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Tribunal rules against Travers in pregnancy discrimination case
Travers Smith has lost a discrimination case brought against it by a former trainee who claimed she was not given a permanent job because of her pregnancy.
Irwin Mitchell closes in on £200m turnover
Irwin Mitchell’s legal practice is closing in on the £200m revenue mark, with the firm’s commercial business generating revenues of £40m over the last financial year.
Mini pupillage becomes work experience in private school auction row
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has requested that Westminster School change the name of its mini-pupillage auction to work experience amid controversy over the sale of a work placement.
A&O keeps associate salaries static after breaking trainee pay freeze
Allen & Overy has held associate pay levels at 2012/13 rates after unveiling its first increase in trainee salaries for the first time since 2010.
Eversheds launches in Beijing with Morgan Lewis and Uria hires
Eversheds is set to open its Beijing office with two new hires.
Speechly Bircham and Withers merger vote just days away
Withers and Speechly Bircham will vote next week on whether the two firms should merge to create a £170m firm, The Lawyer has learned.
Revealed: King & Wood Mallesons' Singaporean merger fallout
King & Wood Mallesons’ year-long merger negotiations with Singaporean firm WongPartnership failed just days before a tie-up was to be announced to the market, The Lawyer can reveal.
Irwin Mitchell loses Saudi prince state immunity appeal
The Court of Appeal (CoA) has thrown out an appeal by two Saudi princes who wanted a case against them be heard behind closed doors.
Edwards Wildman teams up with M&A boutique Ismen for Turkey launch
US-firm Edwards Wildman is to open an office in Istanbul through an association with Turkish M&A firm Ismen, months after the two firms worked together on a £36m deal.
Editor's Picks
King of the world?
King & Wood Mallesons’ groundbreaking Asia-Pacific merger has won plaudits from many. But expanding the firm into new jurisdictions may prove trickier, with negotiations in Singapore falling apart and a US or UK merger still just a dream.
The Lawyer Interview
Outside track
Taking a radical approach to outsourcing helped Chris Vaughan, GC at infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty, build a legal function fit for a complicated world
Notebook
Links odds-on to get Glenstrata work
Glencore dominance in super-miner sees Linklaters take pole advice position
Market Analysis
The known unknowns
A surprising number of UK associates haven’t even heard of the top US firms in London. Our survey reveals their attitudes
Tonic for the troops
Law firms often appear to focus their training efforts on the newbies to the legal profession, but increasingly programmes target mid-level associates
Tech flight: April deals roundup
IT was the place to be in April, with Shearman involved in the sale of the ‘Chinese Twitter’ and Hogan Lovells in on the biggest corporate bond offering the world has ever seen, at Apple
Look both ways
Chinese firms are pushing ahead with international expansion as equally important internal changes are being played out
Opinion
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Why paying for pupillages is bad for the bar
Auctioning work experience places to the highest bidder is an inherently unfair system
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Women in the law
Nicky Richmond says more needs to be done to keep women in the law, following the prospect of Government targets in the FTSE100.
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Cash alone does not tempt associates
Last year we launched our inaugural City associate attitudes survey. The findings surprised anyone who assumed that junior and mid-level lawyers were obsessed with money; the firms they consistently ranked top were not the stony Wall Street practices but genial internationalists like Baker & McKenzie.
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Learns the lessons of disasters
With global profits should come global corporate responsibility
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Snags in the great legal sell-off
If Whitehall lawyers are to be part of a civil service spin-out, there are state and EU legalities to consider
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Talk is not so cheap for employers
A CoA decision against Commerzbank is a warning that common law contractual rules are alive and kicking
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Avoid DPAs American-style
Before DPAs become law, we should scope out the pitfalls in the US system and learn from them quickly
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A personal 'thank you' to the Boss
Manchester United’s biggest legal fan, Mark Rawlinson, pays tribute to his footballing hero
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Sand bank city: a free enterprise
Abu Dhabi financial free zone means opportunities for common law-qualified lawyers
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Joining the dots of the dotted line
Contracting parties that don’t take advice on which law governs their agreement are asking for trouble
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Can new Act clean up libel law?
New Defamation Act’s demand that claimants prove serious damage first could end the gravy train of McLibels
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When the lovers’ knot unravels
France is to allow gay marriage, but unlike England, its courts are not prepared if the union ends in divorce
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A shortlist of the highest calibre ever
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A revolution in French employment law?
French employment law is set to change, but the proposals have caused dissent and strikes.
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Tough questions to face on trainees
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A touch of steel in the boardroom
Australian boards should put foreign bids under the microscope to avoid a repeat of the Sundance saga
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Jury trials are tangled in the web
If the judiciary can’t keep pace with technology, US-style closeted juries will become the norm
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Subversion of JRs is unjustified
Restricting the judicial review process is a constitutional matter and has nothing to do with cutting red tape
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This Qasa is a dark star indeed
‘Quality assurance’ for criminal advocates is an expensive waste of time
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All is volatile among US firms in London
If you were to guess which might be the best-performing US firm in 2020, it could be one that hasn’t even opened yet. Two new US firms in our annual survey - Quinn Emanuel and Ropes & Gray - have been in London for less than five years, but Quinn already tops the London revenue per lawyer (RPL) table with $1.88m, and jointly tops the London revenue per partner (RPP) table with $5.7m along with Davis Polk. Ropes & Gray is the smallest international firm in the top 30, but it ...
In-House Interviews
Outside track
Taking a radical approach to outsourcing helped Chris Vaughan, GC at infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty, build a legal function fit for a complicated world
Phone ranger
Leading a tiny team at the raging heart of the great 21st century patent war is… tremendous fun, says Nokia litigation boss Richard Vary
ABScape plan
Using the ABS structure to deliver council legal services? Creative thinking indeed, but Lambeth director of governance Mark Hynes is pondering it
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Revealed: King & Wood Mallesons' Singaporean merger fallout
King & Wood Mallesons’ year-long merger negotiations with Singaporean firm WongPartnership failed just days before a tie-up was to be announced to the market, The Lawyer can reveal.
Edwards Wildman teams up with M&A boutique Ismen for Turkey launch
US-firm Edwards Wildman is to open an office in Istanbul through an association with Turkish M&A firm Ismen, months after the two firms worked together on a £36m deal.
Herbies strengthens nascent Frankfurt base with Norton Rose hire
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has appointed Norton Rose’s Frankfurt corporate team leader Nico Abel as its second partner for its new German offices.
European moves: 16 May 2013
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices.
