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Financials 2022/23: Taylor Wessing sustains global growth for fifth year in a row
With the financial reporting season in full swing, Taylor Wessing has unveiled its latest results, becoming a €500m firm for the first time. The firm experienced slower growth compared to the previous …
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Financials 2022/23: HFW posts best-ever results
HFW has posted its best-ever financial results for the financial year 2022/23. After a slight dip of 1% to £198.7m in 2022, revenue climbed by more than 13% to £225.3m. …
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‘A powerful position’: Youle succeeds Trivedi as Skadden London head
Rich Youle, Skadden’s much-admired co-head of private equity, has taken over from Pranav Trivedi as the head of Skadden’s London office. Youle (pictured) took the helm on 1 July and …
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Ince unable to pay creditors in full as administration draws to a close
Following their appointment as joint administrators for Ince on 28 April 2023, Andrew Hosking and Sean Bucknall of Quantuma Advisory have filed a statement of administrator’s proposal (the Quantuma proposal) at Companies …
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‘An excellent foundation from which to build’: Clifford Chance appoints new office managing partner in New York
Less than two weeks after Clifford Chance revealed the opening of a new office in Houston, the firm has announced the appointment of long-time CC real estate lawyer Ness Cohen as managing partner …
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‘I want the firm to be more ambitious and more confident’: Stephenson Harwood rebounds with double-digit revenue growth
Stephenson Harwood has reported an 11% rise in turnover to £228m from £206m for 2022/23, the firm’s highest-ever revenue. It comes after the firm reported largely flat financials for the year …
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‘Our clients led us to Houston’: Clifford Chance launches energy-focused Texan office as part of US expansion plans
Clifford Chance has opened a new office in Houston, bolstering its global energy and infrastructure practice in the US. The firm has hired seven Houston-based partners to join the office, including …
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Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling announce merger
In what the firms describe as ‘the first fully integrated global elite law firm’ Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling have announced a planned merger to create a ‘unique …
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Russ to step down as Travers Smith senior partner
Kathleen Russ has taken the decision to step down as senior partner of Travers Smith, following a leave of absence for ‘exceptional family reasons’. Russ (pictured) will return to her …
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‘Crisis averted’: City banking and corporate partners react as HSBC acquires SVB UK
After a tense weekend of negotiations, the Bank of England announced on 13 March that HSBC would buy the UK branch of collapsed US bank Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The …
