Irwin Mitchell London employment head John Hayes has quit to join Wragge & Co, just days chief executive John Pickering announced his retirement from the firm. Hayes will join Wragge & Co’s 28-strong employment team ahead of the firm’s merger with Lawrence Graham (LG) in May 2014 (11 December 2013). The pair decided to merge at […]
Slaughter and May has been instructed by a group of investors seeking compensation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), following leaked inaccurate reports of an investigation into the insurance markets. The prospect of a wide-ranging probe into the life insurance market, leaked to the Daily Telegraph last Friday (28 March), knocked about £2.4bn off the […]
A year in as managing partner and Field Fisher Waterhouse’s managing partner Michael Chissick has sprung into action. And now he’s out of the gate, he’s not looking back. Chissick has declared war on the firm’s old image, telling The Lawyer: “Some perceive us as a little outdated […] take another look at us in […]
Ince & Co has confirmed it is to cut 10 shipping and finance fee earners and six secretarial staff following its redundancy consultation launched in February. The business support staff were offered voluntary redundancy but the consultation with fee earners had no voluntary aspect and was expected to be quicker. All ten have now left […]
DLA Piper has launched its global Leadership Alliance for Women (LAW) programme in Australia this month, with inaugural events being held in Sydney and Perth as part of an initiative to provide current and future leaders with opportunities to build business connections, develop client relationships and strengthen leadership skills. ‘Meet the leaders: inspiring women in […]
Allen & Overy has won the International Law Firm of the Year award at the second annual Law Firm of the Year competition in Slovakia. Allen & Overy also topped the Mergers and Acquisitions category and won the Banking and Finance category for the second year running. The winners were announced on 1 April at […]
Field Fisher Waterhouse managing partner Michael Chissick has been in the top job for a little more than a year but is about to embark on a period of change as his firm thinks once more about the future. Failed merger talks, ego clashes and management changes have kept Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) looking backward […]
Addleshaw Goddard has opened nominations for its managing partner election with a vote expected to take place no less than two weeks from now. The firm is facing its first contested election in five years following the news that incumbent managing partner Paul Devitt is to stand down from the role a year early (17 […]
They had me at the Kir. Regular readers will know that Kir is my aperitif of choice. On the menu, Kirs Royale, Vin blanc, Impériale and Pêche. With these Kirs you are spoiling me. I would never have tried this, had I not read the glowing reviews. And as I walked through the nondescript door, […]
Hogan Lovells has called on its non-equity partner to inject between £60,000 and £100,000 in response to the HM Revenue & Custom’s partnership tax crackdown. Following new legislation handed down last month the firm has asked around 65 non-equity partners to inject more capital to the firm in a bid to avoid being deemed ‘employees’ […]
Walker Morris has advised the TEG Group, an AIM-listed green technology company, on its acquisition of a composting operation at Hillbarton, near Exeter. TEG, which develops and operates organic composting and energy plants, bought the site from Glendale Recycling, a subsidiary of Parkwood Holdings. The Hillbarton site is a combined in-vessel and open-air-windrow composting facility. […]
Over the past few years Germany has consistently outperformed the rest of Europe’s legal market, with domestic firms reporting successive turnover rises and international players keeping on hiring and merging in the country. Noerr has consolidated its place as the second-largest German independent (behind Hengeler Mueller) with a turnover rise of 12 per cent for […]