DAC Beachcroft and Eversheds made the most appearances for employers in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in 2015 and the first three quarters of 2016, according to data compiled by The Lawyer. DAC Beachcroft made 17 appearances while Eversheds appeared 13 times. These rankings are based on recorded judgments tracked in The Lawyer Litigation Tracker, […]
Fieldfisher’s turnover has grown 10 per cent in the first six months of the 2016/17 financial year from £58.4m to £64.1m.
Sidley Austin is continuing its recruitment drive in London – this time hiring Linklaters restructuring partner Yen Sum.
China’s top grossing firms made 55 per cent more money in 2015 than two years previously, exclusive research by The Lawyer has revealed. Click here to view The Lawyer China Elite 2016 report The Lawyer’s third edition of the China Top 30 report – an annual ranking and analysis of China’s leading law firms – […]
Covington & Burling is understood to be on the brink of hiring King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) head of litigation and SJ Berwin lifer Craig Pollack.
DWF is set to merge with Belfast-based C&H Jefferson before the end of the year.
Partners at Addleshaw Goddard and Scottish firm HBJ Gateley have voted through plans to merge the two firms.
Where did all go wrong? The Lawyer has tracked down the key figures from Olswang’s history, including founder Simon Olswang and former CEO Jonathan Goldstein.
This week our main feature is a story of management and mis-management. And as it’s about Olswang, you can throw in a dash of drama.
This is the second edition of The Lawyer UK 200: Business Services report and, like last year, it takes as its starting point an apparently simple equation: what is the optimum number of business services staff a firm should have when compared to its total number of fee-earners? Or, to put it more bluntly, do […]
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) funds head Michael Halford is set to take four partners in his team to Goodwin Procter.
Insurance specialist BLM has appointed Gary Allison as its new managing partner.