HAMMONDS
Hammonds eyes real estate revival with trio of senior hires
Hammonds has expanded its real estate team and launched a planning group in London with three senior hires. The national law firm is to launch a planning group in the City with the hire of Oliver Goodwin, who is set to join the firm in April from M...
18 Mar 2010 | 10:41
Hammonds and CC advise on £281m healthcare buyout by Bridgepoint
Hammonds and Clifford Chance (CC) have won leading roles on Bridgepoint Capital's £281m acquisition of social care provider Care UK. Hammonds corporate partner Trevor Ingle advised health and social care provider Care UK, a longstanding client of ...
18 Mar 2010 | 00:01
Taylor Wessing recruits Hammonds partner for Dubai arm
Taylor Wessing has hired Hammonds partner Mark Fraser to bulk up its Dubai construction practice. Fraser, who will join the UK top 50 firm at the start of May, has been a partner at Hammonds for three years, and has advised on construction law, arb...
10 Mar 2010 | 12:05
Dentons hires Hammonds nuclear partner duo
Denton Wilde Sapte has hired two partners specialising in nuclear work from Hammonds. Rupert Cowen and Jonathan Leech are expected to join Dentons' City headquarters in the energy, transport and infrastructure group later this month. Leech is curre...
01 Mar 2010 | 12:53
Hammonds shuts up shop in Munich in wake of Eversheds departures
Hammonds is to close its Munich office in the wake of the departure of a five-lawyer team to Eversheds. The national firm has opted to pull out of Munich from 31 March and instead enter into a referral agreement with local patent law firm Gulde Hen...
23 Feb 2010 | 09:55
Eversheds and Hammonds head up firms on northwest development agency panel
Eversheds and Hammonds have won prime roles on the Northwest Regional Development Agency's (NWDA) new-look panel. The NWDA has overhauled its panel, moving away from a single roster comprising six law firms to four separate rosters covering corpora...
18 Feb 2010 | 00:01
Hammonds wins negligence claims mandate from Lloyds
Hammonds has struck a groundbreaking deal with Lloyds Banking Group that will see the firm take on the majority of the retail bank's professional negligence work. The national firm has been instructed to advise the bank as it brings increasing numb...
18 Feb 2010 | 00:01
Herbert Smith offers £10k to trainees to defer
Herbert Smith has asked a second round of incoming trainees to defer the start of their training contracts. Herbert Smith has contacted trainees due to join in September 2010 and March 2011 asking for volunteers to defer for six months, offering £10,...
17 Feb 2010 | 13:41
Hammonds wins lead role on £280m private equity buyout
Hammonds took a leading role advising on the sale of survival equipment maker Survitec Group to US private equity firm Warburg Pincus for nearly £280m. The national firm advised longstanding private equity client Montagu on its £274m disposal of ...
10 Feb 2010 | 11:30
Hammonds adds partner duo in the regions with Shoosmiths and Addleshaws hires
Hammonds has bulked up its corporate offering with two new partner hires. The national law firm has strengthened its Birmingham office with the hire of corporate partner Geoff Perry from local rival Shoosmiths, while the firm has also added to its ...
13 Jan 2010 | 11:13
Hammonds sees net debt triple to £15m during 2008-09 financial year
Hammonds saw its net debt more than triple to £15.1m during 2008-09, according to the national firm's first limited liability partnership (LLP) filings. The UK top 30 firm's combined bank loans and overdrafts reached £21.2m for 2008-09, up from Â...
11 Jan 2010 | 15:08
Hammonds
The national giant continues to wrestle with the consequences of its over-expansion in the 1990s.
14 Dec 2009 | 00:13
Hammonds wins branding role for Cath Kidston
Hammonds has secured a role acting as sole adviser to luxury retailer Cath Kidston for intellectual property (IP), branding and trademark work. The appointment officially started this month following a competitive tender process. It will see Hammon...
08 Dec 2009 | 07:17
Deferment of tax bills will be harder for firms, say tax advisers
Law firms may find it harder to defer their upcoming January tax bill as partners and tax advisers claim the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is making it tougher to defer. A number of law firms argue increased scrutiny from HMRC will make it harder for...
08 Dec 2009 | 07:14
Hammonds considers Munich exit after Eversheds departures
Hammonds is considering pulling out of Munich in the wake of Eversheds’ hire of most of the office’s lawyers. Hammonds has been reviewing its Munich business since April and was expected to reach a final decision as Legal Week went to press. ...
03 Dec 2009 | 00:13
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