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Dentons UKIME revenue grows 6% to top £280m

Global giant points to growing cross-practice collaboration as turnover hits record high

30 Jul 2024

Hogan Lovells, Pinsents shepherd NatWest’s acquisition of Metro Bank mortgage portfolio

Hogan Lovells advises Metro Bank on £2.4bn cash sale

29 Jul 2024

Travers Smith rings in record results as PEP grows 18% to £1.3m

UK independent rebounds from FY23’s flat numbers as revenue pushes past £200m

29 Jul 2024

Dentons hires new global chief executive from EY

EY’s former global vice chair Kate Barton to succeed Elliott Portnoy in November

24 Jul 2024

Simmons PEP pushes past £1m as turnover grows 10% to £574m

PEP rises 7% to £1,076k after flatlining in FY23

24 Jul 2024

Linklaters adds capital markets quartet in Hong Kong from Clifford Chance, Sidley Austin

Hires follow Magic Circle firm downsizing China team last year

23 Jul 2024

Bird & Bird adds seven-lawyer finance team in Italy from Hogan Lovells

Hire follows Hogan Lovells hiring 23-lawyer finance and M&A team in Italy from Orrick

19 Jul 2024

Cooley’s London chief takes team to Akin

Justin Stock joins with two more partners to boost Akin’s tech transactions bench

19 Jul 2024

Herbert Smith Freehills rings in record results as revenue hits £1.3bn

PEP jumps 12% to £1.3m after flatlining in FY23

18 Jul 2024

New Kirkland policy allows it to withhold pay from defecting partners

Beefed-up powers introduced this week following string of defections to rivals, according to reports

18 Jul 2024

Garrigues makes major play in Mexico with Sánchez Devanny merger

Tie-up to make Spanish heavyweight second-largest international firm in Mexico

17 Jul 2024

Squire Patton Boggs debuts in Switzerland with Geneva office launch

Partner transfers from Singapore to lead office focused on shipping, trade and dispute resolution

17 Jul 2024

Hogan Lovells bolsters City bench with trio of private capital hires from US rivals

Transatlantic firm adds lawyers from K&L Gates, Ropes & Gray and Weil to help target global private capital market across full investment lifecycle

16 Jul 2024

Ashurst sets sights on £1bn turnover as PEP jumps 14% to £1.3m

Strong performance across all regions and industries sees Anglo-Australian firm grow turnover 9% to £961m

16 Jul 2024

Brodies reports 14th consecutive year of revenue growth as PEP dips

Leading Scottish independent hands out firmwide bonus as turnover grows 7.5% to £114.3m, as PEP falls £2k to £846k

15 Jul 2024

White & Case swoops for Ropes’ Europe secondaries lead in London

Alexandra Chauvin’s hire follows firm recruiting Ropes funds heavyweight Emily Brown last November

15 Jul 2024

Clyde & Co ups revenue 10% as PEP hits £739k

Firm points to growth across sectors and geographies as revenue reaches £845m

12 Jul 2024

Orrick adds seven-lawyer healthcare regulatory team in DC, Boston

Trio of partners join from Wilson Sonsini and boutique Hooper Lundy & Bookman as Orrick continues life sciences push

12 Jul 2024

Weil adds Latham PE dealmakers for Los Angeles and San Francisco launches

Tana Ryan and Navneeta Rekhi join as New York firm targets West Coast growth

11 Jul 2024

A&O grows revenue, profit in pre-merger year

Profit before tax jumps 17.2% to £1.0bn as PEP hits £2.2m ahead of tie-up with Shearman & Sterling

11 Jul 2024