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Jan 21 2019
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang has launched a new office in Liverpool, expanding the firm’s footprint in the UK. The new office will be located in the commercial...
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Nov 30 2018
DLA Piper has announced that Liam Cowell will take on the position of UK managing partner, replacing Sandra Wallace. Wallace has been in the role for three years, and...
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Aug 16 2018
Kennedys has recruited insurance and commercial partner Nick Bond from BLM in Manchester.
Bond will lead a new team of Kennedys’ in Manchester, focusing his...
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Aug 06 2018
DWF has appointed Anup Kollanethu as its first chief executive of managed services. He joins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where he has served as chief of...
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Aug 04 2018
Kennedys has posted skyrocketing turnover in the wake of its financial year full of mergers and office launches.
The UK law firm’s revenue shot up 31% from £149.9m...
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Jun 12 2018
DLA Piper has hired Manchester partner Andy Phillips from Eversheds Sutherland, where he served as the North West private equity head.
Phillips joined Eversheds...
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May 14 2018
Fieldfisher has recruited banking partner Charlotte Round from regional Manchester firm Brabners.
Round joins Fieldfisher from Brabners’ finance team after 10 years...
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May 03 2018
Fieldfisher has promoted 10 lawyers to partner, focusing on Europe with the exception of one promotion in the US.
Of the 10 partners receiving promotions, three are...
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Apr 23 2018
Clyde & Co has promoted 12 associates to partner in its latest promotions round, crossing the 400-partner milestone for the first time.
In the UK, seven partners...
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Apr 09 2018
In the wake of the departure of Irwin Mitchell’s Manchester regional real estate head Anita Weightman, the firm has announced that its Manchester head Roy Beckett will...
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Mar 23 2018
Addleshaw Goddard has hired a six-partner real estate team from Irwin Mitchell in Manchester.
The team of six is led by Irwin Mitchell’s regional real estate head...
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Feb 16 2018
Hill Dickinson has finalized the sale of a portion of its insurance business group to Keoghs.
The sale includes 17 partners and 311 staff, many of which will stay...
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Nov 12 2017
The Lawyer Workspace Trends 2017 report released exclusive research this week, showing that although UK 200 firms have as a whole expanded office space in past year,...
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Oct 04 2017
Keoghs is expected to complete an acquisition of a 400-strong insurance group from Hill Dickinson soon. The team includes 16 partners, along with around 400 lawyers...
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Oct 02 2017
BLM has boosted its new commercial advisory practice with the hire of 33 lawyers from the UK arm of Slater and Gordon (S&G). The team has joined BLM as of 2 October,...
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Aug 23 2017
Eversheds Sutherland and Hogan Lovells have announced their trainee retention rates for autumn, with both firms keeping on 80 per cent of trainees.
Eversheds had a...
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Aug 17 2017
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has brought on Manchester-based support staff members in its London location to aid the firm’s integration efforts in the city.
The...
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Aug 11 2017
Simpson Millar has named dispute resolution head Greg Cox as its new managing partner. Millar is based in Manchester, and has been a partner with the firm since...
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Jul 03 2017
Kennedys’ upcoming acquisition of Manchester-based firm Berg will see a nine-strong team of commercial litigation partners join the firm. The merger will go into...
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Jul 03 2017
Kennedys has announced that the firm has acquired Berg & Co, a Manchester firm that specializes in corporate, commercial, banking and financial, real estate,...
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Jun 27 2017
Manchester based firm DWF is expanding its presence in Asia with the opening of a new Singapore office. In preparation for the launch, DWF has brought on four former...
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May 26 2017
The Manchester Law Society has established a pro bono legal advice program to provide help for victims of the Manchester Arena attack, which killed 23 people,...
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Apr 25 2017
Weightmans and Ward Hadaway have called off merger talks after four months, scrapping plans that would have created a combined firm with turnover of approximately...
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Apr 14 2017
Clyde & Co’s latest global promotions round includes nine new partners, who will join Clydes’ current base of 375 partners.
The firm’s Asia Pacific promotions...
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Mar 13 2017
Pinsent Masons, one of the first firms to reveal 2017 promotions, has announced that 16 have been made up to partner. The firm has also reached its goal of 25%...
