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Earlier this month The Lawyer revealed its Top 20 Cases of 2022, featuring a whole host of cases set for trial. However, there’s also plenty of action to be had in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, involving the likes of New Look, SKAT and Picturehouse Cinemas. Here are The Lawyer’s top 10 appeals of […]
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Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed six new partners to its management committee for Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA). The new members are London-based Madhavi Gosavi, who has recently been named the firm’s head of banking and finance for the region. Promoted to partner in 2005, she succeeds Chris Brown, who has held the leadership […]
Linklaters has become the first magic circle firm to reveal its trainee retention figures for spring 2022, keeping 49 of 52 (94 per cent) of its qualifiers. All are on permanent contracts and one will be based in Dubai. Elsewhere, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) and Simmons & Simmons have also published their figures. BCLP […]
The first US firm to report its London financials for 2021, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has revealed revenues hit £127m once again, while profits fell by nearly 6 per cent. The firm reported turnover in London of £127.3m over 2021, roughly the same as the previous financial year when revenue was £127.4m. Profits were […]
McDermott Will & Emery has signed the lease on its new City home following an extensive search, settling on 22 Bishopsgate where it will rub shoulders with Skadden, Covington & Burling and Cooley. The firm has taken the entire 46th floor and has signed a 15-year lease. It expects to move into 22 Bishopsgate at […]
The pressure is on for organisations to act ethically at every step. Whatever sector you’re in, customers, clients, staff, funders, prospects, regulators…everyone is calling out for it. And it’s no longer enough to comply with the law: an ethical approach has to be integral to an organisation’s DNA. That’s even more true in a philanthropic, high-profile organisation like Wellcome which is often held to even higher levels of accountability. Fraser Simpson, Wellcome’s associate general counsel for ethics, governance & compliance, explains to Neil Pearson, Mills & Reeve’s head of ESG and social value, how he has been working towards catalysing an integrity culture at the charitable foundation.
At this year’s The Lawyer’s In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference, general counsel at TotalEnergies Marketing Services Patrice Yermia and Dentons’ Europe director of talent Patryk Zamorski gathered 12 in-house lawyers to discuss building relationships and trust in a hybrid working environment. The pair brought together two different perspectives – Yermia from in-house at a […]
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Members of The Lawyer Hot 100 have just two things in common. The first is excellence. Every year, our Hot 100 covers an incredibly diverse mix of legal professionals: scrappers from the rough and tumble of criminal law; sharp-suited corporate dealmakers; intellectuals and silver-tongued advocates from barristers’ profession; the in-house counsel with the ear of their CEOs; […]
A number of pandemic-related disputes were played out in the nation’s courts last year, with this trend set to continue well into 2022. The UK Government’s response will be probed in the long-awaited public Covid-19 inquiry, while obligations to care home residents will also be under the spotlight. In the insurance world, business interruption losses […]
As disputes teams across the country prepare for looming court battles in 2022, we asked counsel from last year’s biggest disputes to share their experiences. Meghan Markle v Associated Newspapers: claimant won Victoria Anderson, senior associate at Schillings We represented The Duchess of Sussex in her claims against Associated Newspapers for misuse of private information […]
To mark the announcement of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2022, we asked experts across the hottest practice areas to reveal which cases and appeals they’re keeping an eye on this year, and why. Here’s what they had to say. Banking: Ceri Morgan, professional support consultant at Herbert Smith Freehills Nigeria v JPMorgan Chase: This […]
The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Last update: 10 January 2022 The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became the first firm to offer NQs £100,000 in London back in […]
Is your law firm innovative? In recent years, promoting a culture of innovation has become an essential competitive ingredient at firms – and for good reason.
A blank page and a 404 error. Those are two things that really excite Juliet Caragianis these days.
We Talk Banking & Finance is a new bi-weekly podcast in which lawyers from Walkers’ international banking team discuss the latest themes and trends in offshore finance with industry experts. In the second episode, senior counsel Julia Keppe and sssociate Alice Wight talk to Bradley Davidson, ESG Lead at RBS International, on all things ESG and look at the factors influencing direction of travel, including regulation, reporting and investor behaviour.
Law firm leaders and general counsel from across the globe joined together virtually once again to discuss an exciting array of topics at the 14th Annual Global Law Firm Leaders Conference hosted by Sandpiper Partners.
This month’s publication of The Lawyer’s new US 50 ranking confirms that 2020 was yet another record year for US law firms in the UK. But while 23 firms saw a double digit rise in revenue and seven grew their turnover by 20 per cent or more, not every firm enjoyed such a barnstorming performance […]
On 9th-10th June, the Marketing Leadership Summit is bringing together the top marketing and business development leaders working in major law firms today. If you want to become a commercial partner with the Marketing Leadership Summit, simply click here to enquire about available sponsorship opportunities.
Today’s “Success Stories” case study features Alexia Tomazos, the head of legal and business affairs at Outbrain, a leading recommendation platform for the open web. In this short video, Tomazos talks about smarter ways of working and shares a couple of practical examples for increasing productivity and efficiency. TL Success Stories – Alexia Tomazos from […]
Case study on Scania’s use of legal tech to improve legal’s business engagement.
