Beyond the Bubble: Gateley switches to Yorkshire Tea after staff slam Tetley
This week: HSF and Kramer Levin isn’t the only merger in town, while another firm takes action after a staff survey revealed much dissatisfaction with its choice of tea.
DLA is losing its grip on Leeds
The evolution of Leeds’ legal scene is representative of how the UK legal market is changing shape. Just 18 months ago, Leeds was dominated by five firms, including local stalwart (Walker Morris with 57 partners) and a group of national firms with regional roots: Addleshaw Goddard (44), Eversheds Sutherland (35), Pinsent Masons (34) and DLA […]
Beyond the Bubble: Howard Kennedy real estate head triumphs in managing partner vote
This week in Beyond the Bubble, in association with LexisNexis… London: Howard Kennedy has elected a new managing partner to succeed its long-time leader Craig Emden. Head of real estate James Stewart won the vote and will take up the position at the head of the firm from 1 May 2025. Emden has been sole managing partner […]
Walker Morris sells 34-strong team to Leeds newcomer
Flint Bishop has acquired Walker Morris’s 34-strong volume banking and finance recoveries division to launch in Leeds. As part of the transfer, director Justin Coley will continue in the role of head of recoveries, while Rebecca Calland and Ellen McLean have been promoted to the position of partner. Other key figures joining from Walker Morris […]
Beyond the Bubble: Walker Morris goes to pot
This week, a Yorkshire firm is investing to meet its staff’s new demands after doubling revenue in three years, while Walker Morris employees try a new hobby.
Ward Hadaway’s Newcastle offices get open-plan makeover
Ward Hadaway is set to transform both its Newcastle offices into open-plan spaces to enhance hybrid working and maximise occupancy. The firm has been operating out of both Sandgate House and Keel Row House by the River Tyne for years, with teams split across the two buildings. Keel Row House is the more modern of […]
This duo is having another crack at Leeds
In recent years, Leeds has become a hotbed for new players in the legal arena. And so the burning question old-timers have been asking is: what are their ambitions and how’s that going to affect us? Well, Gowling WLG appears content with its real estate team from Womble Bond Dickinson and has no major expansion […]
Beyond the Bubble: Thrings ploughs its own furrow
South West: Growth at Exeter-headquartered firm Michelmores has hit a 10-year high following a period of inward investment. Beyond the Bubble, in association with LexisNexis: Revenue at the firm climbed 14 per cent from £42.8m to £48.8m, just shy of the psychologically important £50m revenue barrier, which the firm is likely to hit next year. […]
Beyond the Bubble: Mills & Reeve doubles Leeds footprint – plus a bumper financials update
Leeds: Mills & Reeve is soon to double its footprint in Leeds with the relocation of its office. Beyond the Bubble, in association with LexisNexis: While the firm is staying put at 1 City Square, it is vacating its current premises on the fourth floor and has agreed to take a 10,200 sq ft office […]
Clifford Chance’s Newcastle boss exits firm
The head of Clifford Chance’s office in Newcastle has left the firm after six years in charge. Lucy Nixon left the firm last week. She joined in 2018 when Clifford Chance acquired Carillion Advice Services, the paralegal and managed legal services arm of the contractor. Nixon joined Carillion in October 2007 as an operations manager, […]
Yorkshire firm launches inaugural bonus scheme
Yorkshire firm Switalskis has rolled out its first formal bonus scheme, as the firm edges closer to the £30m revenue mark. The new scheme came into effect in April 2024, replacing the previous approach whereby bonuses were issued on an ad hoc basis. The new scheme is split into two tiers. The first tier is […]
Beyond the Bubble: Clarion’s world takeover
Clarion is making significant strides in the international legal market – despite having only one office and belonging to no formal network.