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DWF has reported a 10.9 per cent increase in net revenue to £297.2 million, up from last year's figure of £268.1 million. Earnings before taxes at the firm decreased by 21.6 per cent while profits before tax fell by 32.4 per cent.

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Global law firm DWF has announced that it has moved to a "contextual assessment of graduate recruitment", hoping to attract a more diverse talent pool. DWF will no longer be asking for specific high school qualifications for its graduate recruits, rather it will look for "good A-levels/Scottish High

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DWF is in the early stages of a consultation process on its UK business, which is understood to put between 15 and 18 positions at risk. The redundancies follow cuts made across the company's international outposts to deal with the economic effects of the pandemic.

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DWF has advised Keywords Studios, an international technical and creative services provider to the global video games industry, on its placing to raise gross proceeds of approximately £100m. The shares being issued represent approximately 10.5 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital of t

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DWF Group plc has announced that it has secured an in-principle agreement to increase its committed revolving credit facilities and a relaxation of certain covenants with its lenders. This agreement will result in a secondary RCF of £15 million, in addition to the group's existing RCF of &poun

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The way we operate as an economy has changed, but the business world has adapted and changed with it. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced all businesses to re-evaluate how they operate on a global level. Many businesses have responded by increasing their capacity to operate remotely, through the enhanc

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DWF's highest earner took home a profit share of £1 million for the period 2018/19, The Lawyer reports. The accounts relate to the firm's UK operations, in addition to offices in Belgium, Italy, Qatar and Singapore.

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DWF advised on 68 corporate deals in the first half of the financial year, compared with 61 deals a year earlier, the firm has said. Technology remained DWF's most active business sector with 20 deals advised on but there was also a marked increase in the number of deals completed in the energy and

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DWF's Scottish corporate team has advised the corporate training platform backed by private equity fund Aliter Capital on the acquisition of Sponge UK Limited. This is the twelfth deal DWF has supported Aliter with since it was founded in 2016. This acquisition will see Sponge, a custom digital lear

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McDonald Johnson Lawyers, a full service law firm based in Newcastle, Australia, has joined DWF, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The deal will see 16 people, including eight lawyers join DWF in Australia. With over 100 years of practice, McDonald Johnson Lawyers specialises in insurance,

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International legal business DWF has advised cloud-based software business CloudCall Group plc on its latest £12 million fundraise. The company secured the funding via conditional placing of shares and additional open offer to existing shareholders to raise a further £500,000.

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Global legal business DWF has announced the appointment of senior insurance litigator Lynne Macfarlane as a director in its Scottish insurance practice. Ms Macfarlane joins DWF's insurance team from Clyde and Co, where she has spent the entire 20 years of her legal career. She has extensive experien

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