Field Fisher Waterhouse has made 15 secretaries redundant, in preparation for its move into its new office near London Bridge. The decision to axe the staff, who hailed from various practice groups across the firm’s City office, followed a five-month review of the firm’s secretarial team. A spokesperson for FFW said: “Like many other firms across […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham walked away the winners of the legal profession’s inaugural choir competition Legal Harmony last night as the judges praised the firm’s ‘outstanding’ performance. The competition, conceived and organised by David Smith of Outer Temple Chambers, took place in Southwark Cathedral and has already raised over £7,000 for the firms’ nominated charities. Competing […]
The Lawyer Management Awards entry deadline is looming – here’s why innovation in the legal market matters. Last September saw the launch of The Lawyer Management Awards, our first official recognition of the work, often behind the scenes, carried out by all types of business services professionals across the legal market – from the newest […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) is considering introducing a 20 per cent female partnership target by 2020 in an effort to better promote gender diversity. Insiders said the firm was looking to shake off its masculine image in an effort to be more female friendly, with A&O global HR director Genevieve Tennant leading the move. Nevertheless, A&O had […]
A “disgruntled” employee of legacy Davenport Lyons is understood to have vandalised the firm’s office after being told the firm had gone into administration. The unknown former staff member is believed to have gone on a rampage and damaged furniture in the building on 6 Agar Street after staff were told that their employer was […]
Gide Loyrette Nouel’s managing partner Stéphane Puel is leading the firm into a new era and trying to put recent challenges behind him. “Last year was a transition year,” says Gide Loyrette Nouel managing partner Stéphane Puel of 2013 for the French firm. Puel has now been in charge of Gide, France’s second-largest firm by revenue […]
Carlyle, Rhone Capital, HgCapital – chopping and changing legal advisers has been all the rage in private equity over the past 12 months or so. The latest private equity house to engage in a little spring-cleaning is European mid-size firm Bridgepoint. The group has traditionally handed its UK deal mandates to Clifford Chance, Linklaters and […]
Slaughter and May lost out on the mandate to advise client Europcar on the £500m refinancing of its UK business, with the car rental giant turning instead to Pinsent Masons on the deal. Pinsent Masons finance partner Edward Sunderland in Birmingham and London-based Martin Bishop will lead on the £500m asset refinancing, which will allow Europcar […]
Hogan Lovells new CEO Steve Immelt has overhauled the firm’s International Management Committee (IMC), scrapping its co-head model four years after its merger. According to sources Immelt decided it was the “right time” to drop the firm’s dual management structure, with co-heads of corporate Andrew Skipper and Stuart Stein to be replaced by Baltimore-based partner […]
Latham & Watkins has a concentrated global strategy – which extends to its European presence. US firm Latham & Watkins has just 11 offices in continental Europe, spread across six jurisdictions. Unlike some of its rivals, it has kept its European presence fairly lean and focused on these key countries – and, says executive committee […]
Anthony Thompson, private capital partner at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, has been named as lawyer of the year at the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2014. Thompson beat eight lawyers from other private client firms including Charles Russell, Farrer & Co, Harcus Sinclair, Payne Hicks Beach and Taylor Wessing. The awards, now in their eighth […]
Walker Morris has launched the latest in its series of ‘little green books’. The latest edition is a comprehensive guide to employee share schemes, offering companies a tax-efficient way of rewarding employees and saving money. Simon Concannon, head of tax at Walker Morris, said: ‘In an increasingly competitive environment, it is important to recruit and […]