Keidan Harrison is no longer facing the threat of a contempt of court charge, with the High Court recently awarding the City boutique a favourable costs judgment. A ruling from Mr Justice Zacaroli confirmed that Keidan Harrison had not breached a worldwide freezing order, adding that the firm succeeded in a “case that gave rise […]
The difference between Latham and Kirkland’s London revenue is narrowing.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has started to allow its entire London headcount into the office, as it sets a date for the kick-off of its UK flexible working policy. The magic circle firm will allow each employee to access the premises should they wish. However, there will still be the option to work from home for […]
Pinsent Masons’ revenue snuck up by just under two per cent during the last year, rising from £495.5m to £503.3m. This coincided with a significant uplift in the firm’s average profit per equity partner, which shot up 16 per cent from £546,000 to £636,000. Managing partner John Cleland told The Lawyer that the results were […]
Keidan Harrison is no longer facing the threat of a contempt of court charge, with the High Court recently awarding the City boutique a favourable costs judgment. A ruling from Mr Justice Zacaroli confirmed that Keidan Harrison had not breached a worldwide freezing order, adding that the firm succeeded in a “case that gave rise […]
The difference between Latham and Kirkland’s London revenue is narrowing.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has started to allow its entire London headcount into the office, as it sets a date for the kick-off of its UK flexible working policy. The magic circle firm will allow each employee to access the premises should they wish. However, there will still be the option to work from home for […]
Pinsent Masons’ revenue snuck up by just under two per cent during the last year, rising from £495.5m to £503.3m. This coincided with a significant uplift in the firm’s average profit per equity partner, which shot up 16 per cent from £546,000 to £636,000. Managing partner John Cleland told The Lawyer that the results were […]
Just Eat’s former general counsel has resurfaced at British cybersecurity company Darktrace as its new GC, ahead of the latter’s anticipated flotation. James Sporle joins Darktrace as GC and company secretary, nearly two years after overseeing Just Eat’s £6.2bn merger with Takeaway.com. He left Just Eat alongside deputy GC Isabelle Meyer earlier in the year, […]
Barclays’ legal team was once among the most influential in the UK. That power has diminished over the last decade, yet the banking giant still packs a punch when it comes to talent management. Some 40 lawyers are understood to have left Barclays in the UK last year. There are cost-cutting measures at play here, […]
Keystone Law, the poster child for the platform firm, is likely to break the psychologically important £100m revenue barrier in 2025. The success of this firm has spawned a new market, which is challenging traditional firms on the talent front. More than 3,500 lawyers now work across a variety of fee-sharing outfits, research from Atlas […]
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Gowling WLG and Norton Rose Fulbright’s London offices will all be under water in a few decades. This trio shares idyllic views overlooking the Thames, but they will all be submerged in the river by the year 2100 as climate change-induced sea level rises occur. And this is based on the […]
Talent churn is accelerating among the junior ranks with today’s associates more mobile than the generations before them. The concept of long-term professional loyalty is fading as Gen Z rises. These lawyers ask not what they can do for you, but what your firm can do for them. This generational shift in working attitudes is […]
Hooray, big-ticket M&A is having a mini-revival and so are the firms that make so much of their money out of it. Already in 2024, major European M&A deals to have been announced include International Paper’s £5.8bn planned acquisition of London-listed packaging company DS Smith, which trumped another offer from rival Mondi. Other significant matters […]
Cooley is set to defend LGBTQ+ social networking and dating app Grindr in a High Court class action launched by Austen Hays, a new collective actions firm owned by Gateley. The claim alleges that Grindr is in breach of UK data protection laws for sharing sensitive data with third parties for commercial purposes without their […]
Norway’s Sands has suffered one of the largest mass defections in its history after six partners left to join Big Five firm Wiersholm in Trondheim. The hires bolster Wiersholm in a range of the firm’s key sectors, including marine law, renewables, technology, real estate and tax. The firm has committed to further growth over the […]
Staff at Baker McKenzie are being encouraged to sit next to co-workers outside their teams, in a bid to stop people from flocking to familiar faces on office days. Bakers’ seating scheme at its new London headquarters 280 Bishopsgate is intended to encourage workers to meet people with whom they would not normally interact. While […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of all the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this edition, CMS Wistrand recently went live and its drivers were myriad, but one in particular stood out for us; Poland is dangerously underlawyered in one very particular area; and Pinsents has embarked on […]
Competition boutique Geradin Partners opens its doors in Paris today as the firm seeks to become a serious player in the French capital’s vibrant competition and litigation scenes. Opening on the same block as Freshfields in the heart of Paris’ 8e Arrondissement, Geradin has brought in competition litigator Marc Barennes from Bureau Brandeis with his […]
