Freeths revenue breaks through £60m with 14 per cent hike
Freeths’ revenue grew 14 per cent over 2015/16 to £63.8m, prompting a 6.65 per cent bonus for all staff.
Birketts turnover soars 10 per cent to £38.7m
East Anglian firm Birketts has announced its revenue has grown 10 per cent, from £35.1m in 2014/15 to £38.7m last year.
EY continues Addleshaws raid with competition head
EY has boosted its legal services division with another raid on Addleshaw Goddard after hiring the firm’s national head of competition Philip McDonnell.
Coventry Uni searches for new GC
Coventry University is searching for a new director of legal services after its former general counsel Faye Grundy left at the start of the year.
GC Strategy Summit: Arbitration roundtable
Arbitration is a popular alternative to litigation for in-house counsel. However despite providing a confidential forum to resolve issues and a definitive and binding conclusion to the dispute, the process can be lengthy and give rise to significant costs
In-house interview: Darren Noseworthy, Pfizer UK
Pfizer is notorious in the legal profession for playing hardball on fees. But as the largest pharmaceutical company in the US with a healthy attitude towards global mega-mergers, it remains one of the industry’s most desired clients
Hot 100 alumni: Tamara Box, Reed Smith
Since appearing in The Lawyer Hot 100 two years ago Reed Smith’s Tamara Box has taken on a new role at the US firm
LMI analysis: Thomas Cook
After coming close to collapse in 2011, in 2015 Thomas Cook returned to profit for the first time since 2009. However, terrorist attacks in Tunisia and Egypt, a crippled Greek economy and reputational damage have all hit the company hard and plenty of challenges remain for the UK’s oldest travel operator
Cyprus report: high standards as pressure on tax havens escalates
Cyprus has one of the lowest rates of corporate tax in the EU at 12.5 per cent, putting it in the same league as the Republic of Ireland in terms of what it charges both onshore and offshore companies
Litigation funding report: Broader appeal
Litigation funding experts discuss misconceptions around third-party litigation funding, and how funding is affecting the litigation market
Banking and finance report: the balance between legal and compliance
The Lawyer’s In-house Financial Services conference advisory panel weighs in on the key to a good relationship between legal and compliance, technology that in-house counsel should be using and how regulation is driving change in the market
Moves: 6 June 2016
Debevoise & Plimpton partner Sophie Lamb is joining Latham & Watkins to head its arbitration practice