Cost cutting and near-shoring – Field Fisher Waterhouse ties up with Manchester’s Heatons David Stevenson Following last year’s announcement from Field Fisher Waterhouse that it was looking to move a number of its London support functions…
Mid-market feeding frenzy: Addleshaw, Bristows, Field Fisher and Irwin Mitchell unveil lateral hires Francesca Fanshawe The New Year lateral hiring spree has gathered momentum, with Addleshaw Goddard, Irwin Mitchell, Bristows and Field Fisher Waterhouse all…
Revolving Doors: Strategic growth for A&O, Eversheds, Wiggin, Dentons, Field Fisher and Olswang Jaishree Kalia In the last major round of hires before 2013 draws to a close, Allen & Overy (A&O) has boosted its international…
H1 2013/14: Field Fisher reveals 7% spike in turnover Legal Business The first half (H1) of the 2013/14 year is proving to be more benign than last as Field Fisher Waterhouse joins a…
Field Fisher loses construction head to Fladgate weeks after loss of privacy head to Hogan Lovells Legal Business Just weeks after Field Fisher Waterhouse lost its head of privacy Eduardo Ustaran to Hogan Lovells, the 350-lawyer UK top 40…
Strategic hires: Field Fisher head of privacy to join Hogan Lovells but held to 19 month notice period Legal Business Hogan Lovells has moved to significantly boost its European privacy capability with the hire of Field Fisher Waterhouse group head Eduardo Ustaran…
Regulatory upheaval: MoJ reshuffle leaves reforms uncertain as LSB drops Herbert Smith for judicial review Legal Business The future of regulatory reform of the legal sector appears to be hanging in the balance as justice minister Helen…
Trainee retention: Macfarlanes & Latham reveal numbers Legal Business Macfarlanes has become the latest City firm to decide on its trainee retention rates, with 18 out of 24 trainees –…
NQ retention and pay: Good news for NRF and Bird & Bird but FFW puts 5 trainees on extended contract Sarah Downey If you see a rabble of trainees at the pub this lunchtime they may well be from Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF),…
Looking for answers: Field Fisher considers near-shoring as part of strategy review Legal Business After a turbulent year that has seen Field Fisher Waterhouse attempt a number of mergers and seen it unveil disappointing financial…
Asia Round-up: Field Fisher launches in Shanghai while Global 100 leaders position themselves in Hong Kong and Dubai Legal Business Field Fisher Waterhouse has joined forces with Ryser & Associates in Shanghai while a show of strength among the Global…
Financials update – Field Fisher Waterhouse pays the cost of merger mania Sarah Downey After a turbulent year that saw it unsuccessfully attempt merger discussions with both Laurence Graham and Osborne Clarke, Field Fisher…
Revolving Doors: Field Fisher hires Taylor Wessing’s David Kent as Irwin Mitchell and TLT make key hires Legal Business Taylor Wessing’s long reputed head of inward investment David Kent is to join Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) in a week that…
Comment: Say what you like, City practices taking on larger real estate is a good sign Francesca Fanshawe If upgrading your square footage is any litmus test of how City firms feel about the future then a raft…
FFW and Travers Smith shake up senior roles Legal Business City firms Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) and Travers Smith have overhauled senior management, with each seeing new appointments to the…
Picking up Field Fisher Mark McAteer After years in the mid-market wilderness, Field Fisher Waterhouse is finally ready for a revolution. It wants to grow internationally…
Panic has ramped up merger mania Pritchard A clear message from last month’s LB100 report was that the merger of two firms that have ‘simply cuddled together…
Tough decisions needed for LG/FFW Pritchard Ahead of our LB100 report next month, one merger is on the table that requires some hard choices now to…
