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A group of trainees and associates brimming with innovative tech ideas is being given the opportunity to take the reins, collaborate with partners and revolutionise how firms work
“Where’s mummy today?” is a question I’m asked all too often, in restaurants, the park and the nursery line when with my two-year-old. Before I used to laugh it off or even let it slide, but now I’m confident in putting people right: with a smile I politely say “my daughter has two dads”. And […]
The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Last update: 25 April 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 […]
Sidley Austin has opted to hire a group of associates to bulk up its private equity team, rather than a star lateral, after the raid by Goodwin Procter last year. The City office of the US firm embarked on the recruitment effort after the departure of private equity duo Chris Iwasko and Erik Dahl to […]
A group of trainees and associates brimming with innovative tech ideas is being given the opportunity to take the reins, collaborate with partners and revolutionise how firms work
“Where’s mummy today?” is a question I’m asked all too often, in restaurants, the park and the nursery line when with my two-year-old. Before I used to laugh it off or even let it slide, but now I’m confident in putting people right: with a smile I politely say “my daughter has two dads”. And […]
The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Last update: 25 April 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 […]
Sidley Austin has opted to hire a group of associates to bulk up its private equity team, rather than a star lateral, after the raid by Goodwin Procter last year. The City office of the US firm embarked on the recruitment effort after the departure of private equity duo Chris Iwasko and Erik Dahl to […]
Kirkland and Latham top the US 50 law firms in London table in 2021.
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Bevan Brittan has declared itself open to acquisitions after breaking the £60m revenue barrier for the first time. Turnover is up 7.2 per cent from £56.1m to £60.8m, while net profit has climbed by 6.6 per cent to £15.7m. It marks nine years of consecutive revenue and net profit growth for Bevan Brittan, which says […]
Private equity house Partners Group has reappointed three firms to its latest panel, with a new addition also making the cut. Clifford Chance, Ropes & Gray and Latham & Watkins remain on the roster following a tender and review process. The Lawyer has also learnt that Allen & Overy has scored a place on the […]
Pinsent Masons has reported single-digit percentage growth in its revenue, while PEP surged ahead yet again after two consecutive drops in 2019 and 2020. Turnover rose for the tenth year in a row, up 6 per cent to £531.1m in 2021/22. Elsewhere, its profit per equity partner (PEP) witnessed double-digit growth of 16 per cent. […]
Nearly half of The Lawyer’s UK Top 50 firms picked up fees from the UK Government over 2021/22, according to a Freedom of Information request. The UK Government Legal Department spent a total of £36.57m on external legal services over the financial year 2021/22. Given there are 52 weeks in a year, this equates to £703,295 […]
Latham & Watkins is set to lose a team of finance partners to Paul Hastings’ London office. The Lawyer has learned that finance partners Mo Nurmohamed, Ross Anderson, Karan Chopra and Rob Davidson are leaving Latham to bolster Paul Hastings’ finance practice. Nurmohamed and Anderson are both the heads of Latham’s London lender-facing team. Of […]
Scottish firm Brodies has increased its revenue by just shy of 20 per cent, reaching a new high of £98.5m. As such it is the largest of the independent Scottish firms remaining, with the likes of Burness Paull and Shepherd & Wedderburn yet to report. Many others such as Simpson & Marwick, Maclay Murray & […]
