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Tribunal rules against Travers in pregnancy discrimination case
Travers Smith has lost a discrimination case brought against it by a former trainee who claimed she was not given a permanent job because of her pregnancy.
A&O keeps associate salaries static after breaking trainee pay freeze
Allen & Overy has held associate pay levels at 2012/13 rates after unveiling its first increase in trainee salaries for the first time since 2010.
Mini pupillage becomes work experience in private school auction row
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has requested that Westminster School change the name of its mini-pupillage auction to work experience amid controversy over the sale of a work placement.
Irwin Mitchell closes in on £200m turnover
Irwin Mitchell’s legal practice is closing in on the £200m revenue mark, with the firm’s commercial business generating revenues of £40m over the last financial year.
Eversheds launches in Beijing with Morgan Lewis and Uria hires
Eversheds is set to open its Beijing office with two new hires.
Speechly Bircham and Withers merger vote just days away
Withers and Speechly Bircham will vote next week on whether the two firms should merge to create a £170m firm, The Lawyer has learned.
Revealed: King & Wood Mallesons' Singaporean merger fallout
King & Wood Mallesons’ year-long merger negotiations with Singaporean firm WongPartnership failed just days before a tie-up was to be announced to the market, The Lawyer can reveal.
Irwin Mitchell loses Saudi prince state immunity appeal
The Court of Appeal (CoA) has thrown out an appeal by two Saudi princes who wanted a case against them be heard behind closed doors.
Edwards Wildman teams up with M&A boutique Ismen for Turkey launch
US-firm Edwards Wildman is to open an office in Istanbul through an association with Turkish M&A firm Ismen, months after the two firms worked together on a £36m deal.
Linklaters, Clifford Chance power up for oil majors investigation
Magic circle firms Linklaters and Clifford Chance have been instructed by two of the oil majors that faced dawn raids by the European Commission this week.
Market Analysis
The known unknowns
A surprising number of UK associates haven’t even heard of the top US firms in London. Our survey reveals their attitudes
Tonic for the troops
Law firms often appear to focus their training efforts on the newbies to the legal profession, but increasingly programmes target mid-level associates
Tech flight: April deals roundup
IT was the place to be in April, with Shearman involved in the sale of the ‘Chinese Twitter’ and Hogan Lovells in on the biggest corporate bond offering the world has ever seen, at Apple
Look both ways
Chinese firms are pushing ahead with international expansion as equally important internal changes are being played out
In it to win it
Firms shortlisted for The Lawyer Awards upped their game in a grim market, with imagination and hard work the watchwords
