Food next to go as Clifford Chance tightens belt
Clifford Chance has slashed its staff canteen subsidies and cut the opening hours of its deli and restaurant, in the latest cost-saving measure at the firm.
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A&O freezes associate salaries
09-May-2008Allen & Overy (A&O) has frozen associate salaries, completing the round of conservative salary reviews among the magic circle this year.
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Northern Rock showdown: It's Grabiner vs Beloff and Pannick
09-May-2008Government lines up One Essex Court star Lord Grabiner QC to defend it against a group of Northern Rock shareholders and hedge funds.
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Shearman production team faces redundancy
EU Parliament overhauls lawyers lobbying code
Paul Weiss appoints new chair
Revealed: lawyers' dirtiest habits
Ashurst turnover up 17 per cent
Clifford Chance ups salaries to match rivals
Travers partnership promotions halved
College of Law scoops Weil LPC mandate
Scotland: Border crossings
Scottish firms may be divided on the question of alternative business structures and expansion into the wider UK market, but the advent of the Legal Services Bill in England and Wales is prompting calls for a level playing field
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Geoffrey Atkinson: Monarch Airlines
28-April-2008 Flying isn't the only thing that's low-cost about Monarch Airlines. Thanks to group lawyer Geoffrey Atkinson, the company's annual legal spend is a modest £50,000.
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A&O counsel role boost for flexible workers
The opportunity to steer her legal career along a non-traditional path has been a positive experience for Allen & Overy (A&O) counsel Victoria Wells.
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Lawyers live in hope that Eastern European PPP market matures
28-April-2008 Over the past 20 years the economies of Eastern Europe and the CIS have emerged from decades of rigid state planning, leading to predictions that the private sector, and PPPs in particular, would land endless amounts of infrastructure work.
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The Apprentice analysed...
This week the teams were tasked with tracking down items on a shopping list in the bazaars of Marrakesh - spurring a row over kosher chicken and Sir Alan asking Michael to drop his kecks to prove his status as a self-proclaimed 'good Jewish boy'. But it was the two Jennys that actually got the chop. For our panel’s assessment of legal issues raised by the show, click here 
Home Boies
US litigation powerhouse Boies Schiller & Flexner is a New York law firm dead set against international expansion. Matt Byrne popped in to find out why.
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09-May-2008
Life's tough for Clifford Chance associates nowadays. First, they were berated by their boss for hanging around the office all evening just to get a free taxi home. Read more »
Clifford Chance ups salaries to match rivals
Clifford Chance has raised its London newly qualified solicitor (NQ) salaries by almost 5 per cent, a bigger percentage increase than at rivals Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters.
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