Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kirkland & Ellis are continuing to advise Debenhams and its lenders, in another torrid day for the UK’s High Street retailers. Freshfields global restructuring and insolvency head Ken Baird is the lead partner advising Debenhams alongside partner Lindsay Hingston, with Craig Montgomery leading on the litigation side. Debenhams is now set […]
The bruising conclusions will cause soul-searching at both the legal regulator and SDT.
The Lawyer Shopping Channel Three hot tips today. “West End Lane Books is a wonderful north west London family-run bookshop,” says Atkin Chambers‘ head of marketing Emily Morris. “They do lots of signed editions which make great (Xmas) gifts. Always make great recommendations for all ages. Click and collect or post. Best of all they […]
ASOS’ interim general counsel Anna Suchopar has been confirmed as permanent GC and company secretary. Suchopar was appointed to the top legal role on an interim basis in July last year, following the departure of former GC Andrew Magowan. Having trained at Taylor Wessing, Suchopar joined the online fashion retailer in 2014 from Virgin Group, where […]
Linklaters has overhauled how it distributes its profits to partners, The Lawyer has learned, marking another shift as firms increasingly review ways of operating after the pandemic. The partnership at the magic circle firm has passed through a change in the frequency of its profit distributions that will switch to once every two months instead […]
Burges Salmon has opted to repay UK Government funds used for putting its staff on the furlough scheme, as it readies to go ahead with salary reviews. The Bristol-headquartered firm made the decision following a financial review of the past few months and forecasting of what’s to come. It joins a list of firms who […]
Thanks to the pandemic, managing risks within businesses has never been more challenging. In-house teams are shepherding their organisations through the turbulent legal and regulatory landscape, often with constrained time and limited resources. Legal departments have also had to change the way they communicate with their businesses. The remote working environment has implications for identifying […]
In this latest interview, LexisNexis director of strategic markets Mark Smith talks to The Lawyer about prioritisation, saying “no” and making space for strategic thinking. How do you prioritise when everything is a priority? The first step is to acknowledge that no matter how hard you work you will never get everything done. If you […]
The UK Corporate 50 market report focuses primarily on the UK market, including details on revenue, headcount, diversity, hires, promotions, and much more.
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The UK 200: The Independents is the only report focusing entirely on the UK’s national, regional and boutique law firms ranked 101-200 in the UK 200. This year’s report: highlights consolidation and growth trends in this fast-moving and nimble market examines the fortunes of firms in the UK regions focuses on the challenges and changes […]
With this new report: Understand UK Top 100 firms’ responses to the pandemic, including the use of the Government’s furlough scheme, salary cuts and partner profit deferrals. Benchmark the top 100 largest firms by the UK legal market’s most comprehensive roster of metrics, including revenue, margin, PEP, net profit, RPL, RPP, headcount and many more. […]
The overnight shift to remote working during lockdown has shaken up attitudes to the traditional commute forever, while raising fears over childcare assistance and career development, our major industry-wide survey reveals
New security laws and a US-China trade war mean Western players will have to change the way their do business to compete with the PRC heavyweights
Why tensions between the US and China are worse news to China’s elite firms than the current pandemic
After almost 10 years spent banging at the door, waiting to enter the mainstream, litigation funding is now ready for its moment in the spotlight
The debate around structural racism has been heightened by the killing of George Floyd and the growing voice of the Black Lives Matter movement. Together, they reframe how we think of the history of the City, and by extension the commercial legal profession.
To mark the end of International Mediation Awareness Week, we will debunk a number of mediation myths which have pervaded the legal profession since it was first introduced.
We tackle how internal drivers play out in micro-decisions and macro leadership systems. If we’re going to tackle inclusivity thoroughly – and the cost of just ticking a box is too high – we’re going to need to go deep.
We look at the new powers introduced by the Bill, particularly those intended to deal with tough legacy contracts.
Activists in the UK have been coming together to see how litigation can be used to bring about change in climate policy, so called, “Climate Justice”. The concept of Climate Justice has been a ‘hot topic’ for some years although it is one that has predominantly taken the stage in countries outside of the UK.
The seventh and final instalment of The Lawyer European Awards shortlist discussions presented by The Lawyer’s Editor, Catrin Griffiths and International Editor, Yun Kriegler will look at the teams and people that have really added value to their organisations.
The sixth instalment of The Lawyer European Awards shortlist discussions presented by The Lawyer’s Editor, Catrin Griffiths and International Editor, Yun Kriegler features a variety of regional categories, including a new category for 2020: Real Estate Team of the year.
The fifth instalment of The Lawyer European Awards shortlist discussions presented by The Lawyer’s Editor, Catrin Griffiths and International Editor, Yun Kriegler will look at the emerging trends from the Global European categories.
The fourth instalment of The Lawyer European Awards shortlist discussions presented by The Lawyer’s Editor, Catrin Griffiths and International Editor, Yun Kriegler will be focused on the emerging trends from the Eastern Europe shortlist entries.
