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A data dive of the most active stock market advisers since 2005 shows it’s HSF, not the US firms, that are the dark horses of the FTSE.
Kirkland and Latham top the US 50 law firms in London table in 2021.
The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Last update: 3 August 2022 The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became the first firm to offer NQs £100,000 in London back in […]
Goodwin is eyeing up Sidley Austin’s private equity grouping again, with a number of associates set to join a partner team led by Christian Iwasko and Erik Dahl, The Lawyer understands. Goodwin is thought to be hiring up to six associates from Sidley’s private equity team after Goodwin brought in a partner group spearheaded by […]
A data dive of the most active stock market advisers since 2005 shows it’s HSF, not the US firms, that are the dark horses of the FTSE.
Kirkland and Latham top the US 50 law firms in London table in 2021.
The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Last update: 3 August 2022 The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became the first firm to offer NQs £100,000 in London back in […]
Goodwin is eyeing up Sidley Austin’s private equity grouping again, with a number of associates set to join a partner team led by Christian Iwasko and Erik Dahl, The Lawyer understands. Goodwin is thought to be hiring up to six associates from Sidley’s private equity team after Goodwin brought in a partner group spearheaded by […]
Allen & Overy has decided to shut down its two-staff satellite office in Barcelona, and focus the growth of its Spain practice from Madrid. The magic circle firm launched the Barcelona office in February 2014, with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner Antoni Valverde. However, the office remained a small outpost with a single-fee […]
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Several firms have been enlisted by different UK Government departments to contribute to the Covid-19 inquiry
The city’s smaller players are moving their way up the value chain
Time to check out the 2022 UK200
Revenue growth slowed down this financial year for almost half of the top 100
Financial resilience is vital if firms are to ride out a recession
Less is sometimes more when it comes to the ratio of associates to partners
Data protection breach claims spiked in 2021
Kirkland & Ellis has promoted 193 lawyers to partner worldwide, with London the third most popular jurisdiction after two of the firm’s largest US offices. Non-US promotions took place in London, Munich, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. London accounted for 26 promotions in total, coming behind Chicago and New York. This is the highest number […]
The Ince Group is to sell two more businesses, this time its subsidiaries Ince Gibraltar and Ince Consultancy Gibraltar. The companies are to be sold to two of Ince’s employees for £700,000, in a move that the firm claims will help its European business better focus on core legal matters. Peter Howitt, managing director of […]
Even with the UK Government u-turning on its controversial tax cut for the highest earners, supporters and donors to the party have been expressing their reservations – including the chairman of legal recruiter SSQ. According to donor records, SSQ’s chairman and founder Gareth Quarry made three separate donations of £25,000 to the Conservative party between […]
Deloitte Legal’s head of legal managed services has left the Big Four giant after two years in the role. Emily Foges is understood to have exited last week. She joined Deloitte in 2020 from Luminance where she had been CEO of the artificial intelligence company. As part of her role at Deloitte, she was responsible […]
Four lawyers have been promoted to partner in Covington & Burling’s London office, while 10 more have made the cut across the US. The four in London are life sciences transactional lawyer Winsome Cheung, who joined Covington in 2015 after training at Hogan Lovells, as well as the firm’s project finance vice-chair Ursula Owczarkowski. She […]
