Weekly Update – 16th of June 2025

Moves: UK & Ireland White & Case boosts City private equity practice with hire of Ropes Hall of Famer White & Case has ramped up its private equity capabilities in London with the hire of leading partner Helen Croke from Ropes & Gray. Hausfeld hires competition partner from Scott+Scott in London Litigation boutique Hausfeld has hired […]

Navigating Private Equity Talent: Strategic Hiring Trends in London’s Legal Market

Fides have extensive experience in helping clients find the right talent within the highly competitive Private Equity-focused legal market. In this article, we provide insights gained firsthand from our searches, coupled with an analysis of the data we’ve gathered on lateral hires in the year to date. We offer a view on how law firms […]

Private Equity Shake-Up: The Driving Force Behind London’s Record Partner Moves

                This article explores the drivers behind recent lateral partner hires in the London legal market with a lens on Private Equity and why the high rate of partner hires in this space seems set to continue. In addition, a case study of one UK firm’s positioning in […]

Weekly Update – 9th of June 2025

Financials: Kennedys breaches £400m revenue barrier as it eyes becoming a billion-dollar law firm International specialist insurance firm Kennedys has posted record revenue of £428m, a 13% jump on last year’s results. CMS boosts NQ solicitor pay in London to £120k CMS has increased the salaries of its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers in London to £120,000, […]

Weekly Update – 2nd of June 2025

Financials: Profits Swelled at Hughes Hubbard in 2024, With PEP Up 24% Hughes Hubbard & Reed saw modest revenue growth in 2024, while profits per equity partner surged by 24.1%, driven by robust demand in litigation, aviation finance, and corporate transactions. Starting law firm associate pay has been flat since 2023, NALP reports The median […]

Weekly Update – 27th of May 2025

Financials: As Dell Hits Groove, GC’s Pay Soars 63% Pay for Dell Technologies General Counsel Richard Rothberg ballooned last year, thanks to stock grants the maker of computer hardware awards every three years.   Three UK law firms – Shoosmiths, Linklaters LLP, and Weightmans LLP – have reported top financial performance for the 2023/24 fiscal year Shoosmiths’ […]

Weekly Update – 19th of May 2025

Moves: UK & Ireland John Small joins Marsh as head of private equity, M&A and transactional risk Lawyer John Small has joined insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh as head of private equity, M&A, and transactional risk in Ireland. Squire Patton Boggs appoints Jason O’Donnell to lead real estate practice Mr. O’Donnell, who joins from […]

Weekly Update – 12th of May 2025

Moves: UK & Ireland A&O Shearman Suffers Another Partner Departure as Paul Weiss Continues London Expansion An analysis by Law.com last month revealed that A&O Shearman had seen the departure of 60 partners over the past eight months. They have experienced yet another defection as partner Nick Charlwood leaves the firm’s restructuring team to join […]

Weekly Update – 6th of May 2025

Financials:  Unfazed by Losing Antitrust Suits, Alphabet Makes Kent Walker First US GC to Break $30M Pay Barrier  Despite significant antitrust defeats, Alphabet’s Kent Walker just became the first U.S. general counsel to surpass $30M in annual pay.  Dallas-Founded Trial Firm Brewer to Boost First-Year Associate Salaries to $300K April 28, 2025…Dallas, TX – Brewer, […]

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