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Unsung heroes of the City – why London’s businesses should listen when lawyers speak
CLLS’ Alasdair Douglas makes the case for why corporates in the City should give weight to lawyers’ advice
28 Jul 2011 | 00:00 | 
Quartet of top UK firms confirm retention rates for September NQs
Herbert Smith and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) are among a raft of firms to have announced their September trainee retention rates this month. Herbert Smith is set to keep on 44 out of 55 of its newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) this autumn, equating ...
19 Jul 2011 | 16:47 |
Travers announces static turnover as partner profits drop 8%
Travers Smith has announced its 2010-11 financial results with turnover remaining static at £72m, against an 8% drop in profits per equity partner (PEP).The firm has seen PEP fall to £650,000 down from £705,000 in 2009-10, with management attribut...
08 Jul 2011 | 16:00 |
Ex-Travers senior partner appointed as City of London Law Society chair
Travers Smith's former senior partner Alasdair Douglas has been named the next chairman of the City of London Law Society (CLLS). Douglas will replace David McIntosh, who is retiring after seven years in the role, as of Monday (13 June). The role i...
10 Jun 2011 | 11:58 |
Hogan Lovells and Travers act on multimillion-pound Jimmy Choo purchase
Hogan Lovells has taken a lead role on a high-profile deal in the fashion industry which has seen exclusive shoe brand Jimmy Choo sold to a family-run holding company. The value of the deal - which saw Labelux fight off competition from private equ...
23 May 2011 | 14:10 |
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Travers makes up part-time lawyer in partnership promotions round
Travers Smith is to make up five new partners in its annual promotion round, including the firm’s first partner to be promoted while working part-time. Emily Clark will become a partner in the tax practice when the promotions take effect on 1 Ju...
12 May 2011 | 12:29 |
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Travers to select line-up to handle future outsourced work for firm
Travers Smith is set to draw up a formal list of organisations to outsource legal work to in anticipation of growing client demand. The firm will review its options over the coming months and put together a list of three organisations it can use wh...
21 Apr 2011 | 08:18 |
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Four firms take away roles on private equity sale of EAT sandwich chain
A quartet of UK law firms have taken roles on the buyout of high street food chain EAT by private equity group Lyceum Capital. Travers Smith advised Lyceum on the deal, while CMS Cameron McKenna acted for EAT and its management. Dickson Minto took ...
04 Apr 2011 | 15:22 |
Lessons from a rollercoaster - what deal professionals can learn from private equity's years of turbulence
Travers Smith's Philip Sanderson asks what lessons deal professionals should take from private equity's years of turbulence
29 Mar 2011 | 05:57 |
Travers recruits first US-qualified partner with CC capital markets hire
Travers Smith has made its first US-qualified partner hire, bringing in Clifford Chance (CC) Milan partner Charles Casassa for its City practice. Casassa is due to join Travers' London corporate practice next month from the Milan office of CC, wher...
07 Feb 2011 | 13:04 |
Travers instructed by Sir Stelios over unpaid fees lawsuit from Bird & Bird
EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has instructed Travers Smith to defend him with regards to a lawsuit brought against him by Bird & Bird for a six-digit sum of unpaid fees. The dispute between Sir Stelios and Bird & Bird arose after the law...
12 Jan 2011 | 15:38 |
Travers and Linklaters lead the way on £1.6bn shopping centre sale
Travers Smith and Linklaters have bagged roles advising on the £1.6bn sale of the Trafford Centre. Travers advised long-standing client Peel Holdings, which sold the Trafford Centre to Capital Shopping Centres Group (CSC) for £1.6bn. The deal was a...
03 Dec 2010 | 12:13 |
Ashurst, Latham and Travers act on £450m sale of Britax to Nordic Capital
Ashurst, Latham & Watkins and Travers Smith have taken lead roles on the £450m sale of Britax Childcare to Nordic Capital. Ashurst fielded a team led by corporate head Stephen Lloyd advising Nordic on the deal, which represents the first buyout of...
01 Dec 2010 | 09:57 |
Law Firm of the Year 2010 – irritatingly transparent, riskily unfixed
While I'd personally be quite happy to run an awards ceremony that saw Legal Week hand out prizes to our mates in smoke-filled, bribe-strewn rooms, wiser counsel has prevailed in recent years meaning the British Legal Awards has had the benefit of an ...
18 Nov 2010 | 16:13 | 2 comments
Freshfields leads line-up of firms on £450m Vue cinema private equity buyout
A raft of law firms including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom are advising on Doughty Hanson's £450m acquisition of cinema chain Vue Entertainment. Skadden advised Doughty, with London partner Allan Murray-Jone...
16 Nov 2010 | 10:29 |
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