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• Australian secondment firms set to merge

  May 17 2012 Secondment firms Advent Lawyers and Balance Legal have agreed to merge on 1 July. The combined firm will be known as AdventBalance, will have a headcount of around 80... more

• UK firm Weightmans posts 33% revenue increase

  May 10 2012 UK law firm Weightmans has posted revenues of £77.1 million in the 2011-12 financial year, an increase of nearly 33% that may see the firm enter the top 50 UK law... more

• Top 100 firms report single digit growth for last year

  May 04 2012 The Am Law Daily has released figures that give a snapshot of the legal services industry over the past year. The top 100 firms saw single digit growth in gross... more

• Norton Rose sets sights on US and China

  May 02 2012 Norton Rose Group is looking for mergers in the US and China, according to Chief Executive Officer Peter Martyr. Norton Rose now has a headcount of 2,900 lawyers,... more

• Law firm mergers signal growing confidence, says report

  May 01 2012 Fourteen law firm mergers were announced in the US in the first three months of this year, according to a new report from legal consulting firm Altman Weil. “Firms... more

• Clyde & Co pursues growth strategy in Asia

  May 01 2012 Clyde & Co is pursuing a strategy of growth in Asia, despite the departure of seven partners from its Hong Kong office in April, said the firm’s CEO Peter Hasson in... more

• Vinson & Elkins hires top energy & infrastructure talent from Herbert Smith in Tokyo

  Apr 27 2012 Vinson & Elkins has scored a high profile recruit in energy and projects specialist James Watson. Watson joins Vinson & Elkins as a partner at the firm’s Tokyo... more

• Indian firm Amarchand expands with Ahmedabad launch

  Apr 26 2012 Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff is set to launch a new office in Ahmedabad as part of a regional expansion strategy that would see the firm reach 1000... more

• German firm Glade Michel Wirtz adds two Shearman & Sterling partners to the team

  Apr 17 2012 German corporate and competition boutique Glade Michel Wirtz has made a couple of high profile lateral hires, bringing two partners across from US firm Shearman &... more

• Kennedys' accounts show rapid expansion in 2010-11

  Apr 16 2012 UK firm Kennedys has increased its equity partnership by 30 per cent in 2010-11, from 50 to 65 partners. In the same period, 42 fee earners were added to the firm’s... more

• US Law firms stealing limelight from UK rivals in Hong Kong

  Apr 13 2012 Over the past two years, numerous US law firms have entered the market in Hong Kong and recruited top talent from their UK rivals, and now they are starting to see... more

• US firms boost China presence

  Apr 12 2012 International law firms have significantly increased their presence in China over the past year, with the top 250 US firms bumping their headcount in China by 10 per... more

• Eversheds' pilot program for in-house contract work sees success

  Mar 28 2012 UK firm Eversheds’ experiment with an in-house contract lawyer service has proven to be a success, and the firm has endorsed the pilot project by making it permanent.... more

• Bird & Bird starts toward ambitious goals in Asia with four new partners

  Mar 26 2012 Bird & Bird has boosted capacity across its Asia network with the addition of four partners. Lorraine Tay leaves a role as the head of Baker & McKenzie’s Singapore... more

• Indian law firm M.V. Kini & Co takes on 2 new partners

  Mar 21 2012 Indian law firm M.V. Kini & Co has boosted capacity with two new hires - tax partner Shrikant Kamat will be joining the firm’s Mumbai office and corporate partner Ram... more

• Jones Day hires 3 private equity lawyers from Foley & Lardner

  Mar 20 2012 Jones Day has boosted its private equity practice with the hire of three specialists from Foley & Lardner. The firm’s San Diego office will welcome rainmaker Kenneth... more

• End of merger negotiations between UK firms Maclay Murray & Spens and Bond Pearce

  Mar 19 2012 There has been a failure of merger negotiations between Scottish law firm Maclay Murray & Spens and Bristol's Bond Pearce. The decision to abandon the talks comes... more

• US firms grow London partnerships by nearly 10%

  Mar 16 2012 US law firms grew their partner count in London by nearly 10% during 2011, evidence that they are gaining a larger slice of the European legal services market.... more

• Revenue, profits and productivity up at US firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed

  Mar 15 2012 US firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed has posted increases in gross revenue, profits per partner, and revenue per lawyer for the 2010-11 period. The firm's gross revenue... more

