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Revealed: The Top 20 Cases of 2021
This year, the courts play host to a series of long-running financial and competition cases, while it looks like UK Government lawyers will be extremely busy.
Revealed: The Hot 100 2021
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 […]
Hot 100 career quiz: Mishcon’s head of politics and law Katy Colton
“As first year trainees we were tasked with the ‘tradition’ of performing at the firm Christmas party. Six of us chose to perform a Mishcon-themed rap song.”
Ashurst treads into corporate governance with Addleshaws hire
National Security and Investment Act: an overview for insolvency practitioners
The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the Act) creates a new screening regime for transactions which might raise national security concerns in the UK.
Transformations in the leisure and hospitality sector in a post pandemic world
Partner Phil Moran says the leisure and hospitality sector has been amongst the hardest hit by the pandemic as many thousands of restaurants, pubs, hotels, cafes and tourist attractions were forced to close and remain at a stand-still for months.
Coronavirus – Navigating the next stage
As we move into what we can only hope is the last phase of changes to Coronavirus restrictions, the last month or so has seen the lifting of most social restrictions across the UK, and the introduction of more routine protective measures.
Race discrimination: Employment law focus
For an employer to say they have strong ESG credentials, they need to be doing more than simply relying on policies and training to prevent race discrimination at work.
Using green loans to retrofit your buildings
As businesses come under increasing pressure to acknowledge and improve their environmental impact, there’s a growing need to make commercial properties greener.
2019/20 financial results live blog: the latest news
Which firms have reported so far?
Revealed: The Top 20 Cases of 2021
This year, the courts play host to a series of long-running financial and competition cases, while it looks like UK Government lawyers will be extremely busy.
Revealed: The Hot 100 2021
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 […]
Hot 100 career quiz: Mishcon’s head of politics and law Katy Colton
“As first year trainees we were tasked with the ‘tradition’ of performing at the firm Christmas party. Six of us chose to perform a Mishcon-themed rap song.”
Slaughters ups NQ pay after Covid cuts
Slaughter and May has increased pay for its NQs after cutting salaries last year, though the figure is still lightly lower than pre-pandemic levels. NQ pay will now total £90,500. The increase does not match pre-pandemic levels when the base salary was at £92,000. In May, at the onset of the pandemic, the firm had […]
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HSF hikes London NQ pay by 14 per cent
Herbert Smith Freehills is increasing the base rate of its newly-qualified lawyer salaries, having last upped pay for its junior lawyers in December. The firm will be increasing its London NQ base salary to £120,000, plus bonus, effective from today. The firm had increased these salaries back in December to £105,000. Alison Brown, executive partner, […]
Pinsents enters Luxembourg with seven-strong partner team
Pinsent Masons is launching an office in Luxembourg after the acquisition of one of the country’s local firms. From today Pinsents is taking over Wildgen’s office, adding seven partners to the firm and 16 lawyers in the office. The office will be headed by partner, Michel Bulach. This brings the total number of Pinsents’ Continental […]
What you need to know about Clydes and BLM’s live merger in three graphs
Today marks the official launch date of Clyde & Co’s merger with insurance firm and competitor BLM, a move that will transform the legal insurance market. It comes just over three months since partners from both firms voted the mega-deal through in March, after two years of covert discussions. Here are three graphs breaking down […]
Freeths to oversee new Post Office victims compensation scheme
Freeths is to supervise the design and implementation of a UK Government compensation scheme aimed at the original Post Office scandal victims. The national firm has been appointed by the Government to act on behalf of over 500 sub-postmasters who brought the landmark civil group action against the Post Office. Until earlier this year, this […]
NRF energy duo to exit firm
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has been hit for two energy partners in the City. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired energy duo Daniel Giemajner and Matt Hardwick to its City office. Giemajner, who was promoted to partner in 2020, has a particular specialism in advising on the development and acquisition of mining assets, […]
Linklaters finance partner to exit for Willkie
A Linklaters leveraged finance partner is departing for Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s London office, The Lawyer can reveal. The partner in question is Daniel Gendron, who will join the firm in September. Gendron has spent nearly 15 years at Linklaters. He joined the firm as a managing associate in 2008 and was given the nod […]
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