Legal Week - Burges Salmon

Burges Salmon boosts turnover to new record high as PEP falls for second consecutive year

Joseph Evans, staff — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 05:03:02 -0400

Firm reaches new £90m revenue high as investment in tech and recruitment hits PEP

EDF Energy cuts back UK legal panel by 40% as two firms win new appointments

Anna Ward, contributor — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 04:18:19 -0400

Energy company brings in fixed fee 'shopping list’ as panel is streamlined to eight firms

Living in Bristol: six reasons to go west for your next career move

Burges Salmon, staff — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:43:11 -0400

From commuting benefits to lively nightlife, working in Bristol can offer a range of benefits for jobseekers looking further afield then London

Burges Salmon and Gowling WLG announce 2018 partner promotions with fewer women making the grade

Alex Berry, staff — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:24:16 -0400

Burges Salmon and Gowling WLG have promoted a combined seven lawyers to partnership

Ministry of Defence cuts legal spend to top billing advisers as magic circle firms see fees fall

Alex Berry, staff — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 05:42:16 -0500

Linklaters, Freshfields and Slaughters among advisers to see MoD billings fall last year

John Lewis recruits Smiths Group GC as new head of legal

Alex Berry, staff — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 05:56:37 -0500

Retail giant creates new partnership secretary role to supersede general counsel post

Morris dances out and Bull charges in as Burges Salmon shakes up top management

James Booth, staff — Tue, 9 Jan 2018 07:59:19 -0500

Burges Salmon appoints employment partner to managing partner role

Former Burges Salmon partner found not guilty in £245m fraud case

Joseph Evans, staff — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 12:42:02 -0500

Former Burges Salmon partner Roger Hawes has been found not guilty of a money laundering offence, following a trial at Southwark Crown Court relating…

Fieldfisher, Linklaters and A&O among winners at British Legal Awards

Legal Week, staff — Fri, 1 Dec 2017 05:32:09 -0500

All the details of the winners at this year's ceremony in London’s Finsbury Square

Former Burges Salmon partner in the dock over £245m HBOS fraud case

James Booth, staff — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 05:58:37 -0500

Roger Hawes' trial on conspiracy charges started yesterday at Southwark Crown Court

EDF Energy begins review of 14-strong UK panel with tech and innovation under scrutiny

Alex Berry and James Booth, staff — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:26:50 -0500

EDF launches review with Eversheds Sutherland and HSF among firms under the spotlight

The British Legal Awards 2017: have you made the shortlist?

Legal Week, staff — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 07:41:23 -0400

A&O, Kirkland, CMS and Fieldfisher among eight contenders for Law Firm of the Year at next month's ceremony as full shortlists for all awards are revealed

UK Top 50 2016-17: analysis, views from the market and all this year's facts and figures

Legal Week, staff — Mon, 9 Oct 2017 09:03:50 -0400

A round-up of all of this year's UK top 50 coverage

Best Employers Report 2017: The best-performing firms

Legal Week, staff — Thu, 5 Oct 2017 11:36:16 -0400

A rundown of the Top 3 Best Employers Report scores for this year's top performing firms

Best Employers 2017: Impatient employees challenge firms to improve diversity and inclusion

Legal Week, staff — Wed, 4 Oct 2017 09:41:25 -0400

Survey of 4,000+ lawyers finds that diversity, being valued and facilities top agenda for many staff

Burges Salmon sees partner profits fall 16.3% after 'challenging' 2016-17

James Booth, staff — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 04:18:30 -0400

Bristol firm cites impact of Brexit vote as PEP falls and revenue remains flat

International Private Client Forum 2017: the opportunities of disruption

Legal Week, staff — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 07:53:27 -0400

Attendees at the International Private Client Forum on what the event offers

BLP, Baker McKenzie and Pinsents rated as best law firms for social mobility in new ranking

Alex Berry, staff — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:53:10 -0400

