UK Interest

RBG quashes sell-off rumours in wake of share price slump

RBG Holdings, which comprises Rosenblatt and Memery Crystal, has dismissed market speculation it is looking to be acquired. The business, which includes the litigation-focused Rosenblatt and the corporate-focused Memery Crystal within its legal services division, RBG Legal Services, listed on the AIM market in 2018. However, it has seen revenue, profits and its share price […]

DLA Piper names new UK chief

DLA Piper has appointed its next UK managing partner to take over from Liam Cowell in December, The Lawyer can reveal. Andrew Dyson – who is the Leeds office managing partner and co-chair of the data, privacy and cybersecurity practice – has been selected for the role. Dyson joined DLA Piper in 2003, having spent […]

Shares at Rosenblatt’s parent group plunge to new low

Shares in listed firm, RBG Holdings, plummeted to an all-time low of 1.55p this week (share price listed on November 7). RBG Holdings, which encompasses Rosenblatt and Memery Crystal, posted a loss before tax of £5.7m at its September half-year announcement, with revenue down from £19.8m to £18.4m over the year. The firm said it […]

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The magic circle is being overtaken by 13 UK firms

Thirteen firms have more partners based in the UK than the magic circle, according to a new ranking from The Lawyer that gives a never-before-seen picture of the nation’s 300 largest legal businesses. The new report – The UK Legal Universe – brings together the UK revenues of the traditional UK firms, the US firms in London, […]

Shrewsbury

It’s all kicking off in Shropshire

What do you mean you don’t remember our Horizon email of two years ago about the Shropshire legal market? It had plenty of rambling whimsy, some irrelevant historical facts and the advice at the end that two distantly-related firms, FBC Manby Bowdler and Lanyon Bowdler, should come together to create a West Midlands superpower. That prediction […]