The price of everything – Law firm metrics cannot measure broader values that will define their future Guest Blog Pinsents senior partner Richard Foley argues the industry needs new benchmarks for success As Legal Business publishes its LB100, it…
Revolving doors: Back to school for new City Clydes, Kennedys and Pinsents laterals as European hires continue apace Muna Abdi City firms have been gearing up for what looks to be a busy September as Clyde & Co, Kennedys and…
Revolving doors: City move for Weil as HSF adds duo in South Africa Muna Abdi In a quiet week for lateral recruitment, Weil, Gotshal & Manges hired from Ashurst in the City as other firms made…
Pinsents holds back ‘significant’ investment from partner profits amid 7% revenue growth Hamish McNicol Pinsent Masons has ring-fenced ‘significant funds’ from partner profits in a bid to prioritise investing in the business, in turn cutting…
Prohibitively expensive: Pinsent lands £25m litigation funding deal Muna Abdi Pinsent Masons has secured a £25m preferred-supplier deal with litigation funder August Ventures to offer ‘non-recourse’ funding at better terms than…
Pinsents, Bird & Bird, BCLP and Network Rail the big winners at the 2019 Legal Business Awards Thomas Alan Pinsent Masons, Bird & Bird, Network Rail and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) were among the major winners at the…
Third German office and trio of Dublin hires the latest moves in Pinsents’ international odyssey Marco Cillario Pinsent Masons has kicked off 2019 in expansionist mode, opening a new office in Frankfurt, right after finishing 2018 with…
‘A global solution’: Pinsents hires six partners for Frankfurt launch as DLA expands in Dublin Hamish McNicol Pinsent Masons has hired six partners from a range of firms for a new Frankfurt office, the firm’s third opening in…
Deal watch: Bakers and Slaughters drink in £3.1bn Horlicks acquisition as AJ Bell IPO yields dividends for Pinsents and Addleshaws Nathalie Tidman As the market hunkers down for the festive season, GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) £3.1bn sale to Unilever of Horlicks has warmed the…
International round-up: Fieldfisher opens third China office as Pinsents settles Madrid dispute Tom Baker Ever-expansive Fieldfisher has bolstered its presence in Asia having opened a third office in China, while Pinsent Masons has settled a dispute…
‘Continued growth an excellent result’: year of investment brings slowdown for Pinsents Thomas Alan Pinsent Masons has recorded slower revenue growth for the 2017/18 financial year, with turnover increasing by 6% to £449.8m compared…
Revolving Doors: Ashurst and Greenberg Traurig strengthen City benches as Pinsents sees moves both ways Thomas Alan A bumper week for City and international lateral hires followed the Easter break last week with Ashurst and Greenberg Traurig…
‘Our values are imperatives’: Pinsents chief on diversity, success and being bolder Hamish McNicol Legal Business (LB): How do you create a clearer picture of what Pinsents is doing on diversity? Richard Foley (RF):…
Pinsents calls for level playing field and more transparency as it reveals partners gender pay gap Hamish McNicol Pinsent Masons has disclosed the earnings gap that hands male partners 22% more than female colleagues on average as it calls…
Pinsents posts largest partner round for three years but female promotions dip Hamish McNicol Pinsent Masons has lifted its 2018 partner promotion numbers after a slight dip last year, but the proportion of female promotions…
Moving on: Pinsents sells early New Law investment to Dow Jones Hamish McNicol Pinsent Masons has sold one of its earliest New Law investments to financial information giant Dow Jones for an undisclosed sum,…
Panel beaters – Balfour revamps Pinsents partnership as Barclays’ buying shake-up signals its last panel contest Hamish McNicol Is big business turning its back on the conventional legal panel? This month at least sees two prominent examples, with…
Who Represents Who: Firms that will be affected by the fall of Carillion Legal Business For more information on Who Represents Who, contact: David Burgess, Publishing Director, The Legal 500 legal500.com/wrw david.burgess@legal500.com
For what they’re worth – Links, 2Birds and Pinsents among law firms disclosing chunky gender pay gaps Marco Cillario The UK’s top law firms have begun disclosing figures on gender pay gaps, with an initial round of numbers showing…
LLP latest: Taylor Wessing tightens its belt as Pinsent Masons gets expansive Hamish McNicol The latest round of LLP accounts show profit, management pay and remuneration for the highest earning member all fell at…