First Social Mobility Employer Index cites 16 law firms as top performers

BT completes review of UK and Ireland advisers with 37 firms appointed

Alex Berry, staff — Mon, 3 Apr 2017 08:17:51 -0400

Raft of firms win spots as telecoms giant expands adviser network

Burges Salmon makes up Bristol trio to partnership

James Booth, staff — Mon, 3 Apr 2017 07:12:38 -0400

Firm promotes three lawyers as partner headcount approaches 90

Government streamlines £400m legal panel as Linklaters, PwC and Hogan Lovells win new roles

Alex Berry, staff — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:06:37 -0400

Seventeen firms appointed to new two-tier general legal services panel

Burges Salmon and Watson Farley appoint new senior leadership figures

James Booth, staff — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 03:09:04 -0500

UK top 50 firms fill senior management positions

British Legal Awards Energy and Infrastructure Team of the Year: Burges Salmon

Legal Week, staff — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 03:56:24 -0500

Firm takes award for work with Marks & Spencer on community funding project for solar panels

Crown Estate reviews Regent St and St James's advisers with panel merger under consideration

Alex Berry and Rose Walker, staff — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 06:09:10 -0500

Trophy roles up for review with firms including KWM in the spotlight

Pinsents, Linklaters and Vodafone among winners at British Legal Awards

Legal Week, staff — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:37:42 -0500

All the details of the award winners at this year's ceremony

‘Hierarchy is not visible' - Best Employers 2016: Burges Salmon

Legal Week, staff — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 07:45:45 -0400

Burges Salmon chief people officer Robert Halton talks to Legal Week

Burges Salmon revenue and PEP climb to record heights

James Booth, staff — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 03:01:24 -0400

Turnover at Burges Salmon climbs 8% and PEP climbs 7%

Burges Salmon promotes four to partnership and makes Travers Smith hire

James Booth, staff — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 08:12:00 -0400

Bristol-based firm takes total partner count to 85 with five new appointments to its partnership

Simmons, Clifford Chance among firms advising as UK signs £1.1bn deal for military training

Anna Ward, contributor — Fri, 5 Feb 2016 11:30:00 -0500

Simmons, Burges Salmon, Clifford Chance and Linklaters pick up mandates as Ministry of Defence appoints weapons companies for 17-year contracts

Slaughters replaces Hogan Lovells as lead adviser to John Lewis Partnership

Anna Ward, contributor — Mon, 7 Dec 2015 07:04:00 -0500

Retail group slims panel down to four and appoints Slaughter and May and Burges Salmon for the first time

Strong success for the mid-tier as UK-wide firms come roaring back

James Booth, staff — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 08:42:00 -0400

Firms with UK-wide office networks significantly out perform the rest of the market and reflect the return to growth in the UK economy

Burges Salmon posts 11% rise in profit per equity partner

James Booth, staff — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 06:23:00 -0400

The firm posted an average profit per equity partner of £488,000, marking an 11.42% increase on its 2013-14 number

Norton Rose promotes 19 women to partner in corporate-heavy round

Anna Ward, contributor — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 07:49:00 -0400

Firm increases number of promotions but proportion of women drops slightly as Burges Salmon makes up six

Government's £250m super-panel review pushed back 12 months

Justin Cash, contributor — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:03:00 -0400

Nearly 50 firms hold on to spots as government favours extending panel over launching new tender process

Freshfields, Linklaters and eight other firms win spots on MoD projects panel

Pui-Guan Man, contributor — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:08:00 -0500

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are among firms winning places on the Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) 10-strong major projects panel.

Information Technology Report 2014: Burges Salmon

Legal Week, contributor — Thu, 4 Dec 2014 11:25:00 -0500

The top-ranked firm this year, Burges Salmon is focusing on improving mobile working without reducing security.

Six firms brought in as Navy pension fund fights to fill funding gap

Justin Cash, contributor — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:18:00 -0500

A six-strong cadre of City firms have won mandates as the Merchant Navy Ratings Pensions Fund (MNRPF) has gone to court in an attempt to fill a multi-million pound hole in its fund by extracting greater contributions from members.

Ofgem renews 11 firm roster as regulator extends legal framework for two years

Justin Cash, contributor — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:27:00 -0400

Electricity and gas regulator Ofgem has reappointed all 11 firms on its E-Serve panel after exercising an option to extend its legal services framework for a further two years.

