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Thursday, 18 March 2010

SRA head: We need to treat solicitors as adults

16-Mar-2010 10:50 am | By Andrew Pugh

Plant outlines priorities for change; corporate regulation group to be based in the City

White & Case joins CC and Links on £3.5bn gas pipeline project

17-Mar-2010 3:59 pm | By Gavriel Hollander

Clifford Chance, Linklaters and White & Case took on leading roles on the recently closed €3.9bn (£3.53bn) first phase project financing of the 1,220km Nord Stream gas pipeline.

Olswang kicks off promotions round with two new partners

17-Mar-2010 4:10 pm | By Matt Byrne

Olswang has promoted two associates to its partnership, the same number as in 2009 but eight fewer than in 2008.

David Moss

Opinion: The future of the Falklands: could it be compromise?

15 March 2010

The potential exploitation of valuable ­natural resources in the region ­surrounding the Falkland Islands recently brought a long-running territorial dispute back into the public spotlight.

Women's hour

8-Mar-2010

As women across the globe celebrate International Women’s Day, female lawyers in Saudi Arabia are embracing a proposed legal change that will enable them to practise for the first time. But, as Bander Alnogaithan, founder of Riyadh firm The Law Office of Bander Alnogaithan, points, the road to professional equality will be a long one.

Magic circle firms line up to woo Deutsche Bank from White & Case

15 March 2010 | By Gavriel Hollander

Firms champ at the bit at the prospect of the Deutsche Bank prize. By Gavriel Hollander

Christopher Aujard

Marathon man: Christopher Aujard

15 March 2010 | By Gavriel Hollander

Christopher Aujard is no stranger to hard work, but in his role as legal director at insurer Royal London Group he is also a great believer in putting people first. By Gavriel Hollander

The Lawyer Awards 2010

Pole position

15 March 2010 | By James Swift

In 2009 Poland weathered the recession better than any other EU country, but how did the legal market fare? By James Swift

Hitting the right note

15 March 2010

Recession has inevitably altered the relationship between banks and law firms. And as Jane Galvin says, this is no bad thing

Olswang kicks off promotions round with two new partners

17-Mar-2010 | By Matt Byrne

Olswang has promoted two associates to its partnership, the same number as in 2009 but eight fewer than in 2008.

Lockstep on last legs as Lovells switches to merit

15 March 2010 | By Luke McLeod-Roberts

Lovells’ decision to alter the remuneration system for its 114 junior partners will not only see its pay system better aligned with merger partner Hogan & Hartson’s, but will also see it join a growing movement away from lockstep and the chargeable hour as a basis for determining non-equity remuneration.

Nigel Savage

CoL to introduce New York Bar programme

15-Mar-2010 | By Corinne McPartland

The College of Law (CoL) has announced plans to offer the New York Bar Exam to UK students, allowing them to qualify as American lawyers without having to complete a training contract.

Tulkinghorn: Chocolate lolly

15 March 2010

There’s plenty of talk about alternative fee models these days, so kudos to the good folk over at Kraft.

Aisha Bijlani

Focus: 4 New square, Bar Wars

15 March 2010 | By Katy Dowell

Despite 4 New Square defeating accusations of racist behaviour in the Employment Tribunal, the case has not done the image of the set - or indeed the bar as a whole - any favours

Geoff Wild

Focus: Geoff Wild: The Wild hunch

8 March 2010

With the public sector becoming a political battleground, Kent legal chief Geoff Wild argues that its lawyers should get radical. So why don’t his rivals agree?

On The Lawyer.com

15-March-2010

Risk management is a big theme this week, with the SRA’s Charles Plant offering an olive branch to the City at The Lawyer’s risk management conference, everyone talking about Linklaters and Lehman and the fallout from the 4 New Square case. Also: lockstep on its last legs; and the secrets of Stephenson Harwood’s chef.

MIPIM 2010 Blog: Wednesday 17th March

Hordes of real estate lawyers are in Cannes this week for MIPIM, but what are they really getting up to? Find out in our MIPIM blog all week. Latest: Rhodri Pazzi-Axworthy, real estate partner, Nabarro

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Privacy law: is Max Mosley right?

9-Mar-2010

For those whose privacy is invaded, the phrase “Freedom of the Press” is no more compelling than “Freedom of the State”. 

Coming back to haunt you

15 March 2010 | By Catrin Griffiths

“I woke up and heard the news on the radio on Friday morning,” says a magic circle partner, “and thought, ’Christ, I hope that law firm they’re talking about isn’t us’.”

Stephenson Harwood chef shows that the way to lawyers’ hearts is through their stomachs

15 March 2010 | By Gavriel Hollander

Stephenson Harwood has been attracting more than its fair share of lateral hires in recent times.

"There is very little value that an international firm can add to a client's domestic Indian legal work and both clients and Indian firms recognize this. "

Defense mechanism

By Katy Dowell

For big name defendants employment discrimination can be a PR catastrophe. Look at 4 New Square.

"£100k is not a vast sum these days anyway for a London job. A lot of my banking mates earn (many) multiples of that. Good luck to them too. "

Postcard from... Port Moresby

12-Mar-2010

Greetings from Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, the country which is often referred to as the “land of the unexpected”. 

12-Mar-2010

Editor's weekly: Knowledge is power

Although I returned home from work utterly exhausted yesterday I managed to squeeze out enough energy to have a heated discussion with my husband about the lack of quality careers advice on offer to students at state secondary schools.

Sharp practice

17-Mar-2010

Yesterday we revealed that Dewey & LeBoeuf had finally appointed a managing partner for its London office, allowing firmwide chair - and nominal London head Steve Davis -  a bit more time to focus on other things.

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