News that Allen & Overy (A&O) is mooting training its associates in soft skills has generated a critical response from some readers of TheLawyer.com. What seems to have antagonised many people is the fact that the initiative, which involves client networking and communication skills, specifically targets women.
Who doesn’t like the occasional dip in the sea? A little bird has told Tulkinghorn that Michael Beloff QC is so fond of the big blue that he goes for a swim off the coast every morning.
The lawyers involved reflect on when the ‘unthinkable became thinkable’. By Margaret Taylor
LG has won a major instruction advising Gazprom on the development of the multibillion- pound Shtokman project – the vast offshore gas field belonging to Russia.
Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has helped AIM-listed property investment fund Sovereign Reversions see off a shareholder revolt and secure a capital injection through a share placing and open offer.
Linklaters, Norton Rose and Slaughter and May have secured roles on the £900m share placing of a 44 per cent stake in tour operator Thomas Cook.
Leading sports barristers are warming up to take their places in the latest scandal to rock Formula 1 (F1).
A year after the collapse, Manhattan’s finest reveal their take on the saga. By Matt Byrne
Opening speech sparks debate on civil recovery orders as Alderman defends new pragmatic direction
Austrian firm Wolf Theiss is reinventing itself as a Central and Eastern European (CEE) one-stop shop in a bid to attract more US clients.
BPE Solicitors hit the headlines in The Lawyer earlier this year (15 June) when it closed the Birmingham office it had opened in more prosperous times seven years previously.