Life During Law: Sandra Paul Ayesha Ellis I head up our criminal defence and police investigations team as well as our sexual misconduct in the workplace practice.…
Financials 2022/23: Kingsley Napley sees double-digit revenue growth but PEP tumbles Holly McKechnie Kingsley Napley has reported an 11% rise in revenue to £61.2m from £55.2m, an all-time high for the firm. However,…
Life During Law: Linda Woolley Nathalie Tidman My mum got me my first job at Essex County Council in PR. The first exam I ever failed was…
‘A real competitor’: Kingsley Napley strengthens employment practice with Archon Solicitors acquisition Muna Abdi Kingsley Napley has acquired Archon Solicitors to create a combined employment practice of seven partners and 11 associates. Corinne Aldridge, managing…
Sponsored briefing: Regulatory challenges in the year ahead Guest Blog Ten years ago, very few large law firms needed external legal advice on dealing with their regulator. This was because…
Highly-rated SFO GC to join Kingsley Napley while HFW breaks US duck Tom Baker Serious Fraud Office (SFO) general counsel (GC) Alun Milford (pictured), who was widely tipped as the agency’s successor to former…
Perspectives: Stephen Parkinson, Kingsley Napley Tom Baker I didn’t intend to become a lawyer. I’m the first of my family; we’ve been teachers and priests. My brother…
Parkinson stays away from SFO director race to take senior partner role at Kingsley Napley Tom Baker Despite calls for him to succeed David Green as the new director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), heavyweight white-collar…
News UK recruits Kingsley Napley partner McBride as general counsel Legal Business Rupert Murdoch-owned media giant News UK has recruited high-profile Kingsley Napley partner Angus McBride as its general counsel (GC), just…
Promotions round-up: Bond Dickinson and Kingsley Napley promote three as Kennedys makes up female trio in round of four Michael West In the latest round of LB100 firm promotions, Kennedys made a 75% female promotions round as three out of four…
Revolving doors: Specialists and US firms build up in the City Legal Business Last week saw specialist and US firms strengthen their presence in the City and Europe as Kingsley Napley strengthened its…
Showing its teeth: Law Society invokes Magna Carta as it launches legal action against court fees’ ‘flat tax’ Legal Business The Law Society is challenging the government’s decision to increase certain court fees by over 600% and has issued a…
Reputation management: Kingsley Napley taps Mishcon for media litigator Harris Legal Business Kingsley Napley continues to enhance its dispute resolution offering with the hire of high profile media litigator and Mishcon de…
DLA sees leading criminal litigator Rickards leave for Kingsley Napley Sarah Downey Kingsley Napley has made a key hire to its criminal litigation team, as DLA Piper partner Jo Rickards, who recently…
Committed to Crime – boutique firms and White-collar Crime Legal Business White-collar crime work was once the comfy preserve of niche London law firms that knew their way around the inside…
Making Headlines Legal Business General Pinochet, Nick Leeson and Ian Maxwell are all former clients. More recently, Rebekah Brooks and UBS rogue trader Kweku…