LOCAL law societies come into their own this week as they take up the challenge of persuading people to make a will. Chancery Lane has largely handed on the initiative for Make a Will Week to local societies, which have a better knowledge of where resources should be targeted. In Manchester, solicitors will be manning […]
The first part of Conquest stands for conveyancing,” says Richard Berenson, chair of the legal network. “It doesn’t mean we want to rule the world.” Maybe not, but since its inception in 1991 and launch in 1992, the network has grown quickly from a few dozen firms to 250, with 350 offices covering England and […]
The Sole Practitioners’ Accounting system from Wheatsheaf professional systems has had a change of identity. The system will now be called Kestrel Accounts and the company has been renamed Kestrel Software.
THE Bar Council could face a demand from barristers for direct access by the public, partnership between the two arms of the profession and higher court advocacy rights for the employed Bar, if resolutions are passed at its annual general meeting next month. The Bar Council has already rejected wider direct access. The partnership question […]
Ashurst has announced the hire of EY’s Fiona Ghosh as the latest recruit to its digital economy team in London. She moves from EY where she has been a partner and UK law leader for fintech and payments. Having held roles as head of fintech for AG and head of payments for Eversheds, she brings […]
In a loss for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer client Tesco, the Supreme Court has today (12 September) favoured the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) in its appeal against the supermarket giant’s “fire and rehire“ practices. The Supreme Court hearing took place in April 2024 and saw Old Square Chambers’ Oliver Segal KC and […]
Boodle Hatfield has revamped its soft skills training format from traditional hour-long business development sessions to short-burst group calls done over several weeks. The new programme, introduced by business development director Lucy Rao, covers topics including sales, networking, pitching and LinkedIn usage. Each topic is covered over three 15-minute Teams calls spread over two weeks. […]
Trowers & Hamlins’s trainee numbers fell slightly last year, while the firm is of one of many considering how to balance out intake numbers with new solicitor apprentices. The firm has 56 trainees in total, but its intake numbers dipped slightly in the last iteration as a result of SQE exam grades and subsequent resