Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is losing yet another partner in its London office, with Freeths picking up a member of its real estate team. Alice Dockar’s departure comes after almost two decades at HSF, six of which has been as a partner after being made up in 2015. She will be joining Freeths as a […]
Cromwell Property Group has finalised its new European panel, after assessing firms on metrics including diversity, ESG and their gearing in revenue per lawyer and profit per equity partner. The Australia-based real estate investor and manager has wrapped up its review, which began at the beginning of 2021 after an assessment of its group strategy […]
Firms have recognised that people like to consume their content in different ways and over the years we have seen firms establish LinkedIn pages, Instagram pages and launch a series of podcasts to engage with clients. But do firms know what is resonating well with the market and the optimum way to engage clients?
At just seven years call, Monckton Chambers’ William Hooper recently pulled off a remarkable result by defeating not just one experienced silk in a high-profile dispute, but two. Albeit on separate occasions. Appearing unled in hearings before the High Court and Court of Appeal respectively, Hooper first overcame Radcliffe’s Jeremy Cousins QC before then taking […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is losing yet another partner in its London office, with Freeths picking up a member of its real estate team. Alice Dockar’s departure comes after almost two decades at HSF, six of which has been as a partner after being made up in 2015. She will be joining Freeths as a […]
Cromwell Property Group has finalised its new European panel, after assessing firms on metrics including diversity, ESG and their gearing in revenue per lawyer and profit per equity partner. The Australia-based real estate investor and manager has wrapped up its review, which began at the beginning of 2021 after an assessment of its group strategy […]
Firms have recognised that people like to consume their content in different ways and over the years we have seen firms establish LinkedIn pages, Instagram pages and launch a series of podcasts to engage with clients. But do firms know what is resonating well with the market and the optimum way to engage clients?
At just seven years call, Monckton Chambers’ William Hooper recently pulled off a remarkable result by defeating not just one experienced silk in a high-profile dispute, but two. Albeit on separate occasions. Appearing unled in hearings before the High Court and Court of Appeal respectively, Hooper first overcame Radcliffe’s Jeremy Cousins QC before then taking […]
I grew up heavily closeted in a small, conservative village, and from a young age I assumed that I would grow up, find a husband, and have children. I still have my 13-year-old diary in which I set out my life plan, which involved being married, qualified, and a parent age 27. Even then I […]
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 […]
On Tuesday last week (9 April), the SRA sought to quell a rising tide of discontent around the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). In its most recent SQE annual report, SRA chief executive Paul Philip said the public and profession could have “confidence” in this “rigorous assessment”. That confidence was short-lived. Yesterday (15 April), Philip was […]
For one firm, the pan-Nordic dream is dead. For another, it’s just begun. Hannes Snellman’s announcement that its Stockholm and Helsinki offices will be going their separate ways later this year represented the end of a strategic gamble that started 16 years ago. Back then, its leadership bet that opening in Stockholm (2008) and Copenhagen […]
It seems that one of the chief attributes of managing partners is wild optimism. You can’t move for law firm leaders committing their firms to hardcore five-year targets – particularly in the upper mid-tier, where we’re hearing of plans to double or even triple revenues by the end of the decade. We’d like some of […]
Dentons has promoted 12 lawyers to partner in the UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) this year, including nine partners in London. Of the remaining three promotions, two were made in Glasgow and one was made in Abu Dhabi. Most of the promotions have been made in the projects team, with Claudia Thomas and Graham […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made up 23 lawyers to partner globally in its smallest round for three years. Last year, the magic circle promoted 30 to partnership worldwide, with 27 making the grade in 2022. There were 22 elevations in 2021. As a result, the London set is also slightly smaller than in previous years. […]
The Lawyer‘s Christian Smith, Catrin Griffiths, Richard Simmons, Katy Dowell and Charlotte Lear are joined by College of Legal Practice CEO Giles Proctor for this emergency episode of The Lawyer Podcast as they discuss the latest Solicitors Qualification Exam debacle: marking errors that led to 175 students being incorrectly told they had failed. What went […]
Fieldfisher is bolstering its German presence with a sizeable team from local firm SKW Schwartz and a handful of other hires, in an effort to expand its media, technology and IP offerings. The firm has hired eight lawyers from SKW Schwarz including partners Martin Diesbach, Elisabeth Noltenius and Julia Schafdecker, all of whom specialise in […]
Debevoise & Plimpton is hiring from Goodwin Procter as it adds a new partner to its London investment funds team. Shawn D’Aguiar is switching to a new US firm in London eight years after joining Goodwin from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). He was part of a four-partner team move led by then funds head Michael […]
