‘Not out of the woods yet’: Coronavirus puts the kibosh on Travers’ decade of revenue growth amid profit dive Nathalie Tidman Travers Smith has suffered one of its biggest financial setbacks due to the coronavirus pandemic, recording an 11% slump in…
Dealwatch: Slaughters and Ashurst make headlines on i newspaper sale as DLA and A&O dine out on Bookatable acquisition Muna Abdi In a busy week for UK buyouts, Slaughter and May advised Daily Mail and General Trust on the £49.6m acquisition…
Former Travers managing partner Lilley joins Deloitte Legal as employment head Thomas Alan Big Four accountancy firm Deloitte has bulked up its UK legal bench by hiring Andrew Lilley, the former managing partner…
Some challenges: Travers ups NQ pay range following 11% revenue growth and subdued PEP Muna Abdi Travers Smith has marked a tenth consecutive year of revenue growth with an 11% increase in turnover, although profit per equity…
Travers’ private equity star Dolman joins Summerfield at the corporate helm Muna Abdi Travers Smith has appointed Paul Dolman as co-head of corporate in addition to his existing role of head of private equity…
Deal watch: Seats at the table for Travers, Skadden and Gateley as Pret acquires EAT and Oliver’s chain collapses Marco Cillario Two opposite developments in the UK high street have seen City and US firms advise as food chain Pret A…
Sponsored briefing: Excessive litigation – how can it be discouraged and stopped? Guest Blog Huw Jenkin assesses the options for curbing excessive or aggressive litigation In the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)’s November 2018 report…
Travers female partner promotions suffer amid scaled back round Nathalie Tidman A firm more progressive than many in the City on gender diversity, Travers Smith has made up just one female partner…
Defying gravity – Inside the improbable rise of Travers and Macfarlanes Marco Cillario ‘If you look at Wall Street, this model is replicated again and again. There is no reason it shouldn’t work…
Legal 500 data: behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2019 rankings Our cover feature this month looks at London-centric peer firms Macfarlanes and Travers…
Deal watch: Healthy pickings for Travers and DLA on Unilever’s £150m graze buyout as firms navigate Interserve rescue saga Nathalie Tidman Travers Smith and DLA Piper have sated their appetites on The Carlyle Group’s £150m disposal of graze while a raft of advisers…
Travers’ former tax head Kathleen Russ elected as senior partner successor to Chris Hale Tom Baker Travers Smith has nominated former tax department head Kathleen Russ (pictured) as its new senior partner, to succeed long-serving Chris Hale…
Deal watch: Slaughters and Kirkland drill into giant $12bn offshore plc merger as Travers and Eversheds maximise L&G’s pensions buy-out Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May and Kirkland & Ellis have led on the $12bn combination of UK Plc offshore drilling companies Ensco and Rowan…
Deal round-up: Travers advises Shazam on Apple buyout as Freshfields and Norton Rose strike gold on $18bn mining merger Tom Baker In the latest flurry of deals, Travers Smith has represented popular mobile app Shazam on its buyout by tech giant Apple,…
Travers makes pension play with Sackers hire as KFC GC Nelson-Smith decamps to WeWork Thomas Alan Travers Smith has made a rare lateral play with the hire of Sebastian Reger to its pensions sector group as…
LB100 case study: Travers Smith Legal Business You can always rely on Travers Smith for revenue growth; the City independent has posted its ninth consecutive year of…
City’s mid-weight elite set blistering pace as Travers and Macfarlanes surge in 2017/18 Marco Cillario Marco Cillario assesses the results amid another strong year for the City’s mid-tier The latest financial results by UK law…
Another big-dollar mandate for Travers as Micro Focus sells software business to EQT Marco Cillario Extending beyond its reputation for outstanding mid-market deal work, Travers Smith has once again put its name to a multibillion-dollar…
Travers Smith unveils double-digit revenue growth as profitability soars 24% Tom Baker In its ninth consecutive year of revenue growth, Travers Smith has recorded an 18% uptick in turnover to £146.9m, while profit…
Deal Watch: Rich pickings for Travers and Ashurst as US giants get busy on the continent Marco Cillario It was a busy week for UK and US deal counsel as Travers Smith and Ashurst acted on multibillion-pound deals north of…
