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The Transfer Window: a round-up of recent moves including SJB, Eversheds and BLP
SJ Berwin has added another energy partner to its London headquarters with the hire of Stuart Jordan from Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM). Jordan, who has been at GTM since late 2010 when he joined from DLA Piper, is an engineering and construction s...
31 Jan 2012 | 10:19
Norton Rose and Maclay Murray win roles on dairy company sale
Norton Rose and Maclay Murray & Spens have taken key advisory roles on the sale of Scottish dairy company Robert Wiseman Dairies to Germany’s Muller. The deal, announced earlier this month (16 January), will see the company change hands for £279...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Maclay Murray boosts London corporate with Pinsents partner hire
Maclay Murray & Spens has strengthened its London corporate practice with a partner hire from Pinsent Masons. Darius Lewington joined the firm last month after nine years at Pinsents, where he worked on domestic and cross-border corporate transactions...
05 Oct 2011 | 11:33 | 
DLA Piper and Maclays take roles on Jane Norman restructuring and sale
DLA Piper has picked up a lead role on the administration and subsequent sale of failed fashion chain Jane Norman. The transatlantic firm advised administrators Zolfo Cooper as well as the syndicate of lending banks on the restructuring that saw the c...
29 Jun 2011 | 13:13 |
Maclays signs up Shepherd and Wedderburn energy partner
Maclay Murray & Spens has boosted its Aberdeen energy practice with the hire of Shepherd and Wedderburn partner Richard Cockburn. Cockburn, who specialises in utilities regulation as well as commercial and competition law within the energy sector, ...
16 Mar 2011 | 12:57 |
Maclays appoints real estate head as new chief exec as Swanson steps down
Maclay Murray & Spens has elected a new chief executive with Chris Smylie taking over the reigns from Magnus Swanson. Smylie will take up his new role on 1 June 2011 when Swanson's third term at the helm of the big four Scots firm comes to an end. ...
20 Jan 2011 | 16:01 |
Big four Scots firms win roles on first legal panel for Edinburgh Council
Scotland's big four firms have been appointed to the City of Edinburgh Council's first legal panel. The panel, which was completed at the end of last year, sees McGrigors, Dundas & Wilson, Shepherd and Wedderburn and Maclay Murray & Spens appointed...
07 Jan 2011 | 13:59 |
Maclays LLPs reveal 80% drop in net debt and 11% partnership reduction
Maclay Murray & Spens reduced its net debt by more than 80% during the last financial year, according to the firm's latest limited liability partnership (LLP) filings. During 2009-10 the big four Scots firm saw net debt come down from £3.4m to £5...
17 Nov 2010 | 15:30 |
Maclays boosts partner profits by 20% alongside turnover drop
Maclay Murray & Spens has posted a dip in revenues and a hike in partner profits for 2009-10, in line with the trend seen at many other UK firms this year. The Scottish firm saw profits per equity partner (PEP) rise 20.5% from last year's figure of...
16 Jul 2010 | 17:26 |
Maclay Murray & Spens
The big four Scots firm is not alone among its Caledonian brethren in targeting the City for recent investment
14 Dec 2009 | 00:13 | 1 comment
Maclays takes lead on £350m Grampian buy-out
Maclay Murray & Spens has landed a role opposite Anglo-American Mayer Brown on the £350m acquisition of meat supplier Grampian Country Food Group by Vion. Scottish leader Maclays took the lead role for Grampian, with Aberdeen chief Alastair Wyper lea...
03 Jul 2008 | 03:33 |
Maclays, Rosenblatts win roles on talent agency buy-out
Rosenblatt Solicitors and Maclay Murray & Spens have come to the fore as a consortium led by former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil rescues talent agency Peters Fraser & Dunlop (PFD). The agency, which was hit by a spate of high-profile departures las...
30 Jun 2008 | 15:56 |
Scots giant Maclays makes up four to partner
Scots giant Maclay Murray & Spens has announced the promotion of four new partners, with the firm's offices in Edinburgh and London picking up two promotions apiece. Corporate lawyer Brian Moore steps up to partner and will relocate from Glasgow to Ed...
20 May 2008 | 15:36 |
Scotland: Home and away
From London to Aberdeen, Scotland's law firms are branching out and the English are moving in. But is the success of some Scots firms' London operations a cause for concern among those rooted to Edinburgh and Glasgow - or does London success come at a...
09 Aug 2007 | 02:30 |
Maclays revenue up 12% as PEP breaks £300k
Maclay Murray & Spens has unveiled robust financial results for 2006-07, with the big four Scots firm posting double-digit growth in profits and fee income. Average profits per equity partner at Maclays now stands at £315,000 - a 15% increase on the ...
02 Jul 2007 | 13:33 |
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