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The salary debate: This is how much clients think an NQ is worth

Firms face tougher fee negotiations, increased competition from lower-charging alternative providers and pushback from clients over associate wellbeing issues, new research by The Lawyer suggests, as the salary war raging through the City continues to heat up. According to research carried out for this month’s City Signal report, a growing number of clients believe the […]

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Roundtable: How can law firms improve productivity in 2022 and beyond?

Since the pandemic, digitisation and remote working have quickly moved to the forefront of the legal industry’s mind. Businesses have successfully adapted to remote working, but the pandemic has left additional challenges, such as how do we retain employees who feel burnt out in an increasingly competitive industry. How do we keep integrating technology to […]

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BCLP partner exits for Kirkland

Kirkland & Ellis has hired its second funds partner this week, this time from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Louisa Cobbe has joined the US firm’s London office. She trained at legacy BLP, qualifying in 2010. She made partner at the newly-merged firm in 2019. She advises on the structuring, capital raising and ongoing operation of […]

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Elevate enlists Reed Smith for PE capital raise

Fast-growing law company Elevate has turned to US investment banking provider Stifel to begin a private equity capital raise, with Reed Smith as legal advisor. Having considered an AIM listing back in 2021, which was delayed due to Covid-19 disruption, Elevate has decided that private equity financing would be more conducive to its strategy and […]

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Kirkland bags investment funds partner from Ashurst

Kirkland & Ellis has bolstered its investment funds practice by swiping a partner from Ashurst’s London office. Catherine Gokah makes the move after being appointed partner at Ashurst in May 2021. Her practice involves advising fund sponsors in respect to fundraising activities with a focus on real estate and infrastructure. Christopher Braunack, investment funds partner […]

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Bourne Leisure hires new GC

A senior lawyer at Uber has been hired as the new general counsel of holiday and leisure company Bourne Leisure. Helen Hayes trained in private practice at DLA Piper where she practised as an associate in the commercial litigation department for 10 years. She then spent six years climbing the ranks at Uber covering Northern […]

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