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

11 Jun 2024

Travers Smith spins out AI technology products into new software business

Jylo to sell AI platform to wider legal market as independent entity

22 May 2024

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

25 Apr 2024

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

20 Dec 2023

Travers Smith names new senior partner

Corporate M&A and ECM head Andrew Gillan to succeed acting senior partner Siân Keall in January

6 Nov 2023

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

1 Nov 2023

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

5 Oct 2023

Travers Smith boosts funds group with partner hire from Proskauer Rose

Asset management specialist Tosin Adeyeri joins UK firm in London

4 Aug 2023

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

28 Jul 2023

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

28 Jul 2023

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

6 Jun 2023

Travers Smith senior partner to step down

Kathleen Russ to remain at London firm as a consultant after stepping down in June

5 May 2023

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

22 Mar 2023

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

10 Mar 2023

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

14 Feb 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

16 Nov 2022

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'

30 Aug 2022

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

17 May 2022

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

10 May 2022

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

9 Aug 2021