Germany's Noerr to open London base after converting to English LLP
German firm Noerr is to open an office in London months after registering as an English LLP.
De Brauw moves in with Slaughters and Uria for Beijing launch
Dutch firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is launching an office in Beijing, taking on space in the same building as that occupied by best friends Slaughter and May and Uría Menéndez.
Addleshaws to reinstate non-partner bonuses at year end
Associates and support staff at Addleshaw Goddard have been told that they will be paid a bonus this year after an effective freeze on non-partner bonuses last year.
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Freshfields beefs up US litigation team with triple partner hire
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Herbies hires former Links partner for capital markets team
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Norton Rose adds five partners to Australasian practice
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Ofwat finalises first legal panel with three firms winning places
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Dewey raids Bryan Cave to rebuild depleted employment group
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Linklaters names new head of Luxembourg office
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Olswang elections end with Stewart as CEO
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White & Case looks to rebuild with five partner promotions
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Bates Wells hip hop lawyer wins Snoop Dogg immigration battle
Women's hour
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.
Opinion: Why Asian markets are not necessarily the best option
Given the merger of Norton Rose and Deacons (Australia) and the bold move by Allen & Overy (A&O) in setting up shop in Australia by poaching 17 partners from Aussie firm Clayton Utz, many firms are again focusing on the Asia region.
Pensions lawyers emerge from the shadows with hike in longevity deals
Advisers bet on hedging as trustees, employers go all-out to cut risk. By Margaret Taylor
Fair game: Jason Freeman, Office of Fair Trading
As legal director at the OFT Consumer Market Group, Jason Freeman is the man leading the charge in the battle for consumers’ rights. By James Swift
Class half empty?
Have the wranglings over the introduction of Italy’s class action law eroded its effectiveness? asks James Swift
In for the skill
The economic downturn has forced firms to rethink their training provisions. Helen Langton says the future of training will be increasingly in-house
Germany's Noerr to open London base after converting to English LLP
German firm Noerr is to open an office in London months after registering as an English LLP.
Lovells’ junior partners face Hogan-style pay
Lovells is revolutionising the way it pays salaried partners ahead of its merger with Hogan & Hartson, abolishing a profit-linked portion in favour of a performance-related bonus to mimic the US firm’s model.
Tulkinghorn: Tooth and law
In the jungle, the legal jungle, Angus McCullough works tonight… Wimoweh a-wimoweh….
Focus: Geoff Wild: The Wild hunch
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?
Focus: Richard Gubbins: Jolly Rajer
As Ashurst’s time in Delhi comes to a close, the firm’s India group head Richard Gubbins remains optimistic about the future for foreign lawyers in the country
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Say hello to the Mexican wave
You’re running a mid-sized regional firm and the pressure is on. The systems are there, the staff are there, but the work’s drying up. Can you find new revenue streams? Here’s a niche: pitching for the standardised work the big names deem too unprofitable.
Orchestral manoeuvres make their mark at Bakers
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"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. "
Total eclipse of the heart
Over the last year London has become notorious as the destination of choice for libel tourists, almost eclipsing its reputation as the divorce capital of the world. After all, aside from Katie and Peter, celebrity divorce court battles have been thin on the ground in the past 12 months.
"£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... Beijing
As I look out of the taxi window on my rides through the city these days, I see large red banners with four golden characters framing the doors of almost every home and store in Beijing.
Editor's weekly: Education revolution
In the four years that I’ve been editor of Lawyer 2B there’s been much talk of a revolution in the legal education market but very little changed - until now of course.
What a bonus
Only a few of the non-partners at Addleshaws may get a bonus this year. But that’s a big improvement on last year, when none of them got the payment (see story).
