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 […]
The smaller you are, the harder it is to grow – that’s a basic rule of the UK200 law firms. In most years, great hulking brutes like DLA Piper will put on millions in revenue, while tadpoles like Brachers or Morr & Co (who they?) struggle to eke out any organic growth at all. But […]
Personal injury and clinical negligence firm Simpson Millar made a pre-tax loss of £6.3m in the 2022 financial year, and is due to repay a £25m loan to its parent company Doorway Holdings in December 2023, its accounts on Companies House show. The firm’s turnover was £31.3m in 2022, up slightly from £29.9m; however it […]