Shoosmiths

Shoosmiths has increased salaries for newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers in Northern Ireland by nearly six per cent to £37,500. The UK firm has upped NQ pay by eight per cent — from £90,000 to £97,000 — in London, by five per cent regionally in England to £63,000 and by

UK law firm Shoosmiths, with an office in Belfast, has announced enhancements and updates to its family-friendly policies, including enhancements to its co-parent leave package. Eligible staff will be able to take up to 12 weeks of co-parent leave at full pay, a gender-neutral replacement for the fi

Stuart Nevin, principal associate in the Belfast office of Shoosmiths, analyses the trends in Northern Ireland's real estate market.

UK law firm Shoosmiths, which has an office in Belfast, is to begin imposing a £200 “levy” on lawyers who choose to travel for business by plane. The policy's aim is to encourage staff to reduce their carbon footprint in accordance with the firm's goal of achieving net zero emissio

UK law firm Shoosmiths, which has an office in Belfast, has announced its year end results for FY 2021/22. Revenue at the firm has risen eight per cent to £181.8 million while net profits increased nine per cent to £60.7m and PEP increased by three per cent to £675,000.

UK law firm Shoosmiths' emissions reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Shoosmiths, which has an office in Belfast, commits to reductions across its entire value chain to reduce absolute scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions 50 per cent by FY2030 f

UK law Shoosmiths, with offices in Belfast, has announced partner David Jackson is to become its CEO from next May. Simon Boss, who remains CEO at Shoosmiths alongside chairperson Peter Duff, did not stand for re-election.

UK law firm Shoosmiths, with an office in Belfast, saw its average profit per equity partner (PEP) rose sharply by 41 per cent to £658,000, according to its latest financial results. The firm also announced turnover of £167.9 million for the year to April 2021, an increase of nine per ce

UK law firm Shoosmiths has announced the appointment of corporate lawyer Grant Edwards as a partner in Belfast. Mr Edwards is dual-qualified in Northern Ireland and England and Wales and has worked with venture capital and private equity funds across the UK on their investments in Northern Ireland.

UK law firm Shoosmiths has become a founding member of Hydrogen NI, a new group established to represent organisations with an interest in developing Northern Ireland's clean hydrogen economy. The new group counts companies such as Phoenix Natural Gas, B9 Energy Storage, Solo Renewables, Green Energ

UK law firm Shoosmiths has launched its first trainee solicitor programme in Northern Ireland. The Belfast office, which became part of Shoosmiths through a merger in 2016, will welcome graduates for the first time in September 2021, alongside nine of the firm's other UK offices.

Finance lawyer Anna Vangrove has joined Shoosmiths as a banking and finance partner in Belfast. An experienced banking lawyer specialising in real estate finance and energy finance, Ms Vangrove joins from TLT, where she spent six years and was latterly the head of its Belfast banking and finance tea

Shoosmiths has announced the appointment of M&A specialist Mark Davis as a partner in Belfast. Mr Davis has significant experience in the private equity sector, having worked with a range of clients, including multinational corporates, private equity funds and the offices of wealthy internationa

Law firms Tughans, Millar McCall Wylie and A&L Goodbody (ALG) were among the top winners at Insider's Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards. Tughans partner John McGuckian was named Dealmaker of the Year and his firm advised on three of the recognised deals.

UK firm Shoosmiths has announced the appointment of real estate lawyer Mark Blair as a partner in the firm's Belfast office. Mr Blair is well-known in the Northern Ireland property market and his appointment is a key hire in broadening the firm's skill base and profile in the region, Shoosmiths said