Hot 100 career quiz: HSF’s Rebecca Perlman
The work I did while on secondment to the National Council for Civil Liberties was really purposeful, impactful and memorable.
Linklaters’ GC steps down after almost two decades
The general counsel of Linklaters is stepping down after 17 years, becoming the latest in-house veteran of the magic circle to leave the position this year. Raymond Cohen was one of the first general counsel to be appointed in City law firms. He was previously a partner in the financial services offering at the firm […]
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Hogan Lovells pays tribute to corporate partner Richard Diffenthal
Hogan Lovells has announced that City partner Richard Diffenthal has sadly passed away. Diffenthal, who was 40, was a homegrown Hogan Lovells corporate talent, having trained at the firm before making partnership in 2016. His wealth of experience covered the full range of corporate practices, including equity capital markets, joint ventures and corporate advisory work, […]
Pinsents winds down Covid-19 measures and doubles bonus pot
Pinsent Masons is the latest firm to announce its employee rewards package for the last financial year, while also confirming that it has repaid its furlough money to the UK Government. This follows the end of the firm’s financial year, as Pinsents confirmed it is fully restoring salaries to the 98 per cent of staff […]
Dechert issues robust defence against ENRC “conspiracy” claims
Hot 100 career quiz: HSF’s Rebecca Perlman
The work I did while on secondment to the National Council for Civil Liberties was really purposeful, impactful and memorable.
Linklaters’ GC steps down after almost two decades
The general counsel of Linklaters is stepping down after 17 years, becoming the latest in-house veteran of the magic circle to leave the position this year. Raymond Cohen was one of the first general counsel to be appointed in City law firms. He was previously a partner in the financial services offering at the firm […]
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Hogan Lovells pays tribute to corporate partner Richard Diffenthal
Hogan Lovells has announced that City partner Richard Diffenthal has sadly passed away. Diffenthal, who was 40, was a homegrown Hogan Lovells corporate talent, having trained at the firm before making partnership in 2016. His wealth of experience covered the full range of corporate practices, including equity capital markets, joint ventures and corporate advisory work, […]
Pinsents winds down Covid-19 measures and doubles bonus pot
Pinsent Masons is the latest firm to announce its employee rewards package for the last financial year, while also confirming that it has repaid its furlough money to the UK Government. This follows the end of the firm’s financial year, as Pinsents confirmed it is fully restoring salaries to the 98 per cent of staff […]
Dentons scores Government contracts worth more than £9m
Dentons has won two lucrative UK Government mandates whose combined value is worth around £9.5m. The contracts relate to two different mandates for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and HM Treasury. However, they stem from Dentons’ role within the Government’s wider Finance and Complex Legal Services (FaCLS) panel. The HM Treasury […]
Welcome to your TikTok legal career
Talent churn is accelerating among the junior ranks with today’s associates more mobile than the generations before them. The concept of long-term professional loyalty is fading as Gen Z rises. These lawyers ask not what they can do for you, but what your firm can do for them. This generational shift in working attitudes is […]
Slaughters and Linklaters can breathe a huge sigh of relief
Hooray, big-ticket M&A is having a mini-revival and so are the firms that make so much of their money out of it. Already in 2024, major European M&A deals to have been announced include International Paper’s £5.8bn planned acquisition of London-listed packaging company DS Smith, which trumped another offer from rival Mondi. Other significant matters […]
The SRA is on the ropes
On Tuesday last week (9 April), the SRA sought to quell a rising tide of discontent around the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). In its most recent SQE annual report, SRA chief executive Paul Philip said the public and profession could have “confidence” in this “rigorous assessment”. That confidence was short-lived. Yesterday (15 April), Philip was […]
Some firms have all the luck
For one firm, the pan-Nordic dream is dead. For another, it’s just begun. Hannes Snellman’s announcement that its Stockholm and Helsinki offices will be going their separate ways later this year represented the end of a strategic gamble that started 16 years ago. Back then, its leadership bet that opening in Stockholm (2008) and Copenhagen […]
Your managing partner is off on one again
It seems that one of the chief attributes of managing partners is wild optimism. You can’t move for law firm leaders committing their firms to hardcore five-year targets – particularly in the upper mid-tier, where we’re hearing of plans to double or even triple revenues by the end of the decade. We’d like some of […]
Stinklaters: Barbican residents lash out at Links’ ‘noxious’ generator
The residents of the Barbican Centre’s Cromwell Tower organised a demonstration outside magic circle firm Linklaters on Tuesday to protest against its diesel generator, which was installed in late March. Protestors claim that the firm is “prioritising their convenience over [resident] health”. The generator is used to power the London office’s lifts and air conditioning. […]
BT adds magic circle firm to 11-strong panel
BT has further shrunk its panel for the third review in a row having appointed a total of 11 firms to its roster. The panel will run for three years and includes 10 firms that have been reappointed from 2020. Those continuing their relationship with BT after the latest review are the likes of Allen […]
Dentons boosts London office with bumper promotions round
Dentons has promoted 12 lawyers to partner in the UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) this year, including nine partners in London. Of the remaining three promotions, two were made in Glasgow and one was made in Abu Dhabi. Most of the promotions have been made in the projects team, with Claudia Thomas and Graham […]
Freshfields promotions 2024: Six make the cut in London
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made up 23 lawyers to partner globally in its smallest round for three years. Last year, the magic circle promoted 30 to partnership worldwide, with 27 making the grade in 2022. There were 22 elevations in 2021. As a result, the London set is also slightly smaller than in previous years. […]
Emergency Episode: The SQE shambles
The Lawyer‘s Christian Smith, Catrin Griffiths, Richard Simmons, Katy Dowell and Charlotte Lear are joined by College of Legal Practice CEO Giles Proctor for this emergency episode of The Lawyer Podcast as they discuss the latest Solicitors Qualification Exam debacle: marking errors that led to 175 students being incorrectly told they had failed. What went […]
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