RPC financials: revenue growth slows and profit falls by 8%
RPC has seen its profits slump by 8 per cent in the 2016/17 financial year and turnover grow by 2 per cent, reaching a record-high of £103m.
Alex Taylor
Alex is The Lawyer’s international editor. He joined in 2017 as a reporter covering litigation and the Bar, leaving in 2019 and returning in 2021.
Shoosmiths posts 17 per cent rise in profit but PEP stays static
Shoosmiths has announced a 17 per cent rise in profit to £29.3m and a fifth consecutive year-on-year turnover growth of 9 per cent to £116.7m.
Norton Rose partner Wilkinson joins Clyde & Co in UAE
Norton Rose Fulbright TMT partner Dino Wilkinson has joined Clyde & Co to boost firm’s Abu Dhabi office.
Pinsent Masons posts 11 per cent turnover growth as PEP rises to £625,000
Pinsent Masons has posted double-digit revenue growth for the 2016/17 financial year, while profit per equity partner (PEP) reached £625,000.
Kennedys strengthens Manchester with nine-partner merger
Kennedys has increased its commercial litigation department after it announced a merger with Manchester firm Berg.
Eversheds and DLA lead on Link Group’s £888m Capita buy
Eversheds Sutherland and DLA Piper won key advisory roles in the £888m sale of Capita Asset Services to the Link Group.
DWF names new head of costs after NeoLaw purchase
DWF has named Simon Murray as a partner and its new head of costs after the purchase of Keely’s cost division NeoLaw for a non-disclosable fee.
Kennedys boosts global turnover by 8% as debt hits £20.3m
Kennedys has shown eight per cent growth for the 2016/17 financial year as turnover grew from £138.8m to £149.9m.
Clifford Chance and Cleary act as Google is fined $2.7bn
Clifford Chance and Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton led in a case which has seen Google hit with a $2.7bn (£2.1bn) fine from the European Commission for abusing its position to promote its own shopping service.
Clifford Chance names new Germany PE head
Clifford Chance has named co-head of corporate Anselm Raddatz as its new head of private equity in Germany.
Best in Class roundtable: culture takes time
How do you judge a firm’s will to innovate? Answer: see how open their head of risk is to the idea. So, in conjunction with The Lawyer Awards (in association with Travelers) it is time to ask what innovation means for the legal industry in 2017.
Eversheds Sutherland: The 2020 masterplan
At a partnership meeting this week, Eversheds Sutherland co-CEOs Lee Ranson and Mark Wasserman outlined their three year expansion strategy.