Japanese liberalisation sees increased integration with US and UK law firms US firm Dorsey & Whitney has become the latest to secure a Japanese joint venture. The recently finalised agreement with Japanese firm Kyo Sogo Law Offices will provide Dorsey with a Japanese law capacity.Dorsey opened a Japanese office in 1999, but the joint venture […]
After all the frivolity of Christmas, Tulkinghorn has heard some scurrilous gossip about a rather drunken partnership conference held by Gouldens. He is certain that it cannot possibly be true, as those chaps at Gouldens are sooo well behaved.Anyway, one insider told him that the hotel where the conference was held politely declined to host […]
The long-awaited N2 deadline came and went more than a month ago. Jon Robins finds out what the new act means to the 180 firms that have signed up to life under the FSA
The Lawyer’s Law Firm Business Confidence Survey for the fourth quarter of 2001 gives rise to optimism for the future According to the latest business confidence survey carried out by Wheeler Associates and McCallum Layton on behalf of The Lawyer, law firms are regaining confidence in the market.Despite the sharp downturn last year and fears […]
Landwell, the law firm tied to Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, has taken on a partner and head of employment from London firm Goodman Derrick
Law firms have long had a problem with gender equality. Partners and senior leaders are weighted heavily towards men, with an average of 2.35 male partner to every female partner in the UK Top 100 firms. However, that number has actually improved in the last five years – down from 2.83 – while the number […]
Junior lawyers at regional outfit Howes Percival are being encouraged to adopt a greater range of communication methods with clients, as firms seek to address generational differences between associates and partners. The firm, with locations across Cambridge, Leicester, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Norwich and Oxford, said it is responding to changing behaviours in both clients and associates. It is encouraging its […]
Newcastle United, Chelsea and Everton are backing Manchester City to varying degrees in its case against the Premier League, The Lawyer can reveal. Manchester City is challenging the Premier League’s rules, including its Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules, in an arbitration set to kick off on Monday. As shareholders in the League, the Premier League’s […]
Travers Smith has revealed a cohort of six partner promotions in its latest round. This round marks an increase of one from last year’s five, after a drop of nearly half compared to Travers’ largest partner cohort to date of 11 in 2022. The promotions cover a broad range of practice areas including Ingrid Hodgskiss […]
City giants Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are at the heart of an arbitration between Manchester City and the Premier League. Manchester City has long been battling the League over various matters related to the club’s spending. It is set to challenge the Premier League’s rules in a three-member arbitration, set to kick […]
This report contains: financial performance of the largest US firms in London analysis of five standout firms that achieved significant revenue growth, detailing key factors behind their success individual firm profiles highlighting financial performance, growth strategies and client base and matters
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Gosh, it’s been all go at DWF these past few years. Back in March 2019, the firm became the first legal business to list on London’s Main Market. Since then it has navigated through at least four redundancy consultations, revamped its operating model to embrace combined profit centres in 2021 and made some bold geographical […]
There are two very large US firms out there with the name Paul in their title – and both have their own London expansion story to tell. While Paul Weiss has really revved up its efforts over the past year, Paul Hastings has taken a moment to reflect on what it has achieved. Over 2023, […]
Military historians know all about the idea of a war on two fronts but they’re not the only specialists familiar with the concept. Over the past decade, more than a few leaders of UK law firms may also have felt doubly embattled, tasked with defending their home patch from overseas-headquartered firms that also regularly pinch […]
“Partners want to maintain the partnership as a ‘special’ thing, and that is their right as owners of the business. However, you’ve got to be careful that it doesn’t become some sort of exclusive club – that only alienates people.” This is the sentiment of one UK managing partner who’s concerned that some associates are […]
It’s that time of year again when we enjoy a string of four-day work weeks thanks to Easter and the May bank holidays. With the last one behind us, many of you are likely daydreaming about making this a permanent perk. Sure, pitching the idea of maintaining the same salary for a 20 per cent […]
Goodwin has surpassed the newly-qualified solicitor pay offered by US firms Kirkland & Ellis and Vinson & Elkins, by upping its rates to £175,000. Pay for NQs increased from £161,500 from the start of June, a jump of nearly £15,000. Kirkland and Vinson & Elkins currently pay their NQs just over £173,000. Goodwin is also […]
After lengthy proposals set out by Linklaters’ management team, partners have voted to end the firm’s longstanding system of cessation payments. The Lawyer revealed at the start of the year that Linklaters had been taking soundings on several proposals that aimed to trim payouts to departing members and reduce the overall cost to the firm. The […]
Birketts has recorded double-digit revenue growth for the 2023/24 financial year and is set to open an office in Bristol as it pursues a strategy of becoming a law firm that spans “the Wash to the Severn.” With six offices in the South East and East Anglia, this is an entry into a new region, […]
Newly-qualified solicitors and trainee supervisors at Charles Russell Speechlys are being asked for feedback on the firm’s training programme to support junior lawyers coming through the SQE route. The firm is carrying out a strategic review and training needs analysis among its recent NQs, knowledge development teams, early careers professionals, existing trainee supervisors and business […]
Four lawyers, who shifted from tech-focused Kemp Little to Deloitte Legal following the acquisition four years ago, have now reunited at Simmons & Simmons. Andrew Joint joined Simmons yesterday from Deloitte Legal, having previously been Kemp Little’s managing partner from 2017 until its acquisition. He joins fellow partner Calum Murray, who made the same move […]