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  • December 13, 2009 |

    Cobbetts

    With the bruising partnership restructuring of 2006 now in the past, it's a make-or-break period for this emerging national player.

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  • December 13, 2009 |

    Hammonds

    The national giant continues to wrestle with the consequences of its over-expansion in the 1990s.

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  • December 13, 2009 |

    Eversheds

    Sprawling national giant that seems to be slowly gaining a bit more direction. One to watch.

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  • December 2, 2009 |

    LLP filings show nearly 400 partners left UK top 20 firms in 2009

    The UK's top 20 law firms have seen nearly 400 partners leave since the beginning of 2009, with Clifford Chance (CC), Eversheds and Allen & Overy (A&O) topping the departure rankings. Limited liability partnership (LLP) filings with Companies House show that 384 partners have left the UK's largest 20 firms by revenue since 1 January – in a year in which many firms have been actively restructuring their partnerships and managing out partners. This figure rises to 496 including partners resigning from the LLP but remaining with the firms as consultants or offices outside the LLP.

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  • December 1, 2009 |

    Eversheds lands role on £500m Thames Gateway regeneration scheme

    Eversheds has secured a role on a £500m regeneration scheme for the Thames Gateway region. The top 10 firm will advise on the transformation of Purfleet in the Thames Gateway, under a public-private partnership agreement, which was given the green light from the Department of Communities and Local Government recently.

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  • December 1, 2009 |

    Independent Law Firms in Europe: A model of resilience

    The global recession has done little to alter the faith of Europe's independents in the strength of their law firm models. While the global UK and US-based firms have been busy with internal housekeeping and the struggle for position in their home markets, Europe's independent law firms cannot be accused of having let the opportunity pass them by.

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  • November 18, 2009 |

    Eight more UK top 30 firms size up legal outsourcing moves

    Some of the City's leading law firms are considering outsourcing legal work as increasing numbers of firms look to cut costs by using external providers for both legal and business support. Linklaters, SJ Berwin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and CMS Cameron McKenna are among eight firms within the top 30 currently looking at introducing some aspects of legal process outsourcing (LPO).

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  • November 17, 2009 |

    Olswang posts 3% decrease in revenues at half-year stage

    Olswang has recorded a drop in half-year revenues, with turnover dipping to £43.3m. The drop marks a 3% decrease on the same period in 2008, when the UK top 50 firm posted fee income of £44.7m.

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  • November 16, 2009 |

    Beachcroft boosts half-year revenues by 15% to £62m

    Beachcroft has posted a 15% increase in revenues for the first half of 2009-2010. The figures, which were announced internally at a partnership conference last week (13 November), show fee income at the firm rising to £62m - a 14.8% increase on the figure of £54m recorded during the the same period last year.

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  • November 12, 2009 |

    Wragges becomes latest firm to post H1 results with turnover down 3%

    Wragge & Co has recorded a drop in half-year turnover, with revenues dipping to £47.5m. The drop marks a 3% decrease in fee income from the same period in 2008, when Wragges posted revenues of £49m.

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