Shaw Pittman partner Andrew Dunlop has quit the London office which he helped set up two years ago. Dunlop joined the US firm in 1998 from Freshfields along with Margaret Harvey, global legal head of Price Waterhouse, and Alistair Maughan from Dibb Lupton Alsop. But Dunlop has now left the firm without another position to […]

Clifford Chance is boosting its Prague office in recognition of eastern Europe’s burgeoning financial markets. Senior finance partner William Knowles is relocating from the London office to join the finance and banking practice in Prague. His role will be to strengthen the practice and coordinate regional transactions for global clients. Knowles became a partner in […]

MANCHES is considering a bonus scheme for its solicitors and some fixed-share partners in a bid to boost results. The scheme is up for approval by Manches’ 48 partners in October. Salaries at the firm were increased by around 20 per cent this year, but the firm’s size remained fairly static during that period. Support […]