‘Consolidating growth’: Debevoise posts global revenue and profit drop Georgiana Tudor Debevoise & Plimpton posted a 3% drop in global revenue to $735m as profits per partner also slumped by 8%…
‘Enduring strength’: HSF, BLP and Mayer Brown advise as £1bn offer made for the Cheesegrater Georgiana Tudor Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Mayer Brown are leading as Chinese Investment Group CC Land is…
Trainee retention: BLP keeps on 55% as Clifford Chance’s rate also slips Georgiana Tudor Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has revealed the weakest trainee retention rates for spring so far, with the firm holding on…
A different Middle East playbook: Dentons launches in Jeddah as CC and HSF pull out of Qatar Georgiana Tudor Dentons has announced today (7 February) it is to launch in Jeddah at the same time as Clifford Chance and…
BLP LLPs reveal top pay reduced as firm invests £6m in Australian resourcing business Georgiana Tudor Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) posted a 2% drop in revenue and profitability while paying £6.25m for its 50% stake in…
KWM co-head of funds in Paris exits for Willkie Farr Georgiana Tudor King & Wood Mallesons‘ co-head of investment funds in Paris, Nathalie Duguay, has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as asset…
‘A landmark for the industry’: BLP and Nabarro advise CBRE on £1.4bn flagship property fund merger Georgiana Tudor Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Nabarro acted opposite Eversheds and Mayer Brown on CBRE Global Investors’ merger of its UK…
US partner promotions: Weil and Simpson Thacher promote two each in London Georgiana Tudor Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have both promoted two new London partners in their latest partnership…
‘Back to the usual timeline’: BLP latest to thaw pay freeze Georgiana Tudor After being the first known firm to freeze pay after the Brexit vote, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has gone ahead…
Akin Gump revamps associate pay to reflect volatile pound post Brexit vote Georgiana Tudor Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has reviewed its associate salaries and will pay junior lawyers according to exchange rates…
‘A weaker moral compass’: Study reveals one in five law students would falsify time records Georgiana Tudor More than one in five law students surveyed in the UK and the US admit they would falsify time records…
Revolving doors: Ropes & Gray takes HSF finance partner as Harbottle & Lewis makes private client play Georgiana Tudor Ropes & Gray has strengthened in the City as Harbottle & Lewis has made a major private client play. Meanwhile,…
‘Important growth markets’: Dentons leads on Liberty Global’s $760m acquisition of Polish cable operator Georgiana Tudor Dentons has advised opposite new Warsaw firm Radzikowski, Szubielska & Partners on Liberty Global’s purchase of Poland’s number three cable…
Academic u-turn: University comes out in support of SRA trainee reform Georgiana Tudor While the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) education reforms had been met with hostility by educators, the School of Law at…
Magic Circle trainee retention: Slaughters middle of the pack with 89% rate Georgiana Tudor Slaughter and May is the last of the Magic Circle to post its autumn trainee retention figures, with a rate…
