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• CMS opens Liverpool office

  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... more

• DLA Piper appoints Liam Cowell as managing partner in UK

  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... more

• Kennedys continues Manchester growth with hires from BLM

  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... more

• DWF makes key leadership hire from Freshfields

  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... more

• Kennedys revenue spikes after mergers and launches

  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... more

• DLA Piper hires North West private equity head from Eversheds

  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... more

• Fieldfisher makes move into banking in Manchester

  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... more

• Fieldfisher announces Europe-heavy promotions round

  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... more

• Clyde & Co crossed 400-partner milestone with 2018 promotions

  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... more

• Irwin mixes up Manchester head roles after team loss

  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... more

• Addleshaws boosts Manchester real estate with team hire

  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... more

• Hill Dickinson and Keoghs complete insurance group sale

  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... more

• UK Law Firms Struggle to Provide Office Space for Growing Staffs

  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,... more

• Keoghs acquisition of Hill Dickinson insurance group expected to complete soon

  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... more

• Slater and Gordon 33-strong team hired by BLM

  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,... more

• Hogan Lovells and Eversheds retention rates come in at 80%

  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... more

• Freshfields enlists Manchester support staff to aid integration in London

  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... more

• Simpson Millar names Greg Cox new MP

  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... more

• Kennedys takes on 9 new partners in Manchester merger

  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... more

• Manchester firm Berg & Co acquired by Kennedys

  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,... more

• DWF hires former Eversheds team for Singapore launch

  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... more

• Manchester Law Society sets up pro bono panel to assist bomb victims

  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,... more

• Merger talks scrapped between Ward Hadaway and Weightmans

  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... more

• Clydes promotes nine new partners

  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... more

• Pinsent Masons promotes 16 and reaches female partner target

  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%... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner to recruit trainees in Manchester

  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... more

• DWF promotes six partners globally; none in London

  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... more

• Squires appoints new EMEA head

  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... more

• New Freshfields paralegal apprenticeship scheme in Manchester

  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... more

• Addleshaw Goddard begins agile working in UK

  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... more

• Linder Myers bought by aggregation business

  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... more

• Kennedys promotes seven to partner

  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... more

• Shoosmiths promotes 5 partners, 80 percent female

  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... more

• Shoosmiths plans to double Manchester team

  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... more

• Freshfields honing in on Liverpool Street as home base

  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... more

• Half of partners at BLM Southampton depart

  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... more

• Freshfields planning new services center launch

  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,... more

• Wanted: Lawyers on payroll

  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... more

• Bevan Brittan grows young Leeds office

  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... more

• Freshfields signs permanent lease in Manchester

  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... more

• Trowers & Hamlins autumn retention revealed

  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... more

• Cartwright King announces merger with Garstangs

  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... more

• EY appoints two Addleshaw Goddard partners

  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... more

• Hill Dickinson announces 30 redundancies

  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... more

• BLP decides to double staff at Manchester office

  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... more

• Freshfields to move its legal services to Manchester

  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... more

• Nabarro strengthens practice with partner hires

  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... more

• DLA Piper will relocate Manchester office in 2016

  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... more

• Legacy Pannone partners leave Slater & Gordon

  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... more

• Slater & Gordon rearranges UK leadership

  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... more

• Slater & Gordon rearranges UK leadership

  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... more

• Taylors boosts corporate team in Manchester

  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,... more

• Manchester-based Linder Myers enters redundancy round

  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... more

• Addleshaw Goddard elects new managing partner

  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... more

• Nabarro to launch in Manchester after Addleshaw hires

  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... more

• DWF cuts 19 staff in integration effort

  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... more

• DWF cuts 21 staff in the UK

  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,... more

• FFW acquires Manchester boutique firm

  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... more

• DLA Piper confirms 69 redundancies in support staff

  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... more

• TLT hires team of 30 from Irwin Mitchell in Manchester

  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... more

• Irwin Mitchell aims to acquire Manchester PI firm

  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... more

• Kennedys to merge with Scottish firm

  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... more

• Mills & Reeve reports retention rate of 85%

  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... more

• Manchester firm JMW posts 13% jump in revenue

  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... more

• UK firm Mills & Reeve promotes 6 to partnership

  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 -... more

• Clyde & Co makes two lawyers redundant

  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... more

• Pinsent Masons makes up 14 partners

  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... more

• Irwin Mitchell promotes 14 to partnership

  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... more

• Berrymans Lace Mawer makes up 17 new partners

  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... more

• UK firm Semple Fraser to go into administration

  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... more

• Manchester law firm goes into administration

  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.... more

• UK law school cuts staff

  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... more

• 3000 UK law firms could go under, says commentator

  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... more

• Eversheds boosts Leeds practice with DLA piper hire

  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... more

• Clydes Manchester fraud team reportedly offered cash incentives to stay put

  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... more

• Two UK firms announce redundancies

  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... more

• Clydes' Manchester head splits for rival firm

  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... more

• Manchester firm JMW posts 20% increase in revenue

  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... more

• Three Scottish firms enter merger agreements

  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... more

• Irwin Mitchell elevates six to partnership; offers equity to non-lawyer

  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... more

• UK firm Pannone set to make a round of redundancies

  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... more

• UK firm Addleshaw Goddard raises pay for NQs

  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.... more

• Manchester firm Gately offers a job to the lawyer that sued them for over a year

  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... more

• Former Halliwells partners asked to repay £20.4m

  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... more

• UK firm Cobbetts cuts NQ pay by almost 20% in 3 years

  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... more

• Addleshaw Goddard shifts routine legal work away from associates

  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... more

• US firm introduces drive-through legal service

  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... more

• UK Firm Clarke Willmott ready to launch in Manchester after double hire

  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... more

• McGrigors hires 15 lawyers across UK offices

  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... more

• DWF hires duo from Halliwells to join its Manchester office

  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... more

• Shoosmiths launches Manchester corporate practice with Halliwells hires

  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... more

• HBJ Gateley secures partnership approval for purchase of Halliwells' commercial practice

  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... more

• Shoosmiths appoints new head in Manchester

  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... more

• Three firms line up for a piece of Halliwells

  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... more

• Former Halliwells solicitor struck from the roll for embezzlement

  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... more

• Halliwells to appoint administrator

  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... more

• Irwin Mitchell appoints two non-lawyers to equity partnership

  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... more

• McGrigors hires three partners from Hammonds

  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... more

• Hammonds invites eight lawyers to partnership

  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... more

• Two Hammonds senior partners hand in notice

  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... more