Clyde & Co is one of five firms that will represent parties in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal next month, as Baker McKenzie faces claims it allowed a misconduct investigation to be “improperly” influenced. Bakers, two former partners and the firm’s ex-HR director are all set to appear after the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) referred […]
A Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner will face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal this October, after his application to dismiss allegations of misconduct were thrown out. The decision means that the case against restructuring partner Ryan Beckwith will now be heard for 10 days later this year, with evidence from the complainant lasting for three days. A […]
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has decided not to pursue Dentons over the unfair dismissal of a member of staff on maternity leave. At the end of last year, the SRA considered referring Dentons to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over the treatment of Bina Hale, a former recruitment manager. Though the matter had been high-profile, […]
Edwin Coe’s judicial challenge against the £1bn deal with the DUP will be heard in October, one of the firm’s lawyers has announced.
Clyde & Co is one of five firms that will represent parties in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal next month, as Baker McKenzie faces claims it allowed a misconduct investigation to be “improperly” influenced. Bakers, two former partners and the firm’s ex-HR director are all set to appear after the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) referred […]
A Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner will face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal this October, after his application to dismiss allegations of misconduct were thrown out. The decision means that the case against restructuring partner Ryan Beckwith will now be heard for 10 days later this year, with evidence from the complainant lasting for three days. A […]
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has decided not to pursue Dentons over the unfair dismissal of a member of staff on maternity leave. At the end of last year, the SRA considered referring Dentons to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over the treatment of Bina Hale, a former recruitment manager. Though the matter had been high-profile, […]
Edwin Coe’s judicial challenge against the £1bn deal with the DUP will be heard in October, one of the firm’s lawyers has announced.
A property business that came out of insolvency in 2015 has brought separate claims against Clyde & Co and Deloitte for advice given after its administration. The claimants, Rhino Enterprises Properties Limited (REPL) and Askwith Investments Limited (AIL), owned several properties until they went into administration in 2013, coming out of in 2015. They argue […]
Barclays’ legal team was once among the most influential in the UK. That power has diminished over the last decade, yet the banking giant still packs a punch when it comes to talent management. Some 40 lawyers are understood to have left Barclays in the UK last year. There are cost-cutting measures at play here, […]
Keystone Law, the poster child for the platform firm, is likely to break the psychologically important £100m revenue barrier in 2025. The success of this firm has spawned a new market, which is challenging traditional firms on the talent front. More than 3,500 lawyers now work across a variety of fee-sharing outfits, research from Atlas […]
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Gowling WLG and Norton Rose Fulbright’s London offices will all be under water in a few decades. This trio shares idyllic views overlooking the Thames, but they will all be submerged in the river by the year 2100 as climate change-induced sea level rises occur. And this is based on the […]
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 […]
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 […]
In its largest promotions round ever, Ashurst has elevated eight London lawyers to partner out of 30 worldwide. The firm has made up eight lawyers in London, as well as seven in Sydney. In total, 17 promotions were made in Ashurst’s Australian offices, meaning just five were made outside of either London or Australia. Loans […]
Frustrated Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) candidates are calling on the SRA to increase accessibility to the appeals process after a results error saw 175 candidates mistakenly told they had failed their exams. On Monday last week, the SRA announced that 175 candidates who sat SQE1 in January and were told they had failed on 14 […]
The administrators of collapsed firm Axiom Ince have filed a creditors’ bankruptcy petition against its former boss. Filed at the end of last week, the petition will seek to force Pragnesh Modhwadia’s bankruptcy, The Lawyer understands, applying to the court for his assets to be taken and sold to pay debts to the administrators. Pinsent Masons […]
Partnership promotions are continuing apace, with three City firms announcing a fresh new set of partners for 2024. Addleshaw Goddard has bumped up 26 lawyers this promotions round, which is the largest number of lawyers to make partner in one go in the firm’s history. The international firm’s partner count now stands at 429. Nine […]
Cooley is set to defend LGBTQ+ social networking and dating app Grindr in a High Court class action launched by Austen Hays, a new collective actions firm owned by Gateley. The claim alleges that Grindr is in breach of UK data protection laws for sharing sensitive data with third parties for commercial purposes without their […]