• UK firms just outside the top 25 see biggest income growth in 3rd quarter

  Mar 14 2012 Fee income is growing in the UK, with the firms ranked 26-50 seeing the biggest income growth, at around 10 per cent. The figures come from a quarterly survey by... more

• UK firms just outside the top 25 see biggest income growth in 3rd quarter

  Mar 14 2012 Fee income is growing in the UK, with the firms ranked 26-50 seeing the biggest income growth, at around 10 per cent. The figures come from a quarterly survey by... more

• Mumbai-based Nasikwala Law Office takes on equity partner from Juris Corp

  Mar 08 2012 Mumbai-based firm Nasikwala Law Office has hired former Juris Corp partner Freddy R. Daruwala. Daruwala will join the firm as an equity partner to head the firm's... more

• US firm Holland & Knight to launch in Columbia

  Mar 02 2012 Miami-based law firm Holland & Knight has announced further expansion in Latin America with the imminent launch of new office in Bogotá, Colombia. The firm will... more

• Covington & Burling posts increase in revenue and average profits per partner

  Feb 24 2012 US firm Covington & Burling has reported a 5.1 per cent increase in total revenue, going from $581.5 million in 2010 to $611 million in 2011. Average profit per equity... more

• Indian firm Amarchand plans to double headcount to 1000 lawyers in 5 years

  Feb 22 2012 India’s largest law firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co is pursuing a rapid expansion strategy, with plans to double in size over the next five years to... more

• European law firm Loyens & Loeff launches in Hong Kong

  Feb 21 2012 European law firm Loyens & Loeff has announced the launch of a new office in Hong Kong, which will be the firm’s 18th base globally. The Hong Kong office will be led... more

• Australian firm Slater & Gordon shifts strategy away from acquisitions

  Feb 21 2012 Australian law firm Slater & Gordon is changing tack, leaving behind its decade-long acquisitive strategy in favour of a more organic growth strategy focusing upon... more

• Average profits rise at Scottish law firms

  Feb 20 2012 Profits at Scotland’s law firms are rising for the first time since the global finaincial crisis, with the average profit per equity partner across all sizes of firm... more

• 2012 may be more challenging than 2009, says legal industry advisory

  Feb 20 2012 The new client advisory from Citi Private Bank’s Law Firm Group and the Hildebrandt Institute has some disheartening news for the legal sector: “Unfortunately, the... more

• Australian firm Holding Redlich boosts corporate and Commercial practice with new hires

  Feb 16 2012 Australian firm Holding Redlich has bolstered its corporate and commercial practice with the hire of Suzy Cairney from Allens Arthur Robinson and Michael Grosser from... more

• DLA Piper launches in Mexico

  Feb 15 2012 DLA Piper has launched a new office in Mexico City. The new base will be staffed with a team of 16 lawyers from the Texas law firm Thompson & Knight, and will focus on... more

• King & Spalding posts 12% increase in PEP

  Feb 15 2012 King & Spalding has reported a 9 per cent increase in revenue in 2011, from $718 million to $781 million. In the same period the firm posted a 12 per cent increase in... more

• Sidley Austin and Paul Weiss post revenue growth in 2011

  Feb 10 2012 US firms Sidley Austin and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison have posted revenue growth in 2011. Sidley Austin saw revenues rise 5.6 per cent to $1.41 billion... more

• Litigation support services in high demand

  Feb 07 2012 A new survey put together by New York-based headhunter and consultancy The Cowen Group has attempted to evaluate the ratio of salaries to revenue within law firms,... more

• Pinsent Masons and McGrigors announce merger plans

  Feb 07 2012 London firm Pinsent Masons and Scottish firm McGrigors have announced a formal agreement to merge. The combined firm will operate under the banner of Pinsent Masons... more

• US legal services sector adds 1000 jobs in January

  Feb 06 2012 The legal services sector in the US added about 1000 jobs in January, regaining at least some of the ground lost in January, when the sector lost 1,800 jobs.... more

• Four associates leave London office of Quinn Emanuel

  Feb 04 2012 Four litigation lawyers have departed from the London office of US litigation firm Quinn Emanuel, punching a largeish hole in the team of 13. The firm’s London has... more

• Lateral hiring is the growth strategy of choice at US law firms

  Feb 03 2012 The lateral market is heating up, as law firms reduce their graduate recruitment and seek to expand by hiring partners with established client lists from other law... more

• Ashurst managing partner steps down 6 months early

  Feb 01 2012 Ashurst managing partner Simon Bromwich has announced that he will stand down from his role in May, six months ahead of schedule. Bromwich is set to take over as head... more

