Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, July 14th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories. DLA Piper was ranked first by deal volume in global mergers and acquisitions in the first half…
International law firm Reed Smith has announced the appointment of four new partners to its energy, trade & commodities Group in London. Keith Hartley, Peter Cassidy, Vincent Rowan and Gordon…
Sidley Austin has added two partners to its insurance practice in London, Martin Membery and Matthew Griffin. Both are formerly of UK-based Pinsent Masons. Membery served as head of the…
Pinsent Masons saw profits per partner plummet 36%, falling to £310,000 ($511,000). Revenues were up 1% to £215 million ($355 million) in the last fiscal year. The firm announced a…
Pinsent Masons, which is in the midst of a redundancy consultation, will outsource litigation work to a firm in South Africa. It is unclear if any US or UK jobs…
Pinsent Masons, which is in the midst of a redundancy consultation, has asked 25% of its incoming trainees to defer their start dates. If you have any additional information about…
Last week in law firm layoffs: Pinsent Masons: undisclosed Sughrue Mion: undisclosed Alameda County, California: 29 lawyers Wragge & Co: 85 undisclosed Boulder County, Colorado: 6 lawyers Dykema: 20 lawyers,…
Pinsent Masons is holding a redundancy consultation. It has not announced how many positions have been targeted. The firm employs almost 1,000 lawyers globally, including 275 partners; and 1,600 staff.…
Skadden is sending three London lawyers to Hong Kong, plus bringing on a new lawyer, to handle cases related to the credit crunch. London’s Paul Mitchard will head the practice;…
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