All Alternative business structures articles – Page 18
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NewsLitigation funder Burford granted ABS licence
Licence opens up the prospect of a funder pumping cash into its own law firm.
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NewsProfession struggling to ‘figure out’ EY Law
EY became the third of the ‘big four’ accountacy firms to be granted an alternative business structure licence in 2014.
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NewsCreditors bear £300m cost of law firm collapses
Returns in the legal sector well below the average when controversial pre-pack administrations are deployed.
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NewsCo-op puts legal business ‘at heart of rebuild’ with first buy-up
Retail giant announces acquisition of Collective Legal Solution Group to create 'alternative channel' to wills market.
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Opinion‘Traditional’ law firm virtues
Liberalisation has shown there is no ‘quick buck’ to be made in the law.
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NewsNow Slater and Gordon’s lenders want to see the books
Embattled firm confirms the appointment of McGrathNicol as independent adviser to its banking syndicate.
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NewsParabis: unsecured creditors set to lose £46m as scale of collapse laid bare
Administrators’ report lays bare the full story behind the pioneering group that ended up with debts of around £120m.
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NewsInsurer LV= enters legal market with fixed fee offering
Firm will offer a range of services from conveyancing to personal injury.
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NewsClass action looms over Slater and Gordon losses
Second firm encourages investors to register their interest in a group litigation process.
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NewsAustralian firm explores investor action against Slater and Gordon
Listed legal giant reveals that it kept revised results confidential for a week.
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NewsSlater and Gordon shares slump again on profit warning
Quoted firm's shares slide 17% following worse than expected UK trading. Company's value down more than 80% since April.
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NewsListed Gateley ‘overachieving’ as public company
Profits up as law firm reports ‘smooth transition’ to quoted status and announces first dividend.
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NewsABS start-up enters PI market with £13m acquisition
Pure Legal Limited acquires Pryers LLP as first step in five-year plan to thrive in fixed-fee era.
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NewsEY snaps up BLP’s Whalley to run legal risk practice
’Big Four’ firm intends to double its legal services headcount in 2016.
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NewsLegal executives' watchdog eyes ABSs
CILEx Regulation consults on applying to license alternative business structures.
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NewsBar concerned by low uptake of entities
The Bar Standards Board expects to receive just £7,000 from entity regulation by the end of the year.
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NewsPrivate equity backs £2m acquisition of Parabis business
Parabis Group - itself owned by a private equity investor - has been carved up and sold this week.
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OpinionABS failures show law is no easy ride
Pioneers thought they had a game-changer, but this profession is a tough nut to crack.
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NewsAdministrators confirm complex Parabis fire sale
Sale of ABS pioneer as a whole 'not a viable option', administrator announces.