Kaplan raids BPP for professional training head
Ashurst replaces Green on management board
Eversheds' top earner got £860,000 in 2007-08
Indian liberalisation comes closer with LLP Act
Former Nokia IP head joins Powell Gilbert
Herbies creates two Asian management roles
Moves roundup: 7 January 2008
Ashurst ups cash at bank
Nabarro hires Dechert real estate head
Clifford Chance hires Fed Trade Commission GC
Second coalminers tribunal gets under way
Manchester Met unveils fast-track LPC
Orrick freezes associate salaries at 2008 levels
Morgan Cole grows in Bristol with local merger
A&O duo succeed Pease as India chiefs
Senior lawyers question law firm business model
The economic crisis has caused partners to cast doubt on the fundamental business model of law firms, while associates are living in fear of losing their jobs, according to the largest survey of the UK legal profession.
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Glut of law firms to face actions for negligence
05-Jan-2009Scores of law firms are in the firing line for professional negligence claims this year, The Lawyer’s annual top cases survey reveals.
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Bank lawyers face unhappy New Year
05-Jan-2009In-house lawyers at London's major investment banks are bracing themselves for a fresh round of redundancies after seeing 10 per cent of legal staff at some banks losing their jobs.
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Wright Hassall managing partner steps down
DLA beats rivals to £10m Govt IT role
Eversheds’ clients enhance billing system
Wragges team to work on Middle East opening
SJ Berwin associates decide 2009 committee
Litigation Focus: 2009’s top 10 court battles
We may only be a few days into 2009, but it’s already shaping up to be a vintage year in the courts. Here’s our guide to the disputes making the biggest waves.
Top five UK law firms increase hold on M&A work as recession deepens
Small and mid-size legal teams given short shrift as downturn prompts ‘flight to quality’.
Iberia
Iberian lawyers are hoping that having worked in a relatively flat market pre-economic downturn will mean a slower and less painful crash in 2009. In fact, as the first report from Portugal highlights, lawyers in Spain’s neighbour believe that the market recovery may leave them in a better position than before.
