On 25 July, a team of 15 volunteers from Walker Morris took on the Yorkshire Three challenge to raise money for the firm’s chosen charity of the year for 2014-15, the Alzheimer’s Society. Every member finished the 26-mile trek in under the 12-hour target. The team organised various fundraising events in the office in the […]
As McDermott Will & Emery sets its sights on Cuba to launch a full-service venture, The Lawyer explores whether the long-forbidden island will become the next big destination for international firms. Last month McDermott announced intentions to target the Cuban market with a full-service venture in La Habana, set up through an agreement with independent […]
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has reported a a 9 per cent plunge in average profit per full equity partner (PEP) from £545,000 to £496,000, bringing it to its lowest point since 2008/09. HFW saw a reduction in its top-line figures for the first time in recent years. Its 2014/15 firmwide revenue stood at £139m, representing […]
Hill Dickinson has reported that its turnover for the 2014/15 financial year has fallen by 6.4 per cent, from £111.6m to £104.4m. Revenue at the firm has remained fairly static in recent years after the firm generated £110m in 2011/12 and 112.8m in 2012/13. The firm’s latest revenue figures are the lowest reported since 2010/11 […]
DLA Piper has fallen out of the top five in the Aim client rankings, while Pinsent Masons’ reign at the top could well be threatened by Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s tie-up with Gowlings next year. According to figures published by Adviser Rankings, DLA Piper advised 34 clients as of July 2015, as opposed to […]
Portuguese firm Vieira de Almeida (VdA) has hired around 20 lawyers, including six partners, from rival Miranda Correia Amendoeira & Associados, boosting its strength in oil and gas and African work. The news follows Miranda’s June announcement that the six partners, including chairman Rui Amendoeira, were quitting the firm (16 June 2015). Amendoeira is joining […]
Still convinced the traditional law firm model has a future? Feeling snug – and possibly smug – as a high-earning equity partner? Allow renowned New York-based legal market expert and Adam Smith, Esq president Bruce MacEwen to put you straight. In one of the most-commented upon articles of the year so far, MacEwen provides a […]
Thea Osmund-Smith of No5 Chambers has been successful in Pertemps Investments Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The case involved the interpretation and application of Policy P17 “Countryside and Green Belt” of the Solihull Local Plan. It was a challenge by Pertemps Investments Ltd to the decision of a Planning Inspector […]
The investment funds team at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has acted on half of the IPOs and significant secondary issues for listed investment companies in the first half of 2015. Broker-Profile published details of the 20 IPOs/significant secondary issues, which raised £3.2bn in total, in its July newsletter. Acting for either the Company or […]
Three years after its first Sino-Australia merger and two years into the second merger with SJ Berwin in the UK, King & Wood Mallesons claims it is in no rush to make another deal, as the firm’s global managing partner Stuart Fuller reveals to The Lawyer his focus is on integration. In addition to a 3 […]
Clifford Chance London managing partner David Bickerton is encouraging partners to work from home when possible in a bid to increase flexible working at the firm. The push follows news Clifford Chance has leased 400,000 sq ft – almost half of its one million sq ft Canary Wharf office – to Deutsche Bank, though this […]
Olswang has turned down an instruction on a multimillion-pound group claim against Google, despite representing the claimants in a similar test case against the technology giant. Claimant Google Action Group, which is made up of 5,000 individuals, has instead turned to Hausfeld for its claim that Google breached its duty of confidence to Safari users […]