News About Travers Smith
Travers Smith hires Blackstone Credit legal counsel to bolster funds group
Joel Grossmark joins as a partner and will help grow Travers Smith’s retailisation practice
Travers Smith spins out AI technology products into new software business
Jylo to sell AI platform to wider legal market as independent entity
Goodwin swoops on Travers for London private equity partner duo
Ian Keefe and George Weevil latest partners to switch firms as lateral hiring spree across City continues
Simpson Thacher adds fund finance partner in London from Travers Smith
Katie McMenamin’s exit follows funds duo Ed Ford and Sacha Gofton-Salmond defecting to Simpson Thacher earlier this year
Travers Smith names new senior partner
Corporate M&A and ECM head Andrew Gillan to succeed acting senior partner Siân Keall in January
Slaughter and May, Travers Smith shepherd Vodafone’s €5bn sale of Spanish arm to Zegona
Slaughters advises longtime client Vodafone as Travers Smith counsels listed TMT investor Zegona
Freshfields secures Travers Smith’s head of environment in ESG drive
Arrival of Doug Bryden in London follows 2022 hire of academic as head of client sustainability and environment
Travers Smith boosts funds group with partner hire from Proskauer Rose
Asset management specialist Tosin Adeyeri joins UK firm in London
Travers Smith to lead review into NatWest’s handling of Nigel Farage account closure
Law firm will examine decision to shut former MEP’s Coutts private bank account and potential GDPR breaches
Travers Smith underlines resilience as revenue inches up against flat PEP
Results follow run of partner losses at start of the year to top tier rivals
Travers Smith makes up five in latest partner promotions round
Promotions see UK firm restock partner bench following run of senior departures in first quarter of 2023
Travers Smith senior partner to step down
Kathleen Russ to remain at London firm as a consultant after stepping down in June
Dechert secures Travers Smith PE funds partner in London
Sam Kay exit sees top UK independent Travers lose another partner following series of defections for US and UK rivals
Linklaters secures private equity ‘rising star’ in London from Travers Smith
Genna Marten exit sees top UK independent Travers lose another partner following spate of defections for US rivals
Simpson Thacher swoops on Travers Smith in London for two funds partners
Wall Street firm targets secondaries market in third partner raid by a US firm on London independent since start of 2023
Travers Smith opts for 'stability and continuity' as it re-elects senior partner for second term
Kathleen Russ's second term will see her leading firm through to July 2025
Travers Smith posts 5% revenue increase as tougher trading environment dents PEP
Leading London independent points to 'healthy' business despite 'increasingly turbulent macro-economic backdrop'
Travers Smith promotes 11 to partner in largest round to date
Promotions reflect firm’s core focus areas of asset management, M&A and disputes and investigations
Ashurst and Travers Smith lead as Morrisons wins bidding war to rescue McColl's
Acquisition takes McColl's out of administration and saves 16,000 UK jobs and 1,160 stores nationwide
Travers Smith's finances rebound strongly with revenue up by 15.4%
Turnover hike at London firm helps fuel 21.5% rise in PEP to £1.2m, reversing a sharp fall in 2020