Clifford Chance is gearing up to find a new home for its Newcastle shared services centre, making it the firm’s second UK property review alongside a possible move in London. The magic circle firm is understood to be kicking off the search in Newcastle ahead of the lease expiry of its lease in Partnership House, […]
DLA Piper is assessing its property options in Liverpool and Sheffield as the firm’s leases in the cities draw to an end. The firm’s next lease event in the UK in Liverpool in late 2022, while it is 2024 in Sheffield. DLA said it is “exploring how we can move to innovative and exciting space” […]
Norton Rose Fulbright is building out its Newcastle hub with the creation of more fee-earner roles alongside a graduate solicitor apprenticeship that will be available for existing and future paralegals. The firm’s North East base will be bolstered by 10 new associates in its corporate, banking, disputes and real estate teams, with its Newcastle office made […]
Gateley has opened a new office in Newcastle, which will be spearheaded by a partner from Ward Hadaway. The new base in the North East represents the listed firm’s 11th UK office, with new partner Helen O’Neill joining office head George Parker-Fuller and associate Emma Taylor. Gateley’s Newcastle offering will be focused on residential development. […]
Yorkshire firm Switalskis has bought clinical negligence specialist Pryers Solicitors, the latest in a series of acquisitions by the firm in its home region. Pryers is a York-based firm, founded in 2002 and previously owned by Pure Business Group, which owns a suite of legal brands. Switalskis has acquired it for an undisclosed sum; the […]
The revenue of Clifford Chance‘s Newcastle office has hit £5m, three years after the acquisition of Carillion Advice Services (CAS), the paralegal and managed legal services arm of the defunct contractor. The office’s limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts show that the hub’s turnover increased 66 per cent over the last financial year, growing from £3m […]
The University of Law (ULaw) is to partner with the University of Sheffield to run the latter institution’s vocational law courses from January 2021. ULaw will take over the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), and will also lead the rollout of the Solicitors Qualification Exam (SQE). The institution has […]
Norton Rose Fulbright‘s innovation arm has netted £10m worth of instructions in the last quarter, as the firm reorganised its Newcastle services hub. The client offerings developed by the firm’s 130-strong change and innovation programme NRF Transform over the past few months have resulted in a slew of profitable projects despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The […]
A seven-strong team of barristers have left Wilberforce Barristers Chambers in Hull to set up a new family and criminal set in the city. Crown Chambers was launched this month, with Wilberforce’s Naomi Madderson heading up the set. She is joined by six other barristers in the Hull-headquartered family law chambers. Madderson is joined at […]
National firm Weightmans has acquired a regional player in the North of England, in a move that will enable it to set up shop in Newcastle for the first time. Weightmans has bought Watson Burton, which has offices in Newcastle, Leeds and London. The deal went live today and sees Weightmans take on 64 new […]
Clifford Chance is looking to increase the headcount of its recently acquired Carillion Advice Services (CAS) hub in Newcastle, pitting it against Norton Rose Fulbright’s similar operations that launched the previous year. The Lawyer has learned that the magic circle firm aims to reach 75 employees in the city by the end of the financial […]
Norton Rose Fulbright is edging closer to its target of 100 employees in its Newcastle services hub, with the competition for talent heating up after the takeover of Carillion’s legal hub by Clifford Chance earlier this year. Norton Rose Fulbright is to take on a second floor of its Newcastle building, having launched in the North […]