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
Herbies on course to break £400m barrier
THE UK's leading firms are expecting a record year as the first indications of financial results trickled through.
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CC associates face anxious wait for news on salaries
06-May-2008Clifford Chance's City associates are waiting on tenterhooks for news of the firm's salary hikes after rates were capped in Italy.
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Bevan Brittan imposes lock-in on partnership
06-May-2008Bevan Brittan has vowed to improve its cashflow as it reinforces a partnership agreement.
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IP boutique bags A&O IP chief
Wragges turnover falls just short of target
DLA Piper brings in ex-SFO boss
Sackers partners hit £1m profit mark
Lovells launches CEE 'Flying Squad'
Ashurst names first risk management head
Takeover becomes S&N legal chief's swan song
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
Lawyers live in hope that Eastern European PPP market matures
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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Middle East: Sovereign rights
After running to Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds for help, the West is now calling for regulation. Hypocrisy is an understatement.
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Shearman production team faces redundancy
Revealed: lawyers' dirtiest habits
A&O creates new Abu Dhabi boss post
Canon Europe to size up legal panels
Eversheds given nod for Abu Dhabi office
Clifford Chance shores up Far East
Shearman production team faces redundancy
The Lawyer in New York: Home Boies
Paul Weiss appoints new chair
A record year for Appleby's women
Mourant ramps up Cayman dispute practice
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