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.
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Wragge & Co launches redundancy consultation with 30 at risk
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Pinsents to cut 13 lawyers in third post-merger layoffs round
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DWF confirms 38 job cuts following Cobbetts acquisition
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Shearman cuts six lawyers from Hong Kong base
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Dundas, Weightmans join Semple Fraser carve-up
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Staff at Cobbetts' rescued debt recovery arm face redundancy
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Olswang to cut up to six jobs across finance and employment teams
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Allen & Overy prepares to shift US and European support roles to Belfast base
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DLA Piper to shut Glasgow and offload defendant insurance teams as redundancy talks continue
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Eversheds to cull 166 jobs across the UK and Asia as new strategy takes hold
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Farrers begins redundancy talks with up to 12 jobs at risk
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CMS launches redundancy consultation with 40 jobs at risk
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Forster Dean starts redundancy talks in response to Jackson reforms
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Lawrence Graham departures continue as 16 made redundant
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Pinsent Masons axes 15 jobs in second redundancy round of 2012
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Gateley to cut 19 fee-earner positions from English offices
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Pre-merger Howard Kennedy to cut 10 support staff roles
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DLA Piper puts 251 in consultation across UK as firm mulls Glasgow closure
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Pannone to cut 16 jobs in second redundancy round of 2012
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Lawrence Graham makes 'prudent' move to cut 18 jobs
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Pinsents launches second post-merger redundancy round
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Slaughters to part company with 41 secretaries at end of consultation
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Slaughters cuts annual bonuses amid market uncertainty
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Kennedys to cut up to 72 support jobs
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Slaughter and May to cut 28 secretarial jobs
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SJ Berwin to reshape partnership in response to 'challenging market'
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Mayer Brown launches redundancy round for support staff
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Addleshaw Goddard cuts 24 fee-earner roles at end of consultation
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Pinsent Masons cuts 47 jobs in post-merger redundancies
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Shoosmiths axes 86 in restructure plans as turnover falls
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Pinsents to cut 40 support jobs to eradicate post-merger duplication
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Addleshaws cuts fee-earners as profits rise 30 per cent
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Charles Russell holds redundancy talks ahead of nine job cuts
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Herbert Smith concludes consultation with 43.5 jobs axed
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Herbert Smith cuts Dubai support jobs in bid to streamline office
