A team from No5 Chambers is taking part in a six-a-side cricket fundraising event in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care and Avon & Bristol Law Centre being held at Brislington Cricket Club in Bristol. Five teams will compete on a round-robin basis, with the winning team receiving the Anthony Barker QC Memorial Shield 2014. […]
Following receipt of all regulatory approvals, the management buy-out (MBO) by the partners of Ogier Fiduciary Services from the Ogier Group was completed on 18 June 2014. This means that with immediate effect Ogier Fiduciary Services and Ogier are two independent businesses. The MBO of Ogier Fiduciary Services is backed by Electra Partners, which invested […]
Christopher Hotten QC from No5 Chambers has prosecuted in the case of the murder of a two-month-old baby. Tyler Vallance, 21, Redditch, has pleaded guilty to killing his baby daughter, Isabella Vallance, on 12 December 2012. He also pleaded guilty to a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent. Hotten QC, prosecuting, said: ‘We […]
Walker Morris has announced that it will be awarding travel bursaries worth £1,000 each to three of its trainees each year. The bursary is part of a wider programme of support offered by the law firm to support its trainees and encourage inclusivity and diversity. The successful applicants will have demonstrated a desire to undertake […]
Law Society chief executive Des Hudson – who six months ago suffered a humiliating formal vote of no confidence – was awarded a 25 per cent pay rise last year, according to figures from the body’s annual report. The figures, released in the last few days, shows Hudson’s pay-package rose to £355,000 – but owing […]
Orrick is hiring a corporate partner from the London office of Edwards Wildman as speculation mounts about additional exits from the US firm. Orrickhas hired Shawn Atkinson, a private equity and emerging company specialist whose clients include Bessemer Venture Partners, ABRY Partners and Greenspring Associates. Atkinson was also co-chair of the venture capital group, the cross-border […]
What a week it’s been for Edwards Wildman’s London office. It started with a bunch of partners allegedly threatening to walk out in a row over pay and fraternising with West Coast firm Cooley as it scouts out potential hires for its London launch. It ended with a senior venture capital partner jumping ship for […]
DLA Piper chief executive Nigel Knowles sparked huge debate this week when he declared that the legal sector is on the brink of mass change. It was the most read story on The Lawyer, with readers offering up their views on whether Knowles’ opinion will be borne out – or not. The annual discussion on […]
Facebook adviser Cooley is believed to be in talks with a number of Edwards Wildman’s London partners in preparation for a City launch. It is understood that a group of Edwards Wildman partners are talking to Cooley about the launch of a London office, after the Silicon Valley firm hired a specialist consultant to find […]
Financial results are starting to pour in. It’s a mixed picture, but largely positive. Here are just some of the recent results stories we’ve run; for more, go to our dedicated financial news page. Addleshaws revamps management team in wake of profit dip Clydes’ revenue rises 8.5 per cent to £365.1m, predicted PEP at £600k Watson […]
The Lawyer editor Catrin Griffiths speaks to leading figures from Clyde & Co, DWF, Macfarlanes, Mishcon, Pinsent Masons and Slater & Gordon about the growing appetite from in-house lawyers for collaborative working Sir Nigel Knowles’s opinion piece this week contrasted the consolidation in other industries with the relative fragmentation of the legal market. This won’t […]
Do your clients care how innovative you are? This is one of the questions that will be posed in the annual The Lawyer Management Guide: Delivering Legal Services Differently, published on 30 June. We’ve already published short excerpts from the Guide, on knowledge management and finance. Look out for more over the next week. The […]