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Digital transformation, legal tech buy-in and user adoption
Wolters Kluwer’s Maurits Annegarn on tackling low adoption of legal tech.
Hot 100 career quiz: Brick Court Chambers’ Robert O’Donoghue
“You need the flexibility and courage to seize opportunities when they arise – they won’t always be obvious or wrapped in red ribbon.”
Corporate star Comiskey crowned Linklaters’ next leader
Linklaters’ senior partner election race has concluded, with Aedamar Comiskey beating two other contenders to the role. The firm’s head of corporate will replace incumbent Charlie Jacobs, who earlier this year confirmed he would leave Linklaters at the end of his term. Jacobs has since announced he is joining JP Morgan as head of the […]
Bakers restores NQ salaries to pre-pandemic levels
Baker McKenzie has returned its newly-qualified (NQ) salaries to normal rates, after a reduction during the pandemic last year. The firm crunched salaries by £2,500 (3 per cent) to £87,500 and dropped the sign-on bonus last June. The announcement came a week after Bakers had said it had no plans to reduce salaries for trainees […]
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