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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, 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…
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 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…
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