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Mishcon de Reya’s head of international arbitration, Louis Flannery KC, is set to move to Littleton Chambers in August 2024. Flannery, who was appointed as a silk in 2018 as one of a few international arbitration solicitor practitioners, joined Mishcon’s partnership in May 2020. At the time of his joining, the practice was led by […]
As UK law firms continue to review their family support packages for staff, CMS has introduced a foster care policy for its UK employees and widened its family support initiatives. The policy offers up to 10 days’ leave for planned permanent placements to help children settle into their new homes and up to five days’ […]
Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May are among the firms to have been appointed to a new legal roster announced by Government-owned British Business Bank, which provides support to small businesses. Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May have made the list on the specific structured finance panel, alongside Ashurst, Norton Rose Fulbright and Simmons and […]
The High Court has approved a bankruptcy order against the former boss of collapsed firm Axiom Ince, following a final hearing this morning. The administrators of the Ince Gordon Dadds entity, known as IGD Realisations, filed a creditors’ bankruptcy petition last month against Axiom Ince’s former managing partner Pragnesh Modhwadia. Ince Gordon Dadds was bought out […]
The full judgment in the case over Dr Craig Wright’s claim that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of Bitcoin, has been released today with scathing comments from the judge. The Australian computer scientist has long contended he is the pseudonymous individual who invented Bitcoin and wrote the Bitcoin White Paper, the foundational text of […]
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
This dashboard: contains an overview of the judgments at a selection of courts in the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai during Q1 of 2024. allows you to compare activity at the courts in Q1 2024 against Q1 2023.
This report contains: an overview of the current Commercial Court judges and the duties they carry out individual profiles outlining each judge’s career path and an analysis of the cases they advocated on and heard
This report contains: ranking of the 50 largest US firms by headcount analysis on the extent to which US firms are increasing their focus on UK-originated work and clients data-rich firm profiles Please note that headcount figures are for the year 2023
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Search vacanciesDeloitte Legal likes to make a lot of noise about its dabbling in the legal sphere. The 2020 acquisition of Kemp Little was proclaimed as “ground-breaking” by the auditing giant. More recently, the 2023 hire of a four-partner real estate team from Shoosmiths suggested a significant gearshift in its legal operations. Pre-pandemic, such a move […]
Any firm that has occupied the national scene will know that the multiple office network can be politically charged. Management might talk about ‘one firm, one culture’, but most lawyers are aware of a pecking order with London in lead position. The annual promotions season provides a snapshot of how firms are prioritising those networks, […]
Journalists aren’t natural champions of PRs, but sometimes we sympathise. Cleaning up the mess of lawyers behaving badly. Calming down those who haven’t been ranked in the latest directory release. Trying to pitch tedious not-quite-scholarly articles to uninterested reporters. Getting asked ‘can we just have a leaflet?’ by people who don’t comprehend the breadth of […]
In-house lawyers are contending with major resourcing issues that is preventing them from doing their job effectively. This is the conclusion of major new research from alternative legal provider, Axiom, which found the in-house market stacked with challenges. In the wake of the Post Office Horizon Public Inquiry, which has put the reputation of the […]
The scene: A US firm boardroom, somewhere not in New York*. Big Cheese (furiously): ‘We’re not growing fast enough. What have you got?’ Smaller Cheese (panicking): Private equity! That’s the thing! Kirkland! Paul Weiss!’ Big Cheese: ‘Do whatever it takes. And do it now.’ Smaller Cheese: ‘Leave it with me. We’ll hire big in London. […]
Browne Jacobson has taken a team of five lawyers, including two partners, from EY in London as it looks to grow in the UK capital. Rowan Armstrong and Alex Mason are both commercial tech specialists. They are set to join Browne Jacobson in June, along with a legal director and two associates. Both Armstrong and Mason […]
A team from Cahill Gordon & Reindel’s finance practice are set to move firms to Latham & Watkins. It is understood that Jonathan Brownson, Joydeep Choudhuri and Prue Criddle are switching across, having joined Cahill during a significant period of growth for the firm. Brownson moved with Jake Keaveny in a much touted move from […]
Linklaters has increased its newly-qualified lawyer salary by £25,000, a fortnight after Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer did the same. The firm has increased its NQ pay from £125,000 to £150,000. Alongside this, trainee salaries have risen by £6,000 across both years to £56,000 and £61,000. Solicitor apprentice pay is now £28,000, growing from £25,000. The firm […]
Three firms have won spots on High Speed Two railway’s (HS2) latest panel worth £4m. Burges Salmon, Gowling WLG and Sharpe Pritchard have all won spots on the panel, which is for the provision of procurement, commercial and general legal services. Burges Salmon is the only firm to be re-appointed from the previous panel, having […]
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang saved enough energy to power 33 homes for one year by shutting down some floors in its UK offices last year. The firm shut down one floor in each of its offices in Sheffield, London and Edinburgh every Friday for three months towards the end of last year. This resulted […]
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