Travers nudges ahead of Macfarlanes as both firms up associate pay
Macfarlanes and Travers Smith have both upped their associate pay to £71,000 and £71,500 respectively. Read more…
Four new tenants at One Essex Court
One Essex Court’s pupils will join Chambers as tenants on 1st October 2016. Niranjan Venkatesan, James Ruddell, James Fox and Timothy Goldfarb all exceeded the standard demanded of pupils at One Essex Court. Their success follows a rigorous period of training and evaluation.
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Travers nudges ahead of Macfarlanes as both firms up associate pay
Macfarlanes and Travers Smith have both upped their associate pay to £71,000 and £71,500 respectively. Read more…
Four new tenants at One Essex Court
One Essex Court’s pupils will join Chambers as tenants on 1st October 2016. Niranjan Venkatesan, James Ruddell, James Fox and Timothy Goldfarb all exceeded the standard demanded of pupils at One Essex Court. Their success follows a rigorous period of training and evaluation.
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The speed read: Reynen Court arrives; Goodwin keeps hiring and Burford’s IPO dilemma
It’s been a week that litigation funder Burford Capital would rather forget, while legal tech providers have flocked to offer services on the new “one stop” solution for the industry. Here are the key takeaways. Reynen Court’s one-stop shop still has much to prove Reynen Court, the platform claiming to be a “one-stop” tech solution […]
Fieldfisher’s top of equity soars to over £4m
Fieldfisher‘s top of equity has seen a record-breaking rise in the financial year 2018/19, growing by 34 per cent from the previous year’s £3.2m, The Lawyer has learned. The firm’s equity spread last year ranged from £250,000 to the new high of £4.3m, creating a considerable differential. The record rise comes as the previous year […]
Linklaters debuts new tech to trawl through historical data
Linklaters has developed new technology to reduce the amount of time taken to search through the firm’s massive amounts of historical legal documents. The tool, called MatterExplorer, is an artificial intelligence solution conceived as a knowledge management system. During the development process, consultants from iManage RAVN collaborated with the firm’s technology team. MatterExplorer digs out and […]
Investors put pressure on Burford’s AIM listing after damning Muddy Waters report
Litigation funder Burford Capital is considering whether to pursue an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ, after investors said they did not support it remaining solely-AIM listed. The funder, which found itself at the centre of a damning report published by Muddy Waters last week, has been listed on the London Stock […]
More than 90 tech providers due to sign up to Reynen Court’s new platform
Reynen Court, the platform claiming to be a “one-stop” tech solution for the legal industry, has officially launched to market with nearly 50 providers already offering services including Elevate, Neota Logic and Eigen Technologies. The start-up, whose development was boosted by a consortium of 19 law firms, has struck deals with a plethora of external […]
High Court sides with Pinsents in bust-up over billings
Pinsent Masons has succeeded in its application to overturn a previous decision made by a judge, as the firm finds itself embroiled in a billings dispute with a former client. The dispute centres around bills sent by Pinsents to Rafaela Evans, whom sought advice from the firm between 2016 and 2017. Evans wished to appeal […]