London: As a construction and energy disputes boutique, Fenwick Elliott is naturally one of the more internationally-minded small firms in the UK market and it is entering a new phase of overseas planning. The firm is currently in the process of applying for a licence to practise in Saudi Arabia. That is still underway, but […]
Undeterred by profit losses and a shock CEO exit, Napthens is fiercely defending its reputation and is charting a course for growth.
This is less a Horizon and more a run-down of Scottish people being rude about each other. But it is also hopefully a reminder of just how much the market north of the border has changed recently. Where to start? Well, Morton Fraser and Macroberts have merged to create ‘MF Mac’. The firm has declared […]
London: Harbottle & Lewis has a new double-act: Last November, Tony Littner joined Charlie Leveque as joint-managing partner for a five-year term. It’s the first time Harbottles has changed its leadership structure in this way, and while it’s not unheard of to have two managing partners (look at Lewis Silkin or Bristows), most go for the […]
If you missed The Lawyer’s feature from last year about the civil war at Child & Child, go and give it a read now. It’s a cracking story of mismanagement, partner rivalries – and a private equity house that couldn’t fix the problems. Child & Child is the poster, er, child, for how private equity […]
It’s a regional special this week, with insight into three firms in the North West.
Every member of staff at Newcastle-headquartered firm Muckle enjoyed a bigger bonus last year after the firm grew its profit share pool by more than 80 per cent. The firm’s profit share pool for the 2022/23 financial year amounted to £312,627, which meant every member of staff at Muckle received a bonus equivalent to 4.6 […]
Oxford: All right, not really Gandalf’s lawyers, this isn’t an Ian McKellen thing. But the lawyers to the estate of JRR Tolkien are on the move. The Oxford-based, two-partner specialist commercial, IP and media firm Maier Blackburn, founded in 2012 by two former Manches partners, Cathleen Blackburn and Steven Maier, has been acquired by Howes […]
The full list of the UK firms ranked 101-200 by revenue in 2023.
Sussex: Back in June Beyond the Bubble talked to Cripps’ new managing partner James Beatton about his plans for the firm and making a go of it in Tunbridge Wells. “The growth in our London office has been fantastic but there are only so many lawyers you can recruit into Tunbridge Wells, lovely though it […]
The East Midlands harbours few notable attractions beyond Chatsworth House’s festive allure and Nottingham’s modest shopping and nightlife scene. The legal sector here lacks a standout player, with only a faint echo of recognition for Browne Jacobson and Freeths, and the disappearance of once-independent entities like Fraser Brown into the fold of serial acquirer Knights […]
West Midlands: Everyone’s all about the wellbeing now, but some aspects of it are harder to crack than others – not least, the increasing prevalence of technology in our lives. Lawyers in particular are often desk-bound or required to constantly check their smartphone, and work long into the night in front of a laptop. But […]