WFW London receives WILEF recognition13 July 2021
Watson Farley & Williams’ London office has been awarded the Women in Leadership Empowerment Forum Gold Standard Certification 2021.
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WFW opens in Düsseldorf in major expansion of German Energy practice21 December 2020
Düsseldorf is home to a large number of companies relevant to the firm’s broader energy and infrastructure offering, including telecoms, power and utility companies as well as banks and other insurance and financial institutions.
WFW fee income up 4.2%29 July 2020
“Whilst we expect the ongoing macro-economic challenges triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic to impact our business this year, we have undertaken a series of measures to mitigate this impact and we remain confident that our strategy of sector-focussed, quality growth will continue to serve the firm well going forward”.
WFW makes up six new Partners for 202023 April 2020
The promotion of these six lawyers takes the firm’s total number of partners to 173.
COVID-19 Message of Support23 March 2020
Our managing partners, Chris Lowe and Lothar Wegner, offer a message of support regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
WFW half year revenue up 2%2 December 2019
Lothar Wegener: “This is a good result for the firm, improving as it does on last year’s result for the same period, and clearly demonstrating the ongoing success of the sector-focussed model that drives WFW”.
WFW’s Global Co-Head of Aviation moves to Singapore to spearhead Asian expansion19 September 2019
Charles has advised on numerous deals that have won “Deal of the Year” awards from highly regarded sector publications.
Expert debt capital markets Partner joins WFW London9 September 2019
Prior to joining WFW, Simon was head of Simmons & Simmons’ London Debt Capital Market Group and also previously led Cleary Gottlieb’s English law capital markets practice.
Chris Lowe and Lothar Wegener re-elected as WFW Managing Partners14 December 2018
Firm on track to meet growth targets
WFW posts fee income increase for 2017/186 July 2018
We’re pleased to have increased our fee income once again in line with our budget for 2017/18. It demonstrates the ongoing success of our integrated sector focused strategy”.
WFW Hong Kong moves to Jardine House as part of Asian expansion plans29 January 2018
The move reflects the firm’s continued investment in Asia and our commitment to providing outstanding services to clients. We are excited to do business and service our clients from this new location.
WFW’s half-year revenue up 13%22 November 2017
This is another excellent result for the firm and clear evidence of the success of our industry sector focussed model despite a challenging macro-economic environment.