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Dundas & Wilson Profits Down 12%

Dundas & Wilson Profits Down 12%

Dundas & Wilson, which cut 50 jobs in March, has reported a drop in annual profits of £9 million ($14.8 million). The firm saw profits of £66 million ($108.5 million)…

Pinsent PPP Down, Confirms Layoffs

Pinsent PPP Down, Confirms Layoffs

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…

Speechly Bircham Hires 90 from Campbell Hooper

Speechly Bircham Hires 90 from Campbell Hooper

London law firm Speechly Bircham has hired 90 people, including 17 partners, from the dissolving Campbell Hooper. The hirings, which are not being characterized as a merger, give Speechly Bircham…

Survey: Slaughter & May Top UK Firm for Associate Satisfaction

Survey: Slaughter & May Top UK Firm for Associate Satisfaction

A survey conducted by Legal Week says Slaughter and May has the most satisfied associates of any UK firm. Legal Week Intelligence’s 2009 Employee Satisfaction Survey questioned more than 4,000…

Paull & Williamsons May Cut Hours, Lawyers

Paull & Williamsons May Cut Hours, Lawyers

Leading Scottish law firm Paull and Williamsons is discussing money-saving options with its staff, including reduced work weeks, sabbaticals, and involuntary redundancies. The firm employs 170 people in Aberdeen. No…

Law Firm Hirings & Firings

Law Firm Hirings & Firings

Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Scott Martin joins Greenberg Traurig in New York City as a shareholder in the Antitrust Litigation Practice, from Weil Gotshal where he…

Medical Negligence Firm Burnetts Expands

Medical Negligence Firm Burnetts Expands

Burnetts Solicitors, with two offices in Carlisle, Cumbria, UK, has announced the launch of an office in Newcastle. The office will be headed by Angela Curran, who joined Burnetts earlier…

Addleshaw Goddard Offers Reduced Hours, Sabbaticals

Addleshaw Goddard Offers Reduced Hours, Sabbaticals

Addleshaw Goddard, which laid off 19 partners in February and 85 staff in May, has approved new measures to save money on compensation. Some attorneys will work a four-day week…

Hammonds Reports PPP Down

Hammonds Reports PPP Down

London’s Hammonds LLP saw profits per equity partner fall to £276,000 ($446,000) for the recently ended fiscal year. The firm laid off 77 staffers and cut 20 partners in February.…

Allen & Overy Reports Revenue Up, Profits Down

Allen & Overy Reports Revenue Up, Profits Down

Allen & Overy has announced its revenue for the last fiscal year was up 7% to more than £1.09 billion ($1.77 billion), despite a large number of layoffs. Profits fell…