GenAI will force firms to re-evaluate their pricing models
No corporate promotions at Slaughter and May, but that doesn’t mean investments have been curtailed
How many trainees does it take to build a law firm? We welcome your suggestions for punchlines on that one (winner gets published in a future Horizon). But if one was inclined to think of a serious answer, one would naturally say that the larger the firm, the more graduates you need. After all, big […]
In the lower echelons of The Lawyer UK200, some firms are contending with major succession issues that could mean there is little option to find a merger deal whatever the cost. Growth is increasingly hard to come by for the Independent firms (ranked 101-200), but that doesn’t mean it’s all doom and gloom. Analysis by […]
“The Government is using HMRC as an attack dog,” says a senior accountant. “It looks like a stealth tax raid on the professions,” chimes another partnership lawyer. These partnership specialists have been fielding calls from panicked financial directors (FDs) because fixed-share partners (FSPs) might not qualify as self-employed in the eyes of HM Revenue & […]
The flexible lawyer service launched by Linklaters five years ago increased its headcount by 30 per cent over 2023. Re:link is understood to now have 350 lawyers on its platform, representing a 30 per cent rise over the past year. It was set up in 2019 making it the second such offering from a magic […]
As firms continue to debate how frequently partners and staff should be physically in the office, Gowling WLG is the latest to reveal a tweak to its policy. The firm has said that teams should spend at least 60 per cent of their time in the office. Lawyers and staff had previously been on a […]
3 Paper Buildings’ revenue has grown by 17.8 per cent to £35.8m over the past financial year. The national set’s nearly 18 per cent rise over the 2023/24 period from £30.4m swamps its rise of 5 per cent the previous financial year. The set’s ‘receipts’, or its money received, saw a 14.3 per cent rise from […]
Around 200 attendees piled in for a live hearing for the “dieselgate” group action earlier this month, according to a judgment handed down today. The group actions, brought by several claimant boutique law firms, revolve around the claim that car buyers were allegedly misled about the levels of dangerous emissions produced by diesel vehicles. Mrs […]
Four senior in-housers have quit football organisation FIFA over the last couple of months for new general counsel positions. The governance body is now recruiting for the four in-house legal positions, including a new head of commercial partnerships, a head of digital and technology, a senior counsel for esports and digital, and a senior counsel […]
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