Stephenson Harwood has picked up over £6m in legal fees, after it was involved in the three-year long liquidation of Rangers Football Club. Commercial litigation partner Julian Cahn and restructuring partner Stuart Frith advised Rangers’ liquidators BDO, with £5.4m of the fees relating to a Part 7 claim commenced by BDO against the club’s former […]
Thomson Snell & Passmore has seen turnover increase by 11 per cent, from £15.25m to £16.8m in the 2014/15 financial year. The growth continues from the previous year, which saw revenue increase from £14.4m to £15.25m. CEO Simon Slater said: “As we look towards our 450th anniversary in 2020 we have started to implement an […]
The Lawyer Asia-Pacific 150, which provides unmatched insight into the region’s largest 100 independent firms and top 50 international firms, is now in its third year. This year’s report builds on two years of exclusive historical data. Added to this year’s figures the report confirms that Asia remains largely a growth market for law firms. […]
Salary rises for trainee and junior lawyers came thick and fast this year, with US, City and magic circle firms all flashing the cash. While the general picture was one of prosperous generosity, there are some trends worth taking a look at. One of the first firms to announce its salary bands for the coming […]
Firms that let talented, tech-savvy thinkers go are losing out to New Law upstarts that are deploying hardcore R&D to break down barriers By Andrew Chamberlain, head of the service delivery executive, DWF In the past 24 hours I have attended three meetings, each with someone who had been a senior member of a top […]
Move of the week O’Melveny & Myers ’ London head Solomon Wifa has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as a partner, as the firm builds its private equity and funds practices in London. In 2010, Wifa became O’Melveny’s youngest-ever office managing partner at the age of 37, having moved from legacy SJ Berwin in 2004. […]
Baker & McKenzie outgoing global head of information technology and communications (ITC) Harry Small has seen six years of action in management since he appeared in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 in 2010, co-ordinating what he considers “probably the biggest tech practice in the world”. “We ended up with the best practice in the world,” he says. […]
Zoe Bucknell became OneSavings Bank’s GC on the day it changed from Kent Reliance and immediately faced a tough mix of start-up and legacy issues. Four years on and her reward is steep growth via a £413m flotation. OneSavings Bank’s (OSB) Zoe Bucknell might be the busiest general counsel in the UK. Since 2011 she […]
Following the opinion given last week by Attorney General Wathelet that the shape of a KitKat should not be able to be registered as a trademark, the toy world has entered the fray following a decision made in Luxembourg. Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co highlights the news that the Lego mannequin’s trademark is valid. The […]
Wedlake Bell has won a £1.8m professional negligence claim against Bird & Bird in a High Court case brought by former client and British Virgin Islands (BVI) company Orientfield Holdings. The case related to Orientfield’s aborted purchase of a £25m property later bought by media executive Elisabeth Murdoch. Orientfield sued Bird & Bird last year after […]
Aaron & Partners has posted a 9.1 per cent increase in revenue from £7.26m to £7.92m in 2014/15, following increased work in the renewable energy market. Last year, the firm achieved a record-breaking £7.26m revenue thanks to the acquisition of employment firm Bennett’s Legal in May, a tie-up that hended it a Shewsbury office and […]
Howes Percival has appointed former Eversheds partner Paul Wootton as head of its planning division. Wootton had been at Eversheds since 1997 and most recently had been working as the firm’s head of the firm’s energy and natural resources group. He will now be based in Howes Percival’s Norwich office. He has been involved in […]