June. The new move will […]
After successfully advising client Barclays on the UK Government’s banking ring-fencing scheme, Slaughter and May has led for Santander as its becomes the fourth major bank to be accepted. The bank was accepted into the scheme following a High Court hearing on 12 June and has committed to transferring all relevant accounts into the ring-fenced […]
Linklaters and Baker McKenzie have led in the €1.2 billion sale of the world’s largest air cargo handler, Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), to New York based private equity company Cerberus Capital Management. Linklaters corporate partners Ben Rodham and Christopher Boycott acted for Cerberus, which from 2015 has been owned by Platinum Equity. They were supported by finance partners Daniel […]
Latham & Watkins looks set to become to the latest firm to boost its associate pay scale as the battle over young legal talent intensifies. Lawyers at the firm are understood to have met yesterday to discuss the salary proposals which, if the firm elects to increase pay, could see associates paid between $190,000 and $340,000. […]
Barclays has invited 22 firms to a panel day in July, ahead of the final announcement of its last ever formal panel review.
