Top 50 US law firms in London
Kirkland and Latham top the US 50 law firms in London table with considerable revenue growth.
Junior Lawyers Division goes booze-free as it seeks to address law’s alcohol problem
The Junior Lawyers Division of The Law Society (JLD) has released new recommendations on creating a healthy alcohol culture within law firms. To mark the launch, the JLD will not be serving alcohol at any of its events during January 2020. Among the JLD’s nine recommendations for law firms: swapping “boozy” prizes and rewards like […]
Trainee and newly qualified solicitor salaries
The Lawyer has compiled 2018 trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms in two easy-to-use tables. 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 […]
Former DWF trainee barred after dismissal for gross misconduct
The SRA has ruled that a former DWF trainee can no longer be employed by a regulated body within the industry after being dismissed for misconduct.
CRS partner takes new role after Macfarlanes move fell through
Top 50 US law firms in London
Kirkland and Latham top the US 50 law firms in London table with considerable revenue growth.
Junior Lawyers Division goes booze-free as it seeks to address law’s alcohol problem
The Junior Lawyers Division of The Law Society (JLD) has released new recommendations on creating a healthy alcohol culture within law firms. To mark the launch, the JLD will not be serving alcohol at any of its events during January 2020. Among the JLD’s nine recommendations for law firms: swapping “boozy” prizes and rewards like […]
Trainee and newly qualified solicitor salaries
The Lawyer has compiled 2018 trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms in two easy-to-use tables. 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 […]
Former DWF trainee barred after dismissal for gross misconduct
The SRA has ruled that a former DWF trainee can no longer be employed by a regulated body within the industry after being dismissed for misconduct.
A&O becomes seventh global firm to secure Shanghai JV
Allen & Overy has gained approval for a joint operation in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, becoming the seventh firm to launch such a venture. In doing so, A&O is also the second magic circle firm to expand its capabilities in China with a joint operation; Linklaters was the first to secure Chinese law capability […]
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DACB raids Spanish firm for 20-lawyer group hire
DAC Beachcroft continues its Spanish expansion, as it gains a 20-lawyer team in Madrid from local firm Asjusa Abogados. The firm has integrated its Spanish office with lawyers joining from Asjusa, a boutique insurance and civil responsibility firm – specialising in Spanish healthcare law. Three partners and 20 lawyers – specialising in professional liability and […]
Do lawyers and elite athletes have anything in common? Eversheds thinks so.
Eversheds Sutherland is to roll out a new programme to help lawyers maximise their output by learning how to respond to pressure in the same way elite athletes do. The programme, called ‘sustainable peak performance’, will be led by the firm’s managing partner Keith Froud. Starting in the spring, it will consist of workshops held […]
DLA Piper leads on restructuring of department store Beales
DLA Piper has taken a lead role in the administration of the latest retail company in the UK to fall into administration. Partner Barney Smedley from the firm’s Leeds office is leading a team acting for KPMG, which was appointed as administrators for Beales following a court hearing yesterday. The Bournemouth-based department store started facing […]
CMS eyes foothold in Sweden via merger
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang (CMS) has been mulling a move into Sweden through merger talks with a local firm, The Lawyer can reveal. CMS is understood to be in talks with Stockholm-based firm Törngren Magnell, which was founded in 2006 by partners Peter Törngren and Viktor Magnell. It has just under 20 partners. If the […]
Transferwise ends GC search with senior Monzo hire
Transferwise has hired the chief legal officer of rival money app Monzo as its new general counsel, ending a seven-month search to fill the position. The currency transfer service has found its next general counsel in Dean Nash, who has spearheaded the legal strategy of digital bank Monzo for more than three years. In 2019, […]
Mayer Brown’s Brussels head departs for Noerr
The head of Mayer Brown’s Brussels office is to join German firm Noerr next month. Jens Peter Schmidt has been the managing partner of Mayer Brown’s Brussels office since 2014, and a partner at the firm since 2001 when he joined from Shearman & Sterling. He will join Noerr’s partnership on 15 February. The partner’s […]