Reed Smith breaks $1.5bn for the first time as London revenue grows by 15% Tom Cox Reed Smith has hit a key milestone as global revenue hit $1.5bn, up just over 5% from last year’s figure…
International roundup: White & Case hits Weil for three-partner New York team while Reed Smith opens in Denver Tom Cox Leading a busy week for high-profile moves in New York, White & Case raided Weil for a three-partner litigation team…
Coronavirus measures pay off for Reed Smith as revenue tops $1.3bn while profit soars Tom Baker Despite starting the financial year by reducing partner drawings in response to the pandemic as well as other cost-cutting measures, Reed Smith…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – TMT Team of the Year Mark McAteer The entries have been assessed, the shortlists have been drawn up and our panel of general counsel judges have had…
Coronavirus latest: Reed Smith to limit partner drawings as firms start to bunker in for the crisis Thomas Alan Reed Smith has ringfenced a portion of its cash reserves against partner distributions as a means to mitigate the impact…
Steady global growth for Reed Smith outpaces a subdued year in the City Thomas Alan Reed Smith produced a comparatively muted showing in the City last year, with global revenues seeing the more meaningful gains.…
Late to the party: Reed Smith hires partners from five firms for Brussels launch Thomas Alan Reed Smith has opened its fifth European office in Brussels, following the hire of five partners to the firm’s corporate…
‘Not a chance’: Reed Smith rules out a listing as it lands ABS licence approval Thomas Alan Reed Smith has made good on its plans to secure an alternative business structure (ABS) licence from the Solicitors Regulation…
SRA drops sexual harassment inquiry into former Reed Smith partner Anna Cole-Bailey The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has dropped an investigation into a former Reed Smith partner who was dismissed from the…
The comeback kid: Return to form as Reed Smith hikes London revenue 18% to $222m Thomas Alan Reed Smith has bolstered City revenue by 18% to $222m amid a reversal of fortune which has seen global revenue rise…
Latest #MeToo episode emerges as Reed Smith dismisses partner following complaint Thomas Alan Reed Smith has dismissed a partner in its London office after a complaint of sexual harassment, it has emerged. Originally reported…
Revolving doors: Morrison & Foerster makes City move as Fieldfisher and Reed Smith develop international practices Thomas Alan US player Morrison & Foerster emerged as the only firm to make a significant lateral hire in the City last…
NRF loses veteran litigator Eastwood to Mayer Brown in further exit as Reed Smith scoops Pinsents’ Middle East head Marco Cillario Mayer Brown and Reed Smith are continuing their recent expansion trajectories, this time at the expenses of Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)’s London…
Revolving Doors: Paul Hastings lands Bakers FinReg veteran as Reed Smith hires City IP expert and Mayer Brown appoints Fried Frank’s UK finance head Thomas Alan In what has otherwise been a relatively subdued week for City laterals, Paul Hastings, Reed Smith and Mayer Brown have bolstered their…
Revolving Doors: City laterals pick up pace as Baker McKenzie and DWF make moves while Reed Smith expands in the US Thomas Alan City recruitment kept pace last week as a trio of firms made City hires, led by Baker McKenzie’s corporate hire…
Quest for efficiency: Reed Smith set to open new low-cost centre in Leeds Thomas Alan Reed Smith is set to establish a low cost legal service centre outside of London in Leeds, it has emerged.…
Freshfields trounces rivals as Global 100 firms release gender pay stats Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the penultimate Magic Circle firm to publish statistics on the disparity between male and female…
Weil Gotshal and Debevoise see double-digit PEP hikes as Reed Smith’s top line makes a comeback Marco Cillario Weil, Gotshal & Manges has scored an 18% global rise in profits per equity partner (PEP) as London turnover soared…
Reed Smith taps Macfarlanes for fund finance head in rare departure from City blueblood Marco Cillario Macfarlanes has seen a rare partner exit as investment fund finance group leader Bronwen Jones quit the City stalwart after…
Women deal stars: perspectives – Tamara Box, Reed Smith Marco Cillario ‘My career has been a tale of reinvention and creativity. I have been very lucky in that I have worked…