Lovells new officeLovells has had its fair share of bad publicity this year. First its leading private equity partner
and partnership board member Allan Murray-Jones jumped ship. Then head of insolvency Nicholas Frome and corporate partner Jonny Myers also left.

More recently, internal politics have surfaced at the firm. In September the firm’s head of corporate Hugh Nineham and competition partner Simon Polito stood against litigator Andrew Walker for the post of managing partner – both unsuccessfully.