Paul Rawlinson, the former chair of Baker McKenzie, took his own life after suffering an “acute major depressive illness” an inquest held yesterday found. Having taken medical leave in October 2018, Rawlinson was diagnosed with the illness at the start of 2019 and was being treated at the Kusnacht Practice in Switzerland, near Lake Zurich. […]
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 […]
A contempt of court claim brought against former Jones Day partner Raymond McKeeve by the retailer Ocado has been dismissed after a prolonged court battle between the pair. The decision was confirmed yesterday by Mr Justice Marcus Smith, who sided with McKeeve after Mishcon de Reya’s client, Ocado, failed to convince the court that he […]
New Law business UnitedLex has acquired Paul Hastings’ US-led data science and artificial intelligence teams. Paul Hastings’ data science, analysis and investigations (DSAI) team and its artificial intelligence technology services group are set to move over to UnitedLex to boost its expertise in the fields of analytics in practices like litigation, regulatory and compliance as […]
Paul Rawlinson, the former chair of Baker McKenzie, took his own life after suffering an “acute major depressive illness” an inquest held yesterday found. Having taken medical leave in October 2018, Rawlinson was diagnosed with the illness at the start of 2019 and was being treated at the Kusnacht Practice in Switzerland, near Lake Zurich. […]
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 […]
A contempt of court claim brought against former Jones Day partner Raymond McKeeve by the retailer Ocado has been dismissed after a prolonged court battle between the pair. The decision was confirmed yesterday by Mr Justice Marcus Smith, who sided with McKeeve after Mishcon de Reya’s client, Ocado, failed to convince the court that he […]
New Law business UnitedLex has acquired Paul Hastings’ US-led data science and artificial intelligence teams. Paul Hastings’ data science, analysis and investigations (DSAI) team and its artificial intelligence technology services group are set to move over to UnitedLex to boost its expertise in the fields of analytics in practices like litigation, regulatory and compliance as […]
NQ salaries at Reed Smith have been decreased to closer to last year’s levels, in what is the latest in a spate of measures enacted by the firm since the start of the pandemic. The firm had dished out considerable uplifts only last January, upping compensation of its newly-qualified associates from £77,000 to £90,000. But […]
In October 2018, the journalist and critic of the Saudi Arabian regime Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The international reaction was swift. Dozens of major organisations, including HSBC, Ford and JP Morgan Chase, dropped out of the planned “Davos in the Desert” Saudi investment summit. “We are going […]
It’s a 90-minute train journey to London and two hours from Bristol. At £29 per sq ft, grade A office rents are a third of the average £90 per sq ft City firms pay. And it has an abundance of lawyers. Slowly but steadily, Southampton is slipping into the mid-tier consciousness as a city in […]
Talk of associates losing faith in the partnership track is nowhere to be seen at Addleshaw Goddard, which recently unveiled its largest round to date. The partnership count is currently running at 429 – up 75 per cent from the 245 it housed back in 2019. Those promotions show a firm that is bullish about […]
1 May is a big day for many in the legal industry, not just the thousands of people at Allen & Overy and Shearman who have now combined officially. Scores of lawyers become partners today after a wave of promotions, meaning that also – in the great circle of life – plenty of veterans are […]
The significance of the unstoppable growth of US-headquartered firms in London isn’t solely about jaw-dropping scale, although the size of headcount and revenue at some of these big City beasts is truly head-turning. Notably, several US firms have doubled down on their investment in London of late, and not just Paul Weiss. While the New […]
NatWest’s general counsel – and Linklaters’ former managing partner – Gideon Moore has left the bank after two years, making way for a new chief. Moore has been replaced by NatWest’s litigation general counsel Will Luker. He has worked at the bank since 2003, became litigation general counsel in 2010 and subsequently managed and integrated […]
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has drafted in the former M&A head of Shearman & Sterling’s Italian associate firm to rebuild its transactional capacity in the country. Fabio Fauceglia joins the firm from Studio Legale Associato Shearman & Sterling, bringing with him a team of six lawyers, comprising of counsel Leonardo Pinta and five associates. Fauceglia […]
Clifford Chance has hired a structured finance partner from A&O Shearman after the two firms’ merger last week. Daniel Shurman joins Clifford Chance in London from legacy Allen & Overy, becoming a partner in its derivatives and structured products practice. Emma Matebalavu, global head of financial markets, commented: “Daniel’s appointment is a testament to our commitment to […]
Trainees at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May are among the least likely to use LinkedIn, according to data provided to The Lawyer. Research conducted by TBD Marketing has ranked leading law firms according to how often its trainees use their LinkedIn profiles to write posts ranging from quick career milestones updates to long […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has upped its newly qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries to compete with the US market. NQ salaries have increased from £125,000 to £150,000. There have also been changes to trainee compensation. First-year trainees will see an increase of £6,000 as salaries rise from £50,000 to £56,000. Second-year trainee salaries will increase from £55,000 […]