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Feb 10 2017
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is planning to recruit its first round of Manchester-based trainees, as the firm prepares to open its application period. The new...
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Nov 10 2016
DWF has announced its latest partner promotion round, which includes lawyers from Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle. They were among...
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Nov 08 2016
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed corporate partner Jane Haxby as the firm’s new head of Europe for a three-year term beginning in January 2017. She will replace...
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Aug 16 2016
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer will be launching a new paralegal apprenticeship scheme beginning in October 2016 in its Manchester legal services centre. The...
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Jul 07 2016
Addleshaw Goddard has begun offering a work-from-home policy for staff and fee-earners in its three UK offices. The offices are located in Leeds, London and...
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May 30 2016
Linder Myers has been acquired by Metamorph Law, an aggregation business that acquires and transforms law firms.
Linder Myers is a Manchester-based firm that avoided...
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May 05 2016
Kennedys has promoted seven lawyers to partner, four in the firm's London office and the rest in its Chelmsford, Madrid and Manchester offices.
The firm, which...
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May 05 2016
Shoosmiths has announced an 80 percent female promotion round this year.
The firm promoted five lawyers, four of them women. The majority of the promotions were in...
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Apr 19 2016
Shoosmiths is planning to almost double the size of its Manchester team over the next few years, coinciding with its move later this year into a new office with more...
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Apr 16 2016
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is narrowing its choice of buildings in London where it plans to establish its new headquarters. The firm is looking to reduce its space...
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Apr 11 2016
Reports broke last week that insurance litigation firm BLM is losing half of its partners from its Southampton office, including the head of Southampton and Bristol...
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Apr 06 2016
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is planning to open a second legal services center sometime before the end of 2016. It seems the firm is close to choosing Vancouver,...
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Feb 12 2016
According to a new report from Vacancysoft, a business intelligence company, the number of job openings for legal jobs has risen 40 percent in the past year. For the...
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Dec 09 2015
Bevan Brittan has boosted its partner ranks in its recently-launched Leeds office from four to seven partners. The firm has hired a specialist pair from DWF and a...
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Oct 26 2015
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer signed a permanent lease in One New Bailey in Manchester. The firm will base its global services center in the new 80,000 square foot...
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Jul 29 2015
Trowers & Hamlins autumn retention rate dropped to 71 percent, as the firm retained five of its seven qualifying trainees. Of the five retained trainees, two will join...
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May 29 2015
Cartwright King announced that it has merged with Garstangs Burrows Bussin in a move that will see the firm expanding into the North West of England.
The firm’s...
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May 27 2015
EY Law has hired two accomplished partners from Addleshaw Goddard in Manchester to try and build a legal services offering there. Former Addleshaw managing partner...
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May 18 2015
Hill Dickinson has announced that about 30 jobs are at risk of being cut, pending a 30-day consultation period. Just a year ago, the firm cut 40 positions in its...
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Apr 29 2015
Berwin Leighton Paisner announced its intention to double the number of staff working in its Manchester office from 50 to 100 by the end of the financial year. The...
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Feb 10 2015
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is looking to move its legal and support services to Manchester, a recent trend as rents have increased substantially around Fleet...
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Feb 02 2015
Nabarro has added two partners to strengthen its recently opened Manchester office. Corporate partner Howard Gill and real estate partner Peter Winnard join Nabarro...
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Dec 12 2014
DLA Piper has made plans to relocate its Manchester in 2016. Currently, its office is located at 101 Barbirolli Square, where it has operated for 20 years. DLA's staff...
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Aug 28 2014
Two partners from Manchester-based legacy firm Pannone have departed Australian law firm Slater & Gordon before the end of their three-year lock in, and others are...
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Jun 16 2014
Australia-based law firm Slater & Gordon has announced a shakeup in its UK leadership, alongside a decision to lease larger office space in Manchester so that the firm...
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Jun 16 2014
Australia-based law firm Slater & Gordon has announced a shakeup in its UK leadership, alongside a decision to lease larger office space in Manchester so that the firm...
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Jun 06 2014
Taylors has given its restructuring and corporate recovery practice a boost with the hire of a team from Linder Myers in Manchester.
