Travers Smith PEP smashes through £1m
Travers Smith’s average profit per equity partner (PEP) has hit the £1m mark for the first time. The firm saw PEP increase 8 per cent from £935,000 to £1.02m, while revenue jumped 13 per cent from...
View ArticleAllen & Overy retains 86% of smallest intake in years
Allen & Overy is to retain 36 out of 42 qualifying trainees this autumn, equating to 86 per cent of its intake. It is the first of the magic circle to release its figures for September. The firm...
View ArticleEversheds Consulting hastens Ireland launch after Brexit pitch loss
Eversheds’ consultancy arm, Eversheds Consulting, has pushed forward plans to launch in Ireland after losing a client pitch to an EU-headquartered firm. The German client, described only as a...
View ArticleInce & Co revenue falls 18% in three years to £76m
Ince & Co has seen turnover fall for the third consecutive year as revenue dipped 4 per cent last year to £76.2m. The continued financial decline follows turnover falling by 8 per cent in 2014/15,...
View ArticleWebinar: new product features
Join Abi Smith as she walks you through some of the July release highlights across Encompass products: Experian search Workspace management Editing workspace names Archiving workspaces Recovering...
View ArticleEquifax joins list of Information Providers
Equifax joins Dun & Bradstreet, Credit Safe, Experian and BVD in Encompass, providing customers access to five out of the five leading UK Business Information providers data sets. Equifax and...
View ArticleCarey Olsen advises on €949m real estate fund
Carey Olsen’s Jersey funds team has advised Patron Capital Advisors on the launch of its fifth European real estate fund, Patron Capital Fund V, LP, which recently held its final closing with a total...
View ArticleConyers advises Markit on $13bn merger
Conyers Dill & Pearman advised Markit Ltd. on the Bermuda law aspects of its $13bn merger with IHS Inc. Markit Ltd. became the holding company for the combined groups and was renamed IHS Markit...
View ArticleKinstellar advises on Baring stake in Telus
Kinstellar acted as a counsel of Baring Private Equity Asia for Bulgaria and Romania in Baring’s acquisition of a 35 percent stake in TELUS International. The agreement values TELUS International at...
View ArticleWalker Morris advises on refinancing of Willerby
Walker Morris has advised Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking on its refinancing of static caravan and holiday home manufacturer Willerby Holiday Homes. The funding package will support Willberby’s...
View ArticleWilliam Fry, KWM advise on sale of AA Ireland
William Fry and King & Wood Malleson have advised the AA, the UK’s largest breakdown cover organisation, on the sale of its Irish business and operations, AA Ireland Limited, to US-Irish private...
View ArticleThe Lawyer Eats: Bonhams Restaurant, W1
Did you know there was a restaurant in Bonhams Auction House in the West End? It’s been open since the end of 2014 and already holds a Michelin star. Not bad going for the young chef, Tom Kemble, in...
View ArticleK&L Gates opens in Munich with KWM team
K&L Gates will open its third German office in Munich after poaching a team of three lawyers from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). Investment management partner Hilger von Livonius will join...
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The Lawyer Awards 2016: who won, and why
What are winners made of? The Lawyer Awards 2016 cohort proves private practice and in-house teams can achieve the impossible, implement innovation and fulfil the role of perfect advisers regardless...
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Awards that crash the corporate ceiling
Catrin Griffiths, editorI was speaking to a partner at a major international firm last week who professed himself a little baffled. “Clyde & Co won Law Firm of the Year?” he said. “But I don’t know...
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LMI analysis: BP
Falling oil prices have hit energy companies hard, and none more than BP. The oil and gas giant had a difficult year in 2015 with its upstream business in particular bearing the brunt of this,...
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IT and the route to higher law firm performance
A growing number of firms are turning to cutting-edge technology to improve their performance in areas such as financial management and service delivery. At The Lawyer’s Business Leadership Summit in...
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The ‘dotcom’ law firm
Oliver Bretz, founding partner, Euclid LawWhen I was a junior associate in the early 1990s it never seemed strange that we were not entitled to an evening at home or a weekend. Secretaries were all...
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Chambers of the Year 2016: Essex Court Chambers
Essex Court Chambers has an outstanding and long-standing reputation in the international arbitration field. Over the past 18 months the set has significantly expanded its reach into the growing...
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Moves: KWM finance head joins Cadwalader
Move of the week Jeremy CrossCadwalader Wickersham & Taft has hired King & Wood Mallesons’ head of Europe and Middle East finance Jeremy Cross. Cross joins the firm as a fund finance partner in...
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