Clifford Chance loses three founding partners in Perth
The number of partners in Clifford Chance’s Perth office will almost halve in the next month, as two of its Perth founding partners are leaving to join another firm while another is retiring.
Fieldfisher reveals largest promotions round since 2010
Fieldfisher has announced its largest promotions round since 2010, with nine lawyer made up in London and Brussels.
Reed Smith hires seven-lawyer litigation team for Miami launch
Reed Smith is launching its fifteenth US office with a seven-lawyer team joining the firm in Miami.
Industrial property code approved in STP
It was published in the Diário da República Decree-Law no. 23/2016, enacting the first Industrial Property Code of Sao Tome and Principe (IPC-STP). The diploma came immediately into force. It took about fifteen years to be approved as from the first legislation on the matter, which dates back to 2001 (Law no. 4/2011, concerning industrial […]
Herbies property boss: “Are you a ‘real’ real estate lawyer?”
“If firms say they have lots of global capital clients who do the odd deal in real estate then they’re not really a real estate firm,” Herbert Smith Freehills UK and EMEA real estate group Don Rowlands claims.
Clifford Chance loses three founding partners in Perth
The number of partners in Clifford Chance’s Perth office will almost halve in the next month, as two of its Perth founding partners are leaving to join another firm while another is retiring.
Fieldfisher reveals largest promotions round since 2010
Fieldfisher has announced its largest promotions round since 2010, with nine lawyer made up in London and Brussels.
Reed Smith hires seven-lawyer litigation team for Miami launch
Reed Smith is launching its fifteenth US office with a seven-lawyer team joining the firm in Miami.
Industrial property code approved in STP
It was published in the Diário da República Decree-Law no. 23/2016, enacting the first Industrial Property Code of Sao Tome and Principe (IPC-STP). The diploma came immediately into force. It took about fifteen years to be approved as from the first legislation on the matter, which dates back to 2001 (Law no. 4/2011, concerning industrial […]
Imperial Brands launches panel review of UK advisers
Imperial Brands is reviewing its legal roster comprised of firms including Allen & Overy (A&O), Ashurst and Osborne Clarke.
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The speed read: Slaughters’ shrinking partnership; and long-serving leaders
A varied week in the legal market gave rise to historical comparisons, awards winners and the end of the road for one barristers’ chambers.
Clifford Chance: We’re going to set targets to be more inclusive
Senior management at Clifford Chance will have to set out their diversity and inclusion targets to the firm, as it continues its push to reduce its gender pay gap. Members of the firm’s executive leadership group, including managing partner Matthew Layton and new senior partner Jeroen Ouwehand, are among those who have committed to publicly […]
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Simpson Thacher’s City revenue reaches new heights of $176m
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has added $11.4m to its turnover in London, giving the firm a 7 per cent boost in the City. According to the data, Simpson Thacher’s City numbers increased from $164.9m to $176.3m over 2018, again putting it just behind Weil Gotshal & Manges in terms of London revenue size. Yesterday Weil […]
Bakers sets target for senior-level BAME representation
In its latest gender pay gap report, Baker McKenzie has posted a target to achieve 14 per cent BAME representation across its London partnership and within senior levels. This is the first time that the firm has published ethnicity pay gap figures, with a 17 per cent hourly pay gap for black, Asian and minority […]
Kirkland’s City financials reach all-time high of $380m
Kirkland & Ellis’s latest financials have revealed the firm has increased its global revenue by more than $500m, up 19 per cent from last year’s $3.16bn to $3.76bn. Outpacing global growth, London revenue is believed to have hit $380m, rising nearly $100m from 2017’s $300m. Last year, it also hit the dizzying heights of $5m […]