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Goodwin increases NQ salaries by 10 per cent
Goodwin Procter has raised its NQ salaries in London by 10 per cent, bringing pay further in line with other US firms in the City. The Lawyer can reveal that Goodwin has upped its NQ pay from £125,000 to £137,500. It is understood that PQE salaries have also risen but the amounts vary depending on multiple […]
Addleshaws recruits Luther partner for Frankfurt foray
Addleshaw Goddard has extended its reach into Frankfurt, two years after opening its first office in Germany. The firm has recruited banking and finance partner Nadine Bourgeois from Luther, who will work between Frankfurt and Addleshaws’ existing Hamburg office. She is Addleshaws’ first dedicated banking partner in Germany. Bourgeois’ clients include banks, alternative lenders, and […]
Kirkland alumni club: Willkie secures double-partner hire in London
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has secured its long-awaited hire of two partners from Kirkland & Ellis, as they join former colleague Claire McDaid to expand its City private equity team. Gavin Gordon and David Arnold are to join Willkie in the City, following on from the firm’s hire of Dechert tax partner Jane Scobie last […]
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2019/20 financial results live blog: the latest news
Which firms have reported so far?
Goodwin increases NQ salaries by 10 per cent
Goodwin Procter has raised its NQ salaries in London by 10 per cent, bringing pay further in line with other US firms in the City. The Lawyer can reveal that Goodwin has upped its NQ pay from £125,000 to £137,500. It is understood that PQE salaries have also risen but the amounts vary depending on multiple […]
Addleshaws recruits Luther partner for Frankfurt foray
Addleshaw Goddard has extended its reach into Frankfurt, two years after opening its first office in Germany. The firm has recruited banking and finance partner Nadine Bourgeois from Luther, who will work between Frankfurt and Addleshaws’ existing Hamburg office. She is Addleshaws’ first dedicated banking partner in Germany. Bourgeois’ clients include banks, alternative lenders, and […]
Kirkland alumni club: Willkie secures double-partner hire in London
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has secured its long-awaited hire of two partners from Kirkland & Ellis, as they join former colleague Claire McDaid to expand its City private equity team. Gavin Gordon and David Arnold are to join Willkie in the City, following on from the firm’s hire of Dechert tax partner Jane Scobie last […]
Three firms land mandates for Covid-19 vaccine work
Clifford Chance has been awarded an extension for UK Government mandates that deal with the manufacture of Covid-19 vaccines, one of three firms that will help with the mammoth national project. It is understood that the UK Government opted to rely on no more than three firms when it comes to the logistical path that […]
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Kirkland & Ellis has promoted 193 lawyers to partner worldwide, with London the third most popular jurisdiction after two of the firm’s largest US offices. Non-US promotions took place in London, Munich, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. London accounted for 26 promotions in total, coming behind Chicago and New York. This is the highest number […]
Ince to sell Gibraltar businesses to two employees
The Ince Group is to sell two more businesses, this time its subsidiaries Ince Gibraltar and Ince Consultancy Gibraltar. The companies are to be sold to two of Ince’s employees for £700,000, in a move that the firm claims will help its European business better focus on core legal matters. Peter Howitt, managing director of […]
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“Law firms are rich compared to the real world”: SSQ founder on why he is switching from the Conservatives to Labour
Even with the UK Government u-turning on its controversial tax cut for the highest earners, supporters and donors to the party have been expressing their reservations – including the chairman of legal recruiter SSQ. According to donor records, SSQ’s chairman and founder Gareth Quarry made three separate donations of £25,000 to the Conservative party between […]
Deloitte Legal’s Foges leaves after two years
Deloitte Legal’s head of legal managed services has left the Big Four giant after two years in the role. Emily Foges is understood to have exited last week. She joined Deloitte in 2020 from Luminance where she had been CEO of the artificial intelligence company. As part of her role at Deloitte, she was responsible […]
City quartet make the cut in Covington promotions
Four lawyers have been promoted to partner in Covington & Burling’s London office, while 10 more have made the cut across the US. The four in London are life sciences transactional lawyer Winsome Cheung, who joined Covington in 2015 after training at Hogan Lovells, as well as the firm’s project finance vice-chair Ursula Owczarkowski. She […]
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