Eversheds has commented in light of Sir Bruce Keogh’s remarks on the need to deliver healthcare outside of hospitals. Peter Jones, head of healthcare inquiries and investigations at Eversheds, said: ‘The Francis report had at its heart the need for openness, honesty and transparency. ‘What we see today, and what we have seen since the […]
Earlier this month we asked if Dentons’ eyes were too big for its tummy, what with a McKenna Long & Aldridge merger on the cards. Is the firm fattening up too fast? Not especially, given that the 14 November date to vote on the tie-up has passed with no decision made. A spokesperson said the […]
Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Ashurst are among eight firms to have won spots on the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) first ever EMEA panel. The three firms, which have all been instructed for the bank in the past, will be joined by Berwin Leighton Paisner, Hogan Lovells, Norton Rose Fulbright, Slaughter and May, […]
Boutique funds firm MJ Hudson has added to its team with the hire of a duo of senior lawyers, including legacy SJ Berwin partner Graham Nicholson. Nicholson joins MJ Hudson as a consultant, along with CMS Cameron McKenna senior associate Karma Samdup, who has become a partner at the boutique. Samdup will also head up […]
Hogan Lovells has hired Norton Rose Fulbright competition partner Mark Jones in a move that marks the London office’s fourth senior partner hire in just over a month. In recent weeks the firm’s London base has picked up SJ Berwin private equity partner Ed Harris (22 October 2013), Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) environmental partner Louise Moore […]
Eversheds decided against pitching for a role on the expanded NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) panel at the latest review despite working on six of its nine ‘lots’ since 2009. Successful firms were told of the outcome of the review yesterday. The NHS expanded the panel for the business and procurement service from 16 […]
Remuneration – always among the trickiest topics and one that tends to be contentious for any lawyer from their very first day in the office. Are trainee lawyers paid too much? Is £100,000 for a newly qualified (NQ) lawyer – a la Davis Polk – way over the odds? Since 2008 most firms have been […]
RPC is to scrap its flat rate salary for newly qualified (NQ) solicitors from September 2014 in favour of a merit based system, arguing that the concept of the flat rate has “passed its sell-by date”. Currently, only trainees and NQs have a fixed salary at RPC, with those higher up the chain already rewarded […]
Covington & Burling, Mishcon de Reya and Dorsey & Whitney have advised on the IPO of online video distribution group Rightster. The British start-up raised £20.4m after floating on the stock market last Tuesday (12 November), putting a market capitalisation on the company of approximately £69.8m. Covington & Burling’s London office advised Rightster on the […]
Wragges has been after a London merger for a long while. In 2009 it even drew up a list of potential targets. But is Lawrence Graham really the answer to the Birmingham firm’s City dreams? Wragges and Lawrence Graham prepare for £170m merger vote Wragges shortlists City merger suitors Drawings outweigh profits at Lawrence Graham […]
The debate over protectionism in developing markets is a common one. In Indonesia, the expat legal community is currently raising concerns about the proposal by domestic bar association Peradi to force foreign lawyers to take an ethics exam. Many outsiders think the exam, which would have to be sat in the native language Bahasa, would […]
Hill Dickinson has posted a 6 per cent rise in revenue for the first half of 2013/14 up from £51.9m to £54.9m. Hill Dickinson managing partner Peter Jackson said the firm was on track to beat set budget levels at the half year, although profit figures were yet to be determined. “We haven’t finished our […]