The team is led by Mark Dennis,...
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May 22 2014
Manchester-based Linder Myers is reported to have entered into a redundancy consultation, with up to 50 jobs at risk.
The move was made upon the recommendation of...
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May 18 2014
Addleshaw Goddard has elected a new managing partner, elevating John Joyce to the role. Joyce was previously the head of business support and restructuring.
Joyce...
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May 15 2014
Nabarro is set to launch an office in Manchester after the hire of three partners from Addleshaw Goddard, including real estate chief Mark Haywood.
Haywood brings...
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Apr 19 2014
DWF has made 19 redundancies, cutting operational staff in its finance department at the conclusion of a consultation that put 21 roles at risk.
The firm aims to...
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Mar 05 2014
Twenty-one DWF staff are set to lose their jobs as the firm enters into a redundancy consultation.
The jobs are being cut from DWF's finance teams in Glasgow,...
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Feb 10 2014
Field Fisher Waterhouse has acquired Heatons, an eight-partner Manchester boutique firm, after the latter firm’s partners voted in favour of the merger.
The merger...
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Jan 20 2014
DLA Piper has confirmed that it has laid off 69 support staff, following the centralisation of its document production centre in Leeds.
Redundancies were made in...
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Dec 02 2013
TLT has given its Manchester office a significant boost with the hire of a team of 30 from Irwin Mitchell.
The group includes solicitors, paralegals and support...
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Oct 08 2013
Roll on Friday has unconfirmed reports that Irwin Mitchell is attempting to acquire Manchester personal injury firm MPH Solicitors.
The terms have yet to be...
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Sep 05 2013
Manchester-based law firm Kennedys is set to merge with Scottish firm Simpson and Marwick.
The combined firm - which will operate under the Kennedys banner - will...
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Jul 30 2013
Mills & Reeve will keep 17 of its 20 second-year trainees - a retention rate of 85 per cent.
This year’s figures are an improvement on last September’s 76 per cent...
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May 30 2013
Manchester law firm JMW Solicitors has recorded a 13% increase in revenue, bringing in £15m in fee income for 2012-13, up from £13.2m last year.
The strong...
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Apr 26 2013
Mills & Reeve has promoted six lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, up from three last year.
The promotions will come into effect on 1 June -...
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Apr 22 2013
Roll on Friday reports that Clyde & Co has made two senior associates redundant from its Manchester office in the Regulatory, Safety, Health and Environment...
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Apr 22 2013
Pinsent Masons has promoted 14 lawyers to its partnership in its annual promotions round, up from 13 last year. Three of the new partners are based in London, four are...
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Apr 19 2013
Irwin Mitchell has promoted ten lawyers to the partnership, elevating six lawyers from the personal legal services division and four from the commercial team. In...
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Apr 11 2013
Berrymans Lace Mawer has promoted 17 associates to the partnership, bringing the total partnership headcount to 166. This years promotions round is larger than last...
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Mar 07 2013
UK law firm Semple Fraser is set to go into administration, with more than 100 staff to lose their jobs. The firm’s leaders were in merger negotiations with a number...
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Mar 05 2013
Manchester-based law firm Calibre Solicitors (trading as Legal Gateway) has gone into administration, with the firm’s entire roster of 14 staff losing their jobs....
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Feb 20 2013
BPP University College is set to make around 40 staff redundancies, including layoffs in the law school. The UK tertiary institution is downsizing as it shifts back...
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Feb 14 2013
The legal profession is undergoing change that could see 3,000 of the UK’s 11,000 law firms going under, according Sarah Goulbourne, the founder of Manchester law...
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Oct 15 2012
Eversheds has added talent to its Leeds office with the hire of DLA Piper’s Manchester banking and finance litigation head, Tim Buckingham.
Eversheds’ financial...
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Sep 24 2012
RollOnFriday has reported rumours that Clyde & Co is doing its best to make its Manchester fraud team stay put after the departure of practice head Damian Ward to...
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Aug 31 2012
Pinsent Masons and Addleshaw Goddard have both announced redundancies,
Addleshaws is set to lay off 24 fee-earners from the firm's London, Leeds and Manchester...
