Amjad Rihan’s excruciating seven-year wait for vindication came to an end last week, as he succeeded in a landmark whistleblowing dispute with the help of a 4 New Square silk. Pitted against the global accountancy giant EY, Rihan’s legal team pulled off a remarkable result as the High Court awarded him $11m after ruling that […]
How much can a barrister realistically expect to earn?
Mayer Brown is set to add one of Allen & Overy’s global department heads, as the firm continues its London expansion with the hire of Trevor Borthwick. Trevor Borthwick, who has been at the magic circle firm since 1997 and was A&O’s head of global corporate lending, is set to make the move to Mayer […]
White & Case has secured the hire of a corporate partner from CMS. Partner Sandra Rafferty is set to join the US firm in early May after spending most of her career at CMS, where she was co-head of the firm’s infrastructure and projects group. She has been a partner there for almost 25 years. […]
Amjad Rihan’s excruciating seven-year wait for vindication came to an end last week, as he succeeded in a landmark whistleblowing dispute with the help of a 4 New Square silk. Pitted against the global accountancy giant EY, Rihan’s legal team pulled off a remarkable result as the High Court awarded him $11m after ruling that […]
How much can a barrister realistically expect to earn?
Mayer Brown is set to add one of Allen & Overy’s global department heads, as the firm continues its London expansion with the hire of Trevor Borthwick. Trevor Borthwick, who has been at the magic circle firm since 1997 and was A&O’s head of global corporate lending, is set to make the move to Mayer […]
White & Case has secured the hire of a corporate partner from CMS. Partner Sandra Rafferty is set to join the US firm in early May after spending most of her career at CMS, where she was co-head of the firm’s infrastructure and projects group. She has been a partner there for almost 25 years. […]
CMS has delayed partner profit distributions for the year 2019/20 to the autumn, the last among the biggest international firms to announce financial management measures to tackle the Covid-19 crisis. Distribution for the last financial year were meant to happen in July, but will be instead delayed until an unspecified time between late autumn and […]
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 […]
On Tuesday last week (9 April), the SRA sought to quell a rising tide of discontent around the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). In its most recent SQE annual report, SRA chief executive Paul Philip said the public and profession could have “confidence” in this “rigorous assessment”. That confidence was short-lived. Yesterday (15 April), Philip was […]
For one firm, the pan-Nordic dream is dead. For another, it’s just begun. Hannes Snellman’s announcement that its Stockholm and Helsinki offices will be going their separate ways later this year represented the end of a strategic gamble that started 16 years ago. Back then, its leadership bet that opening in Stockholm (2008) and Copenhagen […]
Competition boutique Geradin Partners opens its doors in Paris today as the firm seeks to become a serious player in the French capital’s vibrant competition and litigation scenes. Opening on the same block as Freshfields in the heart of Paris’ 8e Arrondissement, Geradin has brought in competition litigator Marc Barennes from Bureau Brandeis with his […]
Car lease schemes for partners are rapidly dwindling in the wake of the electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice revolution, but Hill Dickinson is not one of them. Once a more common method for partners to enjoy part of their profit share, traditional car lease schemes have lost their lustre. The tax incentives that once made […]
The residents of the Barbican Centre’s Cromwell Tower organised a demonstration outside magic circle firm Linklaters on Tuesday to protest against its diesel generator, which was installed in late March. Protestors claim that the firm is “prioritising their convenience over [resident] health”. The generator is used to power the London office’s lifts and air conditioning. […]
BT has further shrunk its panel for the third review in a row having appointed a total of 11 firms to its roster. The panel will run for three years and includes 10 firms that have been reappointed from 2020. Those continuing their relationship with BT after the latest review are the likes of Allen […]
Dentons has promoted 12 lawyers to partner in the UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) this year, including nine partners in London. Of the remaining three promotions, two were made in Glasgow and one was made in Abu Dhabi. Most of the promotions have been made in the projects team, with Claudia Thomas and Graham […]