• Chinese firm Yingke continues aggressive expansion with new offices in Poland and Turkey

  Jan 31 2012 Yingke, China’s second largest firm by lawyer headcount has announced a further expansion abroad, launching an office in Poland and another in Turkey. The move comes... more

• Dacheng Law Offices switches joint law venture partners in Singapore

  Jan 28 2012 Chinese law firm Dacheng Law Offices, has ended its alliance with Singapore firm Central Chambers, and formed a new joint law venture with Wong Alliance. The new... more

• Kirkland & Ellis managing partner departs for private equity firm

  Jan 23 2012 The managing partner of US firm Kirkland & Ellis has surprised the firm by handing in his resignation for 'personal reasons'. James "Jim" Learner has quit the role and... more

• Herbert Smith's Belfast office grows apace

  Jan 21 2012 Herbert Smith has hired 18 lawyers in its Belfast office, bringing the number of employees at the office to 56. The office was launched in April 2011 with the aim... more

• Washington Promotions show focus in Litigation and International Law

  Jan 18 2012 The latest round of law firm promotions in Washington reveal that the region’s largest firms are focusing on litigation — particularly intellectual property — and... more

• Merger activity signals growing confidence in US legal services market

  Jan 15 2012 There were 60 mergers between US law firms last year – an increase of 53 per cent – according to a new report by legal consulting firm Altman Weil. The growth in... more

• One in three firms and corporate counsel plan to add staff in first quarter of 2012

  Dec 31 2011 Around one third of law firms and corporate counsel in the US plan to add legal staff in the first quarter of 2012, according to the quarterly Robert Half Legal Hiring... more

• Bird & Bird increases turnover and headcount

  Dec 21 2011 Bird & Bird has increased its fee-earner headcount by three per cent this year, from 654 to 673. The growth represents one of only a few cases of firms adding to... more

• Scottish legal market looking up

  Dec 18 2011 There has been significant improvement in the Scottish legal market, according to a new survey of the country’s top firms conducted by industry advisors PKF. The... more

• Top UK law firms see 9.8% jump in revenue

  Dec 09 2011 Deloitte’s latest legal sector survey has reported that the top 100 firms in the UK showed strong growth in the second quarter, with fee incomes rising by an average... more

• Clifford Chance explores alliance with fast moving Chinese firm

  Dec 08 2011 Clifford Chance is exploring an alliance with Chinese firm Broad & Bright. Broad & Bright has 20 partners, 40 associates, and is one of China’s fastest growing firms,... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna reports $106m in revenue for first half of financial year

  Dec 04 2011 CMS Cameron McKenna took £106m in revenue in the first half of this financial year, up 5 per cent on the same period last year. In a statement managing partner... more

• US legal sector gains 100 jobs in November

  Dec 04 2011 The US legal sector grew by 100 jobs in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' preliminary employment report. These modest gains follow the addition of... more

• Jenner & Block boosts L.A. practice with 6 lateral hires from Hogan Lovells

  Nov 16 2011 Jenner & Block has given a significant boost to its Los Angeles office and media and entertainment practice with the hire of six partners from Hogan Lovells. The... more

• The legal services market in India - bird's eye view

  Nov 15 2011 Here is a very interesting article providing a kind of anatomy of the Indian legal services market, ad touching upon the major players, changes, and the nature of the... more

• Eversheds sees revenue increase by 6.7% for first half of the year

  Nov 14 2011 Eversheds has saw revenue increase by 6.7 per cent in the first half of the 2011-12 financial year, with turnover increasing to £184.2m over the six month period,... more

• Five leading UK firms post double-digit growth

  Nov 11 2011 Many of the largest UK law firms have seen growth in revenues in the first half of 2011-1, with at least five of the top 30 firms set to reveal double-digit increases... more

• Allen & Overy reports 11% revenue growth

  Nov 10 2011 Allen & Overy has posted an 11% increase in revenue in the first half of the year, after investing in key international markets. The firm saw revenues of £582m between... more

• UK firm Watson Burton loses another four partners

  Nov 08 2011 Watson Burton has lost four partners this week, continuing a steady run of departures over the past two years. RollOnFriday reports that the firm had 29 partners last... more

• Allen & Overy in negotiations with Links' Singapore partner

  Nov 08 2011 Allen & Overy is in negotiations with Linklaters' Singapore partner Allen & Gledhill, discussing a potential tie up. Such an alliance would be a significant boost to... more

