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Wragges and Travers take on 100% as raft of firms confirm NQ retention
Linklaters, Wragge & Co and Travers Smith are among a cluster of firms to have released their March retention rates, with Wragges and Travers both taking on 100% of their newly qualified (NQ) lawyers.
08 Feb 2012 | 14:19
Ex-Macfarlanes partner handed jail term for perverting course of justice
Former Macfarlanes banking partner Francis Bridgeman has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after claiming he had been kidnapped in order to avoid being arrested for drink-driving.
20 Jan 2012 | 15:48
Macfarlanes corporate partner exits firm for new in-house role
Macfarlanes corporate partner Rachel Bond has left the firm and taken up an in-house role at financial services company Byhiras. Bond left Macfarlanes at the close of 2011 and joined Byhiras earlier this month. Her role at the company, which was la...
19 Jan 2012 | 08:36 | 2 comments
Macfarlanes adds hedge funds team with City boutique takeover
Macfarlanes has taken over specialist hedge fund law firm D Harris & Co International (DHCI) in a bid to grow the firm's footprint in the hedge fund market. All of DHCI's nine City-based employees have joined Macfarlanes' private equity practice to...
16 Jan 2012 | 10:54
Slaughters and Macfarlanes take lead roles on cut-price sale of Comet
Slaughter and May and Macfarlanes have lined up to advise on the sale of struggling UK electrical retailer Comet Group to private equity house OpCapita for just £2. Slaughters is advising Comet parent company Kesa Electricals on the sale of Comet’s...
10 Nov 2011 | 12:37 | 
Macfarlanes accounts show top earner took home £2.2m for 2010-11
Macfarlanes' highest-paid member earned a £2.2m share of the firm's profits during the last financial year - almost double the equivalent figure in 2009-10 of £1.15m. The figure, which includes payments made in relation to the partner's retiremen...
28 Oct 2011 | 16:12 |
Dealmaker: Nicola Richards
Macfarlanes corporate partner on golf rage, supporting diversity and a truly memorable deal...
20 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Macfarlanes set to launch new projects and infrastructure practice
Macfarlanes is set to continue diversifying its practice away from its traditional corporate focus, with the firm planning to launch a projects and infrastructure group in the coming months. The firm hopes to launch the practice in order to take ad...
13 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Skadden recruits Macfarlanes partner to launch new City practice
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is launching an investment management practice in London with the hire of Macfarlanes funds partner Stephen Sims. The launch, which will happen in the coming months after Sims has worked out a notice period, will g...
21 Sep 2011 | 10:00 |
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Macfarlanes signs up Shearman partner to lead real estate practice
Macfarlanes has recruited a new head of real estate with the hire of a senior partner from US firm Shearman & Sterling. Ian Nisse will join Macfarlanes at the end of the month after seven years as a partner at Shearman, where he was international c...
09 Sep 2011 | 09:42 |
Macfarlanes, Herbert Smith lead as BPO buys marketing company
Macfarlanes and Herbert Smith have lined up to advise on the acquisition of marketing company Tag by business process outsourcer Williams Lea. Macfarlanes advised Williams Lea led by corporate partner Stephen Drewitt, while Herbert Smith advised Ta...
21 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
Macfarlanes posts increases in both revenue and PEP for 2010-11
Macfarlanes has posted its 2010-11 financial results, with both revenue and profits per equity partner (PEP) increasing at the firm after a slight dip last year. The firm has seen turnover grow 2.5% to £94.7m, up from £92.4m last year, while PEP ...
08 Jul 2011 | 17:27 |
A&O, Macfarlanes and BLG confirm autumn NQ retention rates
Allen & Overy (A&O), Macfarlanes and Barlow Lyde & Gilbert have all confirmed their trainee retention figures for autumn 2011. A&O is set to retain 38 of its 53 newly-qualified lawyers (NQs), giving the magic circle firm a retention rate of 72%, af...
05 Jul 2011 | 17:04 |
Macfarlanes turns to Clifford Chance for structured finance hire
Macfarlanes has boosted its structured finance practice with the hire of Clifford Chance (CC) partner Rachel Kelly.Kelly is set to join the firm next week from the City banking and finance practice at CC and will be the first partner in Macfarlanes’...
31 May 2011 | 13:56 |
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Macfarlanes appoints Meek as firm's new head of corporate
Macfarlanes has appointed a new head of corporate, with Charles Meek taking up the role from 1 May. Meek has replaced Kevin Tuffnell in the post and has been appointed for a three-year term.
04 May 2011 | 12:24 |
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