Partner numbers will increase by 12 per cent if all 45 Simpson & Marwick partners join the Clyde partnership. Turnover - £28.5m at Simpson & Marwick - would increase by roughly seven per cent to a total of £420m. The combined firm will have 3,000 staff, including 1,800 legal professionals, and will only use the Clyde & Co name. 

Clients

Senior partner James Burns said the combination was a 'client-focused merger' and said there was 'no financial imperative' for the move. Source: The Lawyer