• Cyprus law firm Michael Kyprianou & Co launches India desk

  Nov 07 2011 Cyprus law firm Michael Kyprianou & Co has launched an India desk to help Indian clients set up companies and do business in Cyprus and Greece, offering advice on... more

• China's legal profession grows to 200,000 lawyers

  Nov 07 2011 Interesting short article here about the legal profession in China. According to this report in China Daily, the number of licensed lawyers in China has reached... more

• An anatomy of the Indian legal profession by Kian Ganz

  Oct 31 2011 Kian Ganz, the publishing editor of www.LegallyIndia.com, here gives a brief anatomy of the legal services industry in India. The scale of the industry in India is... more

• UK law firm franchise QualitySolicitors set to expand after PE boost

  Oct 31 2011 UK law firm franchise QualitySolicitors, which launched last year and has rapidly expanded to include around 200 branches, has just received a significant private... more

• Pillsbury set to open new office in Abu Dhabi

  Oct 28 2011 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is set to open its first Middle Eastern office in Abu Dhabi, with plans to expand services offered to existing clients and take... more

• Australian law firms see revenues drop

  Oct 27 2011 Australian law firms have seen a drop in revenues. Even Perth, which is flush with cash in the middle of a resources boom, is expected to see revenue drop by nearly 50... more

• Robert Half Legal compares US and Canadian salary statistics

  Oct 25 2011 Legal placement firm Robert Half Legal has released its annual Salary Guide, which tracks trends in legal compensation and hiring in the US and Canada. The survey... more

• Taylor Wessing to launch tech practice in London

  Oct 25 2011 Taylor Wessing is set to boost its technology capacity with the launch of a second office in London. The office, in east London's 'Tech City' will offer expertise in... more

• Veteran Skadden partner Peter P. Mullen dies

  Oct 19 2011 Veteran partner Peter P. Mullen of the New York law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has died at the age of 83. Mullen joined the firm in 1961, when it... more

• UK firm Irwin Mitchell starts outsourcing ahead of conversion to ABS

  Oct 18 2011 UK firm Irwin Mitchell is has announced that it will outsource 81 support staff in preparation for its conversion to an alternative business structure (ABS). The firm... more

• SNR Denton to grow lower-cost service in profitability push

  Oct 11 2011 SNR Denton has announced a number of measures designed to boost profitability in the UK, including increasing the size of its lower-cost legal services office in... more

• 'Tesco Law' begins in England and Wales

  Oct 06 2011 The much anticipated reform to the Legal Services Act has come into force in England and Wales, under which banks and supermarkets are now able to sell consumer legal... more

• New players in the litigation funding game

  Oct 05 2011 There is growth in the “alternative litigation funding” market this year, and while some firms remain wary of litigation funding arrangements, others welcome their... more

• Eversheds merges with local firm to enter Romanian market

  Oct 03 2011 Eversheds has announced that it will launch in Romania after concluding the terms of merger with local four-partner firm Lina & Guia. The office in Bucharest will... more

• Ashurst set to merge with Australian firm Blake Dawson

  Sep 27 2011 British firm Ashurst has announced plans to form an alliance with one of Australia's biggest law firms, Blake Dawson. The firms will merge their Asian practices in... more

• Axiom Law finds success offering cheap legal services

  Sep 16 2011 Interesting article here about Axiom Law – a legal service provider successfully operating in Washington DC with a very non-conventional structure. According to the... more

• High merger activity between law firms is set to continue

  Sep 07 2011 Interesting article here in the Wall Street Journal, which anticipates more merger activity for law firms in the near future. According to reports, firms are now... more

• Consolidation in BigLaw: it is 'only a matter of time'

  Aug 25 2011 There may be more mergers between large law firms in the pipeline, according to Mark Wood – a restructuring partner from the Nottingham office of law firm Eversheds.... more

• Indianapolis firm Ice Miller takes on 90 lawyers via merger

  Aug 24 2011 Indianapolis-based law firm Ice Miller has merged with Columbus firm Schottenstein Zox & Dunn, bringing 90 lawyers under the Ice Miller Banner from 1 January 2012.... more

• US firm Fox Rothschild acquires another small boutique

  Aug 23 2011 Philadelphia-based law firm Fox Rothschild has boosted its LA office with the acquisition of local boutique the Chan Law Group. The firm’s growth strategy has seen it... more

• US BigLaw starts summer recruitment with high hopes

  Aug 18 2011 The recruitment drive for associates for the class of 2013 has begun in earnest, with recruiting partners coming on campus to assess the current crop for coveted... more

