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Pinsents LLPs: £9m property charge and £25m incentive for London move
Pinsents Masons’ incurred a one-off property charge of £9m in 2010-11, cutting profit available for discretionary division between partners from £63.3m to £54.3m according to limited liability partnership(LLP) accounts recently filed with Compani...
10 Feb 2012 | 16:25
Pinsents and McGrigors confirm management roles for merged firm's May launch
The McGrigors brand name is to disappear from the UK legal market when the Scots law firm formally ties up with national practice Pinsent Masons later this year. The two firms confirmed their merger earlier this week (6 February) following a vote b...
10 Feb 2012 | 00:00 | 2 comments
Pinsents and McGrigors confirm merger under Pinsent Masons brand
Pinsent Masons and McGrigors are set to merge on 1 May, with the combined firm to operate under the Pinsents banner. Partners at both firms approved the union in a vote which closed on Friday (3 February), paving the way for the creation of a firm...
06 Feb 2012 | 11:12
McGrigors acts as Jimmy Choo moves headquarters to London
McGrigors has advised Jimmy Choo on its move to a new London HQ in Westminster, with the luxury footwear brand taking on 37,000 sq ft on Victoria Street. London real estate head Suzanne Gill led a seven-strong team from the firm that included const...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
McGrigors partners to begin voting over Pinsents merger deal
McGrigors partners are set to vote tomorrow (3 February) on the firm’s proposed merger with Pinsent Masons. Voting will open tomorrow morning at the Scottish firm after the pair confirmed last month that they were in discussions about a union tha...
02 Feb 2012 | 18:14
Pinsents and McGrigors in merger talks over near-£300m tie-up
Pinsent Masons and McGrigors are in merger talks over a deal that could create a combined firm with revenues of around £282m. The talks have been confirmed by both firms today (19 January) with partner votes expected to be held in February. If ...
19 Jan 2012 | 15:26
McGrigors consults on overhaul of maternity and sickness policies
McGrigors is considering a number of changes to its employee benefits system relating to the firm's maternity leave and sick pay policies. The firm is proposing the introduction of bonuses for mothers who return to work early, as well as a new poli...
16 Sep 2011 | 11:05 | 
DWF keeps on 100% of trainees as McGrigors retains 72%
DWF has posted a 100% retention rate for its autumn 2011 intake of newly-qualified lawyers (NQs). The northwest firm, which runs one trainee intake each year, is set to keep on all 16 of its trainee solicitors. The figure marks an increase on last yea...
23 Aug 2011 | 16:07 |
Hardwicke Chambers, McGrigors and Herbert Smith win Veolia panel roles
Veolia has reviewed its UK panel arrangements, with Herbert Smith and McGrigors winning first-time appointments. In an unusual move, the French utility giant has also added a barristers' chambers to its external legal line-up for the first time, wi...
10 Aug 2011 | 17:29 |
Stephenson Harwood boosts City real estate with McGrigors hire
Stephenson Harwood has added to its City real estate practice with the hire of McGrigors London partner Stephen Sumpton. Sumpton, who made the move between the two firms earlier this month (6 June), had been a partner at McGrigors since 2002. Befor...
23 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
McGrigors secures 'principal partner' referral deal with US law firm
McGrigors has made its first foray into the US market by signing a referral deal with US firm Husch Blackwell. The so-called 'principal partner' relationship will mean that both organisations will have preferred supplier status on transatlantic wor...
11 Apr 2011 | 12:10 |
Molson Coors appoints six firms to first UK legal panel
Herbert Smith and DLA Piper are among six firms to have been appointed to brewer Molson Coors' first formal UK legal panel. The panel, which was put together by legal director and company secretary Sue Albion after a competitive tender process, als...
17 Mar 2011 | 01:01 |
McGrigors makes Middle East debut with launch of Qatar office
McGrigors has opened its first base in the Middle East with the launch of an office in Qatar. The Doha office, which opened today (14 March) in the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), will be headed by energy and infrastructure partner James Elwen, who h...
14 Mar 2011 | 11:42 |
McGrigors votes in Masters for second term as managing partner
McGrigors managing partner Richard Masters has been re-elected to serve a second term at the helm of the big four Scots firm. Masters will continue in his role as managing partner for a further three years, which will officially begin on 31 March, ...
08 Feb 2011 | 12:05 |
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 |
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