Overview: Facing fear Hamish McNicol ‘When you’ve got your mouth wrapped around the firehose, it becomes really hard to step back and design better ways…
Editor’s note Hamish McNicol It’s fair to say the research for this year’s GC Powerlist UK, where we once again shook up the format…
The BT interview – ideas from the bath Hamish McNicol Legal Business (LB): Eighteen months in the group general counsel role, what have been some of the key projects since…
Pinsents makes up non-lawyers to partner as it mulls quarterly distributions delay in wake of Covid-19 Hamish McNicol Pinsent Masons has promoted staff outside of traditional legal services to partner for the first time in a slightly increased…
DWF flags Covid-19’s ‘material impact’ on profit and increased debt as Keystone declines dividend Hamish McNicol The UK’s largest listed law firm, DWF, expects the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic to have a material impact on…
Listed firms suffer Covid-19 fallout as Knights staff face sweeping cuts and Ince cancels dividend Hamish McNicol Knights board members and staff earning more than £30,000 face pay cuts of at least 10% and some staff will…
‘Impossible to predict’ coronavirus fallout sees Gateley cancel £3m dividend and suspend guidance Hamish McNicol Listed law firm Gateley has withheld more than £3m in shareholder payouts to keep hold of cash with activity dented…
‘Doesn’t fit a law firm’: Kennedys looks to prove smarts with IQ technology arm spin-off Hamish McNicol Kennedys has become the latest firm to spin off part of its services offering and open up to external investment in…
The Client Profile: Sivan Whiteley, Square Hamish McNicol The mobile payment giant’s GC on Jack Dorsey, rationalism, $2k taps and burning $1bn Sivan Whiteley’s legal career began with…
The Addleshaws Interview – The rebound guy Hamish McNicol Legal Business (LB): Looking at the finances of the firm over the past five years, you are one of the…
DLA cracks £1bn international revenue after pumping ‘tens of millions’ into offices and IT Hamish McNicol DLA Piper has increased profit at its international LLP for the fourth year running despite a sustained period of investing ‘tens…
‘We’re taking proximate steps’: DAC doubles up in Madrid with 20-lawyer hire Hamish McNicol DAC Beachcroft is looking for further opportunities in Europe and South America after doubling the size of its Madrid office…
‘International is the growth engine’: DWF eyes US after £42.5m Spanish acquisition Hamish McNicol DWF is looking to crack the US market with an acquisition which would likely surpass its £42.5m deal for a Spanish…
The Scots GC debate: Force multipliers Hamish McNicol Hamish McNicol, Legal Business: How do you build your identity and culture as a legal team? And how do you…
In-house: National Grid drops three firms from panel following ‘pay to play’ review Hamish McNicol BDB Pitmans, Irwin Mitchell and Norton Rose Fulbright have been dropped from National Grid’s panel, understood to be worth about £12m a…
Gowling WLG appoints corporate partner UK chair as Witts steps down Hamish McNicol Gowling WLG has elected a corporate partner chair of its UK LLP, with incumbent Andrew Witts standing down after more…
Rolling up the sleeves: Eversheds sets out corporate ambitions with hire of Simmons’ UK corporate head Hamish McNicol Eversheds Sutherland is ramping up its City investment plans as the firm looks to become a leading player in the…
Applying the brakes – the legal chiefs helping fast-growth firms to mature Hamish McNicol Two ear-piercing siren blasts ring out across the Canary Wharf HQ of fintech unicorn Revolut. ‘May I have your attention…
New tricks – Can law firms beat New Law disruptors at their own game? Hamish McNicol Lee Ranson was restless. It was late 2018 and Eversheds Sutherland’s co-chief needed something different: a viable plan to double…
‘There will be pushback’: Dawn of pay-to-play tenders will stoke law firm tensions with GCs Hamish McNicol Hamish McNicol assesses the adviser mood as clients flex buying power ‘Would I say it’s the norm? No. But would…