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Aug 27 2012
The head of Clyde & Co in Manchester - Damian Ward - has resigned to take up a role with rival firm Keoghs, while rumours circulate that he might soon be followed by...
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Jun 12 2012
Manchester law firm JMW has recorded a 20 per cent increase in revenue, up from £11m in 2010-11 to £13.2m in 2011-12. The firm did not disclose a profit figure, but...
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Jun 08 2012
Manchester-based business law firm DWF has announced plans to merge with Scottish commercial law firm Biggart Baillie from 1 July. This is the third merger announced...
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Apr 18 2012
Irwin Mitchell has elevated six to the partnership in its annual promotions round, with four joining the salaried partnership two joining the equity partnership in its...
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Jan 13 2012
Up to 12 fee earners and support staff from UK firm Pannone will lose their jobs when the firm closes two offices in Hale and Alderley Edge in Cheshire, as the firm...
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Oct 13 2011
UK firm Addleshaw Goddard has effected a pay increase for newly-qualified lawyers, raising the salary by 4 per cent in the firm's regional offices and by 2% in London....
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Sep 27 2011
Manchester firm Gately has hired a former Halliwells lawyer as part of a settlement deal to end that lawyer’ legal suit against them.
Emma Nutbeen was a legal...
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Jun 17 2011
The administrator of failed firm Halliwells has called upon former partners repay money received as part of a reverse premium deal with a Manchester landlord.
32...
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May 30 2011
Mid tier UK firm Cobbetts has reduced pay to newly qualified solicitors by nearly 20 per cent over the last three years. In 2008, newly qualified solicitors in the...
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Feb 08 2011
Addleshaw Goddard is the latest firm to announce that it will send low-level legal work to a transaction services centre. The firm’s stated aim is to free associates...
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Oct 26 2010
A personal-injury law firm in Connecticut has commenced a drive-through service for clients in the town of Manchester. The Kocian Law Group has recently moved its...
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Sep 14 2010
Clarke Willmott is set to open its doors in Manchester after the hire of two intellectual property lawyers from local firm JMW Solicitors.
IP partner Roy Crozier...
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Aug 27 2010
McGrigors has recruited 15 lawyers across its UK offices.
The firm has raided Hammonds for talent, hiring a 10-string contentious construction team to join the...
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Aug 16 2010
DWF has hired two lawyers from the now defunct Halliwells to join its Manchester commercial litigation practice.
Stephen Morris and James Lappin have joined the...
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Jul 27 2010
Shoosmiths has launched its Manchester corporate practice with the hire of partner Mark Dawson from the now defunct Halliwells. He is followed by two associates, Karen...
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Jul 20 2010
Halliwells has struck a deal with HBJ Gateley Wareing for the sale of the failed firm’s Manchester commercial practice, with the HBJ Gateley Wareing partnership...
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Jul 09 2010
Shoosmiths has appointed Partner Harold Brako as the head of the firm’s Manchester office.
Brako takes over from Northampton-based partner Waine Mannix, who has...
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Jul 06 2010
Three firms have formed a preliminary agreement to take over the majority of the troubled firm Halliwells.
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert (BLG), HBJ Gateley Wareing and...
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Jul 02 2010
A former Halliwells solicitor has been found guilty of embezzling over £90,000 from the firm's clients.
During his time as a real-estate lawyer in the firm’s...
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Jun 28 2010
Halliwells has filed a notice of its intention to appoint an administrator, and is looking to sell off its business assets.
It is thought that Liverpool-based Hill...
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May 28 2010
Irwin Mitchell has become one of the first top UK firms to convert to Legal Disciplinary Partnership (LDP) status, after making up two non-lawyers to the firm's equity...
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May 10 2010
McGrigors has hired a trio of partners from Hammonds, including Hammonds’ former international head of construction and engineering David Moss.
Moss resigned in...
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Apr 21 2010
Hammonds has made up eight new partners in its annual round of promotions. This year's promotions round was larger than 2009 when six partners were promoted, but less...
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Apr 06 2010
Two senior partners at Hammonds have resigned from the firm. Manchester head Jonathan Edwards and construction chief David Moss gave notice last week on once of only...
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