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DWF has launched a consulting arm, with two hires from BDO and Grant Thornton. The firm, which listed on the London Stock Exchange earlier this year, has started DWF Regulatory Consulting and has hired BDO financial services partner Andrew Jacobs and Darren Fisher, who was previously a director in Grant Thornton’s financial services advisory arm. […]
“BAME lawyers should recognise the task at hand is not easy and understand how vital it is not to quit the profession,” says Paul Hastings’ Jennie Dorsaint.
The number of solicitor apprentices at UK200 law firms has doubled since 2018, research by The Lawyer has found. In the 2018 UK200 report, there were 75 school-leavers undertaking the Level 7 ‘Trailblazer’ Apprenticeship, which leads to qualification as a solicitor after six years. This has risen to 146 apprentices as of 2019. Additionally, there […]
Shearman & Sterling is in the process of changing the way it assess its staff, as an increasing number of firms steer away from the traditional annual performance review and towards real-time feedback. The US firm is overhauling its performance management systems and rolling out a new career development approach for staff globally. The new […]
A judge who claims she was “bullied, ignored and undermined” by her peers has won a landmark case in the Supreme Court, which ruled she should be classed as a worker and granted the same legal protections as whistleblowers. After a range of cost-cutting reforms were announced by the Ministry of Justice in 2010, District […]
Ashurst has set up a new accelerator programme for up to 30 fintech companies, following similar efforts made by firms such as Allen & Overy, Slaughter and May and Addleshaw Goddard. The firm has launched FinTech Legal Labs, which will be run in its new London headquarters in the Fruit & Wool Exchange. It is […]
