The Lawyer’s top 200 UK law firms revealed
The largest 200 UK law firms are revealed in The Lawyer’s UK 200 latest report.
Former Dechert partner leads six-strong finance team hire at EY
EY Law is bringing in a team of six lawyers to boost its financial services practice, including a former Dechert partner. The legal arm of the accountancy firm has brought in a collective helmed by Monica Gogna, a finance expert who left Dechert last September. The team hire is aimed at building out a financial services […]
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Hogan Lovells pays tribute to corporate partner Richard Diffenthal
Hogan Lovells has announced that City partner Richard Diffenthal has sadly passed away. Diffenthal, who was 40, was a homegrown Hogan Lovells corporate talent, having trained at the firm before making partnership in 2016. His wealth of experience covered the full range of corporate practices, including equity capital markets, joint ventures and corporate advisory work, […]
RPC launches global insurance network with five firms
RPC is expanding its global insurance offering with the launch of a network that includes six firms from different counties. As a means of providing insurer clients access to specialists around the world, Global Access Lawyers is made up of firms from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, and the USA. In order of countries, the […]
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The Lawyer’s top 200 UK law firms revealed
The largest 200 UK law firms are revealed in The Lawyer’s UK 200 latest report.
Former Dechert partner leads six-strong finance team hire at EY
EY Law is bringing in a team of six lawyers to boost its financial services practice, including a former Dechert partner. The legal arm of the accountancy firm has brought in a collective helmed by Monica Gogna, a finance expert who left Dechert last September. The team hire is aimed at building out a financial services […]
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Hogan Lovells pays tribute to corporate partner Richard Diffenthal
Hogan Lovells has announced that City partner Richard Diffenthal has sadly passed away. Diffenthal, who was 40, was a homegrown Hogan Lovells corporate talent, having trained at the firm before making partnership in 2016. His wealth of experience covered the full range of corporate practices, including equity capital markets, joint ventures and corporate advisory work, […]
RPC launches global insurance network with five firms
RPC is expanding its global insurance offering with the launch of a network that includes six firms from different counties. As a means of providing insurer clients access to specialists around the world, Global Access Lawyers is made up of firms from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, and the USA. In order of countries, the […]
A&O takes over from Dechert in torture claim trial
Allen & Overy (A&O) is advising the Government of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), as its former advisers at Dechert prepare to defend themselves from torture allegations made by ex-employees of RAK and its investment authority. The over-arching claim is against Dechert, its former white-collar co-head Neil Gerrard, partner Caroline Black and David Hughes, who moved […]
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More pay rises on the way as inflation mounts
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A Paul Weiss UK launch is just round the corner
Paul Weiss’s London office is very profitable but could do with a few more partners.
UK law students are starting to prefer US firms
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Reed Smith to offer voluntary redundancies in global secretarial review
Reed Smith is to review its admin function, in a process that will entail voluntary redundancies across its network. The firm has started a firmwide project called “Connectivity Initiative” that was launched in November 2020 to examine the effectiveness of its support function. As part of the process, the firm is offering a voluntary redundancy […]
GC roundtable: How to store data effectively
The over retention of data poses numerous risks and added costs, especially around privacy, security, and GDPR compliance. But removing the blockers for data disposal and implementing a robust records management and information governance program is no easy feat. In-house counsel and records management teams of companies across every industry are struggling to remove barriers […]
Inmarsat loses second in-houser in a year
Inmarsat’s VP for legal affairs has taken on a new role at a business advisory company, six months after the departure of general counsel Trudy Cooke. Christian Fahey joins Washington-headquartered Ankura as executive director and associate GC for EMEA and APAC as its first international lawyer, after nearly five years at satellite company Inmarsat. In […]
Clifford Chance delays start date for new flexible working policy
Clifford Chance is postponing the implementation of its long-term UK remote working policy, in light of potential changes in the Government roadmap. The magic circle firm has communicated internally that its policy will kick off in September rather than June. The Lawyer revealed the new arrangements in late April, which were announced as the firm […]
Clydes votes in new senior partner after election race
Clyde & Co’s North American and Canadian chair has been elected as the firm’s new senior partner, after former leader Peter Hirst stepped down last year. Montréal-based Carolena Gordon has taken the top job, winning the election against UK partners James Cooper and Chris Murray. Gordon is the first partner from outside the UK to […]
Dentons cuts roles after business services consultation
Dentons has completed its business services consultation, resulting in over 60 voluntary redundancies. The consultation was launched at the beginning of the year and impacted up to 87 roles. Dentons confirmed that 67 employees (35 secretaries and 32 business services staff) opted for voluntary redundancy while two roles were cut. In addition, six secretaries and 14 […]
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