With the financial year end now past and the UK financial reporting season underway (Covent Garden-based Fladgate and Scotland’s Harper Macleod have already reported their results, with both posting double digit increases in total revenue), the research period for the UK 200 series of reports is about to begin. And this year, as in the last two years, we will include the UK Market Register.
White & Case has hired its second Ashurst partner in a fortnight, recruiting disputes partner Mark Clarke.
DAC Beachcroft has promoted a mammoth 61 lawyers in its 2016 round, including 12 new partners.
Just over a year ago, the then coalition Government took what turned out to be one of its final legislative steps by enacting what it described as the “landmark” Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA). Since then, the offences have come into force (largely consolidating and clarifying existing offences) and Kevin Hyland OBE, the Independent Anti-Slavery […]
Insurance specialist Kennedys has promoted seven lawyers to its partnership with the majority of its new lawyers based in London.
Nomad Foods has hired Nutreco general counsel Anja Van Bergen as its new legal chief – a year after the company bought Birds Eye maker Iglo for €2.6bn.
Centro, an organisation responsible for the delivery of public transport in the West Midlands, has launched a review of its legal framework valued at £5m.
Guise Solicitors director and Law Society committee member Tony Guise will appear before a magistrates’ court later this month on charges of fraud.
Shoosmiths has increased the size of its partner promotions after making up five lawyers to its partnership. Female lawyers accounted for four of the five new partners, the equivalent of 80 per cent of the total round. Real estate saw the biggest growth in partner numbers with Melissa Barker, Dan Monaghan and Catherine Williams added to […]
Former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti has been appointed to lead an independent inquiry into allegations of anti-Semitism in the Labour party. Chakrabarti left Liberty in March to join 39 Essex Chambers as a door tenant. Doughty Street barrister Martha Spurrier has succeeded her as head of the civil rights group. Chakrabarti, who completed her pupillage […]
Dentons has become the latest firm to launch agile working across all of its UK offices. Partners, associates and legal executives are now permitted to work from home one day a week on an informal basis. The agile working initiative will be open to those in the firm’s London, Milton Keynes and Watford offices. Dentons […]
Weir Group has promoted deputy general counsel Christopher Morgan to the top legal role following the retirement of Keith Ruddock last year. Morgan joined the engineering company as Ruddock’s deputy in April 2014, having previously been general counsel of Balfour Beatty’s rail division. His appointment was described by Ruddock at the time as reflecting the rapid growth […]