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Withers’ profits jump almost 30% as revenue nears £360m
Private client specialist has added on average one billionaire each week as a new client over the past four years
CMS pushes global revenue close to €2.2bn
Firm highlights corporate practice as biggest contributor as topline grows 4.8%
HSF Kramer revenue reaches $2.4bn in first post-merger results
First results since transatlantic merger show PEP of $2.1m, up 7% on Herbert Smith Freehills’ pre-merger figure
Norton Rose Fulbright rings in revenue, profit rises
Firm’s Australia and Europe, Middle East and Asia operations grow turnover 25% to £763.5m in 2025 following integration last July
Linklaters points to US growth as turnover climbs 7% to £2.5bn
UK Magic Circle firm sees PEP hit £2.5m and pre-tax profit climb to £1.2bn
DLA Piper grows PEP nearly 20% in final year as verein
PEP reaches $4.1m as revenue climbs 8.4% to $4.6bn in last financial year before new global LLP structure came into effect
Paul Hastings adds arbitration partner duo in Paris from White & Case
Hires follow 12-lawyer litigation team joining in Paris in 2024 from local boutique
CMS recruits Osborne Clarke’s international AI law chief in London
John Buyers brings more than 30 years’ experience in IT law advising on tech transactions
K&L Gates axes 10% of staff roles
Cuts equating to around 180 roles follows review ‘to better align with how our business operates today and support future growth’
A&O Shearman posts flat revenue as PEP returns to pre-merger levels
Turnover holds steady at $3.7bn as profit per equity partner rises 12% to $2.9m following period of partner cuts and departures
Raft of law firms steer Uber’s $15bn bid for Delivery Hero
Freshfields and Wachtell lead for Uber as Sullivan & Cromwell guides Delivery Hero and Paul Weiss, Hengeler Mueller, Baker Botts and Gibson Dunn act for investment firm SSW
HFW revenue inches up 2% to £270m against 6% dip in PEP
UK-headquartered firm cites investment in lateral hires and international platform as it reports ‘measured’ set of results in fourth year of growth strategy
Linklaters raids Paul Weiss for senior New York litigation duo
Boost for US growth ambitions sees FIFA’s top counsel join as chair of the global sports practice
Fieldfisher’s revenue nears £400m amid European growth push
UK-headquartered firm ups revenue 4% to £398m in year to end of March as PEP dips 3% to £975k
Eversheds Sutherland’s international arm posts 8% revenue rise against 14% increase in PEP
Transatlantic firm points to particularly strong performance by corporate finance team in first year of new strategy
Freshfields axes equity partners following pay overhaul
UK firm lets go of partners and downgrades others’ equity shares in growth push, according to the Financial Times
Paul Weiss and Clifford Chance in as Apollo gatecrashes easyJet sale with surprise £5.7bn takeover offer
Offer trumps earlier rival bid from Slaughter and May- and Milbank-repped Castlelake
Sidley adds five-partner finance team from Clifford Chance in New York and DC
Lee Askenazi, who co-led Clifford Chance’s financial markets team, joins with four more partners
Japan’s Nagashima Ohno to launch Silicon Valley office
Big Four firm adds second US office after New York in response to growing demand for legal advice on Japan-US transactions and investment
Bird & Bird reports 4% revenue increase as PEP dips
UK-founded firm cites challenging market conditions as topline hits €702m and PEP drops 1.5% to €819k