ESR Best Legal Employers: Burges Salmon

Legal Week, contributor — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 04:59:00 -0400

Bristol-based Burges Salmon stays in the top 10 UK firms for employee satisfaction again this year, placing 6th

Legal apprenticeship scheme will allow participants to qualify as solicitors

Frances Ivens, contributor — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:49:00 -0400

A raft of leading law firms and in-house teams have helped the UK government develop new apprenticeship standards for the legal profession, helping to create a potential new route to qualification.

DAC Beachcroft, Parabis among firms unveiling 2013-14 revenue hikes

Pui-Guan Man, contributor — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 06:22:00 -0400

DAC Beachcroft and Parabis Law are among a clutch of firms to report growth in firmwide revenue for the 2013-14 financial year.

Working wonders – students rate their experiences of law firm work placements

Legal Week, staff — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:17:00 -0400

As thousands of law students don their caps and gowns to receive their diplomas, they face one of the most competitive graduate job markets in history – but also one with more choice than ever before.

Virgin Group legal panel re-appointed following internal review

Frances Ivens, contributor — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 07:31:00 -0400

Virgin Group has re-appointed all eight firms on its legal panel after conducting a review of the roster, which includes Allen & Overy, Herbert Smith Freehills and Macfarlanes.

HSF and Burges Salmon act on NDA’s £7bn nuclear decommissioning contract

Anna Reynolds, contributor — Tue, 1 Apr 2014 08:29:00 -0400

Herbert Smith Freehills and Burges Salmon are among a host of firms winning roles on the £7bn decomissioning of 12 UK nuclear power sites.

Links, CC and Norton Rose named on nine-strong Green Investment Bank panel

Alex Newman, contributor — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:08:00 -0500

Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters and Norton Rose Fulbright are among nine firms to have won spots on the UK Government-backed Green Investment Bank's (GIB) first formal panel. Legal Week understands that Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O), Pinsent Masons, Burges Salmon and KWM SJ Berwin were all also successful in their pitches for the roster.

DfT invites firms to bid for advisory role on £200m Eurostar sale

Alex Newman, contributor — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:44:00 -0500

The Department for Transport (DfT) has invited firms to pitch for an advisory role on the sale of the UK's stake in Eurostar. In recent weeks, the government body has begun a tender process for the headline legal role, a DfT spokesman confirmed to Legal Week. A number of banks have also been approached to provide financial advice.

Burges Salmon wins appointment as sole property adviser to Waterstones

Pui-Guan Man, contributor — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 07:06:00 -0500

Burges Salmon has been named as the sole adviser on book chain Waterstones’ retail property portfolio. The firm, which won the role after a competitive process, will hold the role until 2016.

Firms invited to tender as delayed Nationwide panel review gets underway

Alex Newman, contributor — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 05:57:00 -0400

Nationwide has invited firms to pitch for places on its group-wide legal panel, four years after the appointment of its inaugural five-strong roster. The building society began its review process earlier this summer, after plans to start the review in early 2013 were delayed.

Burges Salmon advises as Europe's largest tidal power generation project gets go-ahead

Legal Week, contributor — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:09:00 -0400

Burges Salmon has helped secure consent for the largest tidal power generation project to have gained approval in Europe. The firm has advised MyGen - a joint venture between investment bank Morgan Stanley (45%), GDF SUEZ (45%) and tidal technology provider Atlantis Resources Corporation (10%) - on the 86MW Phase 1 Pentland Firth tidal generation development, which was given approval earlier this month.

Burges Salmon partner Olley takes GC role at Department for Transport

James Boxell, contributor — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 05:50:00 -0400

Nick Olley, partner at Burges Salmon in Bristol, will take over as general counsel of the Department for Transport (Dft), where he will be in charge of a team of 80 lawyers. Olley is currently chair of the firm's well-regarded transport sector group and for five years previously was head of the 50-strong commercial department. Burges Salmon partner Brioney Thomas, a highly-rated rail sector specialist will succeed Olley.