A performance review was put in place at the end of 2014, after the firm lost some substantial pieces of M&A work to rivals in a surge of activity in the insurance sector. A fourth partner left after being headhunted by a US competitor. 

Transactions

The review covered the global corporate and commercial team, but is understood to have been particularly concentrated on UK transactions. That team now has 14 partners. 

Trading and commodities

The main five sectors for Clyde - which grew by eight per cent last year in the UK - are insurance, infrastructure, energy, transport and trading/commodities. Source: Legal Business