We don’t know who’s busier, the editorial team at the Lawyer or UK & Aus lawyers scrambling to join their firms up. No wonder Qantas can afford to charge so much for their SYD-LHR returns at the moment
Here’s the editorial….
The division of Pannone moved a step closer today after partners showed support for plans to merge the consumer practice with Slater & Gordon. Yes, you read that right, as The Lawyer revealed last week the Manchester firm is about to do the deed with the Aussie giant.
Both sides are keeping schtum on this one, but you can get the inside track by reading our blog. Sources tell us that Pannone secured more than the 75 per cent needed to get the sale through, although some pockets of the Manchester-headquartered firm remain opposed to any division of the firm.
These are sensitive discussions and Pannone managing partner Emma Holt will need to get the backing of those big-name partners to ensure that the merger doesn’t fall apart as soon as it’s completed.
As for the commercial side of the firm, which accounts for around £8.5m of the overall £45.6m turnover, plans are in place for the rapid development of a new venture, while Connect2Law, currently under the wing of a certain ex-Barlow Lyde & Gilbert chief executive, will be left to its own devices.
No longer will it be the one Pannone.
