Ashurst has become the latest firm to increase the base rate for its UK newly-qualified solicitors. The firm has now made £90,000 its NQ base salary. Last summer, as it confronted the effects of Covid-19, Ashurst froze NQ pay at £84,000. In November last year it was increased to £85,500. In 2019 Ashurst had upped […]
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Fladgate is fighting back against allegations of “dishonest assistance” from a BVI-based company that has accused the law firm of being complicit in a historic fraud. Kea Investments Limited is bringing the case against Fladgate, with its lawyers at Farrer & Co recently criticising the law firm for “very obvious deficiencies” in its disclosure. The […]
Simpson Thacher has boosted its London NQ pay as it joins the wave of pay rise announcements from its rivals. According to a source familiar with the firm, classes of 2021/2020 will receive a starting pay of $205,000, with the class of 2013 at $365,000. London lawyers will also receive “proportionate salary increases”. Earlier this […]
It’s a strange phenomenon when people talk about pride and coming out. Each person has their own personal and unique story to tell. Getting on in years, as junior lawyers keep reminding me, and as a 49-year-old I have been recalling my pride journey, reminiscing if you like. I had always thought that I exuded […]
In the first in a new series on getting back to normal, Ray Berg sends his match report from England v Croatia.
In today’s 60-second interview, Conga’s director of sales engineering for EMEA North Howard Wassall talks to The Lawyer about CLM platforms, machine learning and legal tasks to be automated in the future. How can legal teams become more efficient in their operations? The legal team today are often involved in the vast majority of contract […]
In our latest 60-second interview, GSK’s Assistant General Counsel Corporate, Anthony Kenny, talks to The Lawyer about why taking climate action is so important, how in-house counsel are ideally positioned to influence and what the new initiative ‘Lawyers for Net Zero’ is doing to help. Why do you personally feel it is important to get […]
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Seven in-house lawyers express their gratitude to external advisers for helping them through the pandemic, while giving pointers on how to move forward.
The latest developments in the aftermath of the collapse of the breakaway league from the legal point of view. Contact alex.taylor@thelawyer.com with related news or analysis.
Last month’s China sanctions against a number of individuals and entities, including Essex Court Chambers, sparked a weekend of discussions for City litigators.
Last month, Cooley unveiled its first revenue dip since it opened in the City in 2015. Behind that lies a major tussle over firm strategy – and in particular, its relationship with one of the most powerful companies in the world.
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 […]
Brexit’s transition process will pose a number of challenges for businesses. This tracking tool will help you manage and avoid issues as new developments take shape.
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Digital transformation has increased the data flowing through firms and organisations: how can technology impact on the collection, interrogation and interpretation of the data? Find out how Dentons manages its data and how its lawyer can make faster decisions from Andrew Foster, Director of Financial Information, Europe, Dentons and Felicity Starr, Regional Vice President, Tableau Europe.
Lenoy Barkai, Director, and Joseph Tarraf, Associate Director, in cyber security at S-RM, explain the critical role that general counsel play during a cyber incident, and what can be done before and after an incident to ensure an organisation’s resilience and readiness.
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Ahead of the inaugural Smarter Working Week in association with Shoosmiths event, Shoosmiths chief executive Simon Boss spoke with The Lawyer about the concept of smarter working and how that has evolved over the past year. “Many people may think smarter working is just about efficiency or productivity” and while it includes that, it’s actually […]
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Shoosmiths’ Caroline White-Robinson on finding the confidence to say “this isn’t going well” and that no, this is not “the worst thing that could have happened”.
