Top 50 US law firms in London
Kirkland and Latham top the US 50 law firms in London table in 2021.
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 full update: 3 November 2023 Last minor update: 1 May 2024 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 […]
Barclays is facing a costs bill nearing £28m after defeating a High Court claim from PCP Capital, as each side was ordered to pay its own legal fees. This was confirmed during a hearing on Thursday afternoon, which revealed that Barclays outspent its opponents by just under £10m. Simmons & Simmons represented the bank throughout the […]
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 […]
Junior lawyers at regional outfit Howes Percival are being encouraged to adopt a greater range of communication methods with clients, as firms seek to address generational differences between associates and partners. The firm, with locations across Cambridge, Leicester, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Norwich and Oxford, said it is responding to changing behaviours in both clients and associates. It is encouraging its […]
Newcastle United, Chelsea and Everton are backing Manchester City to varying degrees in its case against the Premier League, The Lawyer can reveal. Manchester City is challenging the Premier League’s rules, including its Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules, in an arbitration set to kick off on Monday. As shareholders in the League, the Premier League’s […]
Travers Smith has revealed a cohort of six partner promotions in its latest round. This round marks an increase of one from last year’s five, after a drop of nearly half compared to Travers’ largest partner cohort to date of 11 in 2022. The promotions cover a broad range of practice areas including Ingrid Hodgskiss […]
City giants Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are at the heart of an arbitration between Manchester City and the Premier League. Manchester City has long been battling the League over various matters related to the club’s spending. It is set to challenge the Premier League’s rules in a three-member arbitration, set to kick […]
Goodwin has surpassed the newly-qualified solicitor pay offered by US firms Kirkland & Ellis and Vinson & Elkins, by upping its rates to £175,000. Pay for NQs increased from £161,500 from the start of June, a jump of nearly £15,000. Kirkland and Vinson & Elkins currently pay their NQs just over £173,000. Goodwin is also […]
This report contains: financial performance of the largest US firms in London analysis of five standout firms that achieved significant revenue growth, detailing key factors behind their success individual firm profiles highlighting financial performance, growth strategies and client base and matters
This report includes: an overview of seven firms that have expanded their footprints beyond their regional heartlands an efficiency analysis of the firms based on The Lawyer‘s Practice Analysis firm specific deep dives.
This report contains: an overview of the litigation boutiques that have opened in the past six years a deep dive into the challenges that litigation boutiques face profiles for all firms shortlisted for this year’s The Lawyer Awards litigation boutique firm of the year.
This dashboard: contains an overview of the claims at a selection of courts in the UK. allows you to compare activity at the courts in Q1 2024 against Q1 2023.
This report outlines: different roles being played by the international and regional CEE firms in cases related to Ukraine how firms approach the tricky subject of pricing matters relating to Ukraine
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Search vacanciesGosh, it’s been all go at DWF these past few years. Back in March 2019, the firm became the first legal business to list on London’s Main Market. Since then it has navigated through at least four redundancy consultations, revamped its operating model to embrace combined profit centres in 2021 and made some bold geographical […]
There are two very large US firms out there with the name Paul in their title – and both have their own London expansion story to tell. While Paul Weiss has really revved up its efforts over the past year, Paul Hastings has taken a moment to reflect on what it has achieved. Over 2023, […]
Military historians know all about the idea of a war on two fronts but they’re not the only specialists familiar with the concept. Over the past decade, more than a few leaders of UK law firms may also have felt doubly embattled, tasked with defending their home patch from overseas-headquartered firms that also regularly pinch […]
“Partners want to maintain the partnership as a ‘special’ thing, and that is their right as owners of the business. However, you’ve got to be careful that it doesn’t become some sort of exclusive club – that only alienates people.” This is the sentiment of one UK managing partner who’s concerned that some associates are […]
It’s that time of year again when we enjoy a string of four-day work weeks thanks to Easter and the May bank holidays. With the last one behind us, many of you are likely daydreaming about making this a permanent perk. Sure, pitching the idea of maintaining the same salary for a 20 per cent […]
After lengthy proposals set out by Linklaters’ management team, partners have voted to end the firm’s longstanding system of cessation payments. The Lawyer revealed at the start of the year that Linklaters had been taking soundings on several proposals that aimed to trim payouts to departing members and reduce the overall cost to the firm. The […]
Birketts has recorded double-digit revenue growth for the 2023/24 financial year and is set to open an office in Bristol as it pursues a strategy of becoming a law firm that spans “the Wash to the Severn.” With six offices in the South East and East Anglia, this is an entry into a new region, […]
Newly-qualified solicitors and trainee supervisors at Charles Russell Speechlys are being asked for feedback on the firm’s training programme to support junior lawyers coming through the SQE route. The firm is carrying out a strategic review and training needs analysis among its recent NQs, knowledge development teams, early careers professionals, existing trainee supervisors and business […]
Four lawyers, who shifted from tech-focused Kemp Little to Deloitte Legal following the acquisition four years ago, have now reunited at Simmons & Simmons. Andrew Joint joined Simmons yesterday from Deloitte Legal, having previously been Kemp Little’s managing partner from 2017 until its acquisition. He joins fellow partner Calum Murray, who made the same move […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this edition we compare and contrast Latham’s City performance and how it’s faring in Germany; and why A&O Shearman associates in Central and Eastern Europe might be better off looking for partnership elsewhere. Latham’s German […]
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