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One North East scraps traditional panel in favour of reduced roster
Regional development agency One North East has abandoned its formal panel review process in favour of using a more informal list.
QEB Hollis moves to the City in spirit of competitive advantage
Criminal set QEB Hollis Whiteman is to swap the Inns of Court for the City in an effort to expand its regulatory and white-collar crime practices. The set is departing from bar tradition by opening an office on London’s Cannon Street.
Trio of Payne Hicks partners form spin-off private client boutique
Three Payne Hicks Beach private client partners will leave the firm next month to set up a boutique private client practice.
Howes Percival welcomes two to partnership
Howes Percival has made up two partners in its annual promotions round, with both based in the firm’s East Midlands employment practice.
Freeth Cartwright hires IP head from Martineau
Midlands firm Freeth Cartwright has brought in Simon Barker from Birmingham rival Martineau to head its intellectual property team.
George Davies
George Davies’ managing partner Mark Hovell describes his firm as a mix of old and new.
Hill Dicks loses ‘whole’ of Halliwells as clients walk
Hill Dickinson had to shelve plans to take over the entirety of Halliwells because clients were abandoning the financially troubled firm once it looked as if it would enter administration, according to Hill Dickinson’s managing partner Peter Jackson.
CC comes to rescue of last two City-based Halliwells trainees
Clifford Chance has offered training contracts to the two London-based first-year trainees left jobless after Halliwells went into administration last month.
A&O, Cleary and Herbies lead on Bank of Ireland fundraising
Allen & Overy (A&O), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Herbert Smith led a clutch of firms advising on Bank of Ireland’s (BoI) e3.4bn (£2.9bn) integrated debt and equity capital raising.
McGrigors beefs up in City, Manchester and Aberdeen with raft of hires
McGrigors has bolstered the Manchester team it hired from Hammonds earlier this year with the addition of seven lawyers at the same time as bulking up its Aberdeen and City practices.
Burness pays bonus to all staff after strong financial year
Scottish firm Burness has awarded a 5 per cent discretionary bonus to all employees following its improved financial performance in 2009-10.
Cripps sees 10 per cent profit rise as turnover remains static
A strong showing from property and private client has seen South East firm Cripps Harries Hall post a 10.8 per cent rise in net profit for the 2009-10 financial year.
Thomas Eggar targets City mid-sizer for merger
Thomas Eggar is drawing up plans for a merger in a bid to boost its profile in the City and attract outsourced work from magic and silver circle firms.
Burges Salmon sets up job site for Halliwells trainees
Students whose Halliwells training contracts were cancelled after the firm went into administration have been offered a potential lifeline by Burges Salmon.
Slow start for Integreon as offshoring proves less popular
Legal process outsourcer (LPO) Integreon is making a 26 per cent greater loss than anticipated in its Bristol operation, with firms’ reluctance to send work overseas understood to be impacting on its bottom line.
Fladgate advises on construction of tallest building in Wales
Fladgate is advising the Cardiff Marine Group in its £60m Bayscape marina development, where construction is set to begin on Wales’s tallest building.
2-3 Gray’s Inn Sq opens in Cardiff to source Admin Court mandates
London set 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square is to open an office in Cardiff to capture work emerging from the regionalised Administrative Court.
Shakespeares targets 'leading Midlands firm' tag with Berryman merger
Shakespeare Putsman has merged with Nottingham-based Berryman, creating a £30m firm with 440 lawyers and staff across the East and West Midlands.
Wragges hit hardest as Midlands firms suffer
There has been little revenue growth among Midlands firms over the past financial year, with four out of the five major Birmingham players reporting a fall in income.
Exchange Chambers opens in Leeds as local set for local firms
North West set Exchange Chambers is to open an office in Leeds in a bid to build a chambers powerhouse in the North.
City firms line up for £400m Hull schools project
Addleshaw Goddard, DLA Piper, Eversheds and Pinsent Masons have advised on a £400m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme in Hull.
