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Cuts and Redundancies
When the numbers don’t add up anymore
Redundancies are sweeping the legal industry as firms of all sizes adjust to a world of permanent price pressure - and partners are no longer secure in ivory towers
Farrers and Olswang confirm redundancies
Farrer & Co and Olswang have both confirmed the results of redundancy consultations begun earlier this year, laying off fewer people than originally feared.
Osborne Clarke puts 13 senior fee earners on redundancy consultation
Osborne Clarke today (15 May) entered into a two week consultation programme with a view to cutting 13 senior associates.
BLP to cut 58 legal staff in massive salary reduction drive
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) today (14 May) announced plans to make a raft of redundancies affecting nearly 100 lawyers and staff at the firm.
DWF launches redundancy consultations across Edinburgh and Glasgow
Lawyers and support staff in DWF’s Edinburgh and Glasgow offices have been put on redundancy notice as part of the firm’s wider restructuring programme.
Job Watch
Job Watch: Employment
Employment law is one area where there is generally a steady demand for talent, particularly those who have high level experience acting for employers. Recently this has been even more the case due to the increasing number of disputes that have arisen due to the economic climate.
Job watch: Family law
As practice areas go, they don’t get much more emotionally demanding than family law. Unfortunately, it generally does not pay as well as corporate or banking.
Job watch: energy/infrastructure
The recent move by US firm Bracewell & Giuliani to ramp up recruitment in its London office suggests that the shale gas sector is a particularly hot one in the
Job watch: private equity
Few things characterised the Noughties boom as much as the highly leveraged buyout. The driving force behind many of these multibillion-pound deals was private equity, a sector that consequently became among the most fashionable in the legal market.
Job Watch: FMCG and retail
As the latest flurry of high street outfits plunging into administration shows, the consumer goods sector has been rocked by the financial crisis. How has this affected demand for legal expertise in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and retail sectors?
Job Watch: Banking and finance
The banking and finance sector has played witness to the highs and the lows of the UK economy in recent years, but what is the market like for lawyers working in this sector in 2013?
On the Move
European moves: 16 May 2013
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices.
European moves: 2 May 2013
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices.
Hot 100 2013
Hot 100: Shonagh MacVicar, Glasgow 2014 video
For Shonagh MacVicar (scroll down for video), head of legal for Commonwealth Games organiser Glasgow 2014, 2012 was a watershed year.
Hot 100: Jocelyn Cockburn, Hodge Jones & Allen video
If you pick out just one of our Hot 100 to watch this year, make it Hodge Jones & Allen partner Jocelyn Cockburn (scroll down for video interview).
