Clifford Chance has debuted an apprenticeship training scheme for legal project managers, as firms are increasingly on the look-out for professionals to support large-scale client initiatives. The new scheme was developed in collaboration with experts from WhiteHat, a startup that creates alternatives to university through apprenticeships and was co-founded by Euan Blair, the eldest son […]
UK-headquartered firms have been piling in to release their 2018/19 financial results. Which firms have reported so far?
Sidley Austin has lost its third partner in the City to US rival Dechert, following on from the exits of John McGrath and Simon Fawell earlier this month. The Lawyer revealed that McGrath and Fawell were to make the move, having worked together at Sidley on structured finance matters. McGrath focuses on corporate deals, while Fawell […]
Tonight, in-house teams, City firms and regional practices will battle it out at The Lawyer Awards 2019. There’s a new category – City firm of the year – in which the London offices of eight firms will compete to win the prize. Here’s a rundown of why they’re shortlisted. Dentons is the world’s largest law […]
Trowers & Hamlins has appointed 12 new partners across its London, Birmingham, Manchester, Exeter, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi offices. Half of the promotions are London-based, with three in Exeter and one in Manchester. Outside of the UK, Trowers’ Bahrain and Abu Dhabi offices have each received one new partner. Over the last two years, Trowers […]
Allen & Overy has succumbed to the NQ pay race, becoming the latest magic circle firm to bump up its remuneration for newly-qualified solicitors to £100,000. The change means NQs will receive a minimum of £100,000, including bonus, which is a 20 per cent increase on the £83,000 that A&O previously set at the end […]
Your roadmap to Asia-Pac growth: Enquire here Investigate the risk both international and independent firms are facing in APAC’s main jurisdictions. Understand who’s growing and why in the region. Benchmark your firm’s progress against your peers. Win and defend your firm’s market share. This year’s Asia-Pacific 100 will focus on growth and how the leading […]
Indispensable insight for your firm ENQUIRE TODAY 1. Discover and examine the growth of independent European firms on the continent. 2. Investigate where the opportunities lie; which local firms to compete with, to partner with and to acquire. 3. Reveal the growth of international firms in European legal markets. The Lawyer’s European 100 is the […]
Reveal how firms identify and integrate the market’s top talent. Uncover the impact the investment firms have made in recent years. Investigate which areas firms are looking to target for 2019. Discover the trends that are the most important now, and those that will become increasingly so over the next few years. ENQUIRE TODAY This […]
How have firms in the second half of The Lawyer UK Top 100 fared since the recession hit many of them so hard a decade ago? In this feature, the data shows which firms are the winners and losers in the mid-tier.
The largest merger in the Italian legal market in over 30 years started out in the tiniest possible way. A casual conversation between Giuseppe Lombardi, founder of litigation boutique Lombardi e Associati, and Sergio Erede, one of the three lawyers who twenty years ago founded corporate powerhouse BonelliErede alongside Aurelio Pappalardo and the late Franco […]
Which firms have NEDs on their boards? And who are the most junior UK-qualified partners on leadership teams? The Lawyer’s first boardroom audit displays key trends in gender diversity, seats of power and the role of business services professionals.
David Pollitt is transforming DACB thanks to his style of cheery communication coupled with strict financial discipline.
Break-ups of law firms are rare on the Continent. So when not one, but two Swedish firms suffered losses in Stockholm last year, it sent convulsions across the Nordic region.
These are The Lawyer‘s Top 20 cases to look out for in 2019.
The Lawyer first-ever technology-focused market report aims not only to recognise the fact that the UK’s largest law firms are investing an increasing amount of time and money in a wide range of technology applications, systems and solutions, but also highlight which are using these to materially improve the way they operate.
In what must be a coronial first an assistant coroner has issued a ‘PFD report’ directed at the Chief Coroner suggesting he may be able to take action himself to prevent future deaths by issuing guidance to coroners regarding post-mortem investigations after shooting cases. On 20 June 2019 HH Peter Rook QC concluded the second […]
The General Counsel Barometer 2019, published with The Lawyer, shows that GCs are expected to play a more strategic role in their organisations, a trend that has increased since it was reported in the General Counsel Barometer 2017. The study explores how the role of a GC has changed to adapt to the evolving complexities […]
By Richard Kimblin, Oliver Lawrence The Westminster government’s plans for a new runway at Heathrow have received a green light from the Planning Court. The Welsh Government’s plans for major improvements to the M4 have been given a red light from, well, the Welsh Government. We attach a summary of the main issues in each case […]
Walker Morris’ Head of Commercial Dispute Resolution Gwendoline Davies explains that the Supreme Court has now clarified the test for ‘serious harm’, which must be established in any defamation claim. In Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd & Ors [1] the Supreme Court has reinforced that Section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013 (the Act) should limit the number […]
By Piers Warne The Rugby World Cup is being staged this year in Japan. Matches are between Friday 20 September and Saturday 2 November, so there is just under 8 weeks of rugby. Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales have all qualified and are some of the favourites to make it to the latter stages of […]