• Baker & McKenzie reports 8% growth in revenue over 7% growth profits

  Aug 17 2011 Baker & McKenzie has reported growth in gross revenue and average profits per partner in the past financial year. The firm’s gross revenue hiked 8 per cent to a... more

• Top UK firms increase revenue by 4%

  Aug 16 2011 The Lawyer has published a survey that shows total revenues from the UK’s top law firms increasing by four per cent to £14.27bn in 2010-11. This marks the first return... more

• Graduates in Nevada face a tough job market

  Jul 29 2011 Law graduates in the US state of Nevada face a tough job market and declining pay, according to reports. The State Bar of Nevada has published a survey showing that... more

• Offshore firm Walkers promotes eight to partnership

  Jul 29 2011 Offshore firm Walkers has announced the promotion of eight finance and corporate lawyers to the partnership, while elevating eleven associates to the role of senior... more

• Top London firms report strong growth

  Jul 13 2011 Top London firms have reported a good year, with revenues and profits on the up. Allen & Overy posted a 7 per cent increase in revenue to £1.12bn, and an 8.3% hike... more

• Pro-Bono work in decline at US law firms

  Jul 04 2011 The American Lawyer magazine has released statistics showing that pro-bono output declined at the top 100 US firms in the past year, during which those same firms... more

• Duane Morris enters alliance with Mexico City firm

  Jun 27 2011 Duane Morris is set to establish a presence in Mexico City after concluding an alliance deal with local firm Miranda & Estavillo. The deal will see the firms... more

• Kennedys keeps on growing: posts a 10.3% jump in revenue in 2011

  Jun 23 2011 Kennedys has posted a 10.3 per cent jump in revenues for the 2010-11 financial year, recording a turnover of £97.4m. The firm has seen significant increases in... more

• Norton Rose sees £47m increase in turnover in 2010-11

  Jun 16 2011 Norton Rose has announced its financial results for the 2010-22 financial year, posting revenues of £484m for its international operations. This figure represents a... more

• Eversheds reports 7% increase in PEP over flat revenue

  Jun 14 2011 Eversheds has reported that revenues remained flat at £355m in the 2010-2011 financial year, while profits increased by 3 per cent and Profits per equity partner... more

• UK partner promotions up by 38% this year

  May 30 2011 The number of partner promotions in the UK’s 50 largest firms rose by 38 per cent this year, according to a report in Legal Week. The 2011 promotions round saw 495... more

• Beyond the crisis - what does the future hold for biglaw?

  May 06 2011 After sustained growth for a period of twelve years, the last three years have seen the legal markets in decline around the world. Work in mergers and acquisitions has... more

• Becker & Poliakoff to launch in Washington DC

  May 05 2011 Florida based firm Becker & Poliakoff continues to grow, opening an office in Washington DC hot on the heels the launch of a second New Jersey office. The firm has... more

• Baker & McKenzie ranked largest US firm by headcount

  May 04 2011 Baker & McKenzie has come in as the largest of US law firms by head count, according to the The National Law Journal. This is the third year in a row that Bakers has... more

• US firms increase presence in China

  Apr 27 2011 US firms are increasing their presence in China, with the top 250 US firms running 70 offices in China at the end of 2010. According to the National Law Journal, these... more

• High demand for energy law recruits in Canada

  Apr 18 2011 Interesting article here about the demand for recruits with an interest in energy law in Canada. In light of predictions that the energy sector will fuel Canada’s... more

• Ashurst to launch disputes practice in HK after Simmons hire

  Apr 18 2011 Ashurst is set to launch a Hong Kong dispute resolution practice after the hire of Simmons & Simmons China disputes head Gareth Hughes. Ashurst Asia head Geoffrey... more

• North Carolina - South Carolina Merger: Womble Carlyle expands

  Apr 15 2011 North Carolina firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, with a headcount of 500 lawyers, has acquired 44-lawyer firm Buist Moore Smythe McGee of South Carolina.... more

• Kirkland & Ellis boosts Washington M&A practice with four hires

  Mar 29 2011 Kirkland & Ellis has boosted its M&A practice with the hire of former Federal Trade Commission Chairman Tim Muris, along with three other prominent antitrust lawyers.... more

• Freshfields launches US IP practice

  Mar 26 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has relocated London counsel Lindsey Canning to New York to launch the firm’s first US intellectual property practice. Freshfields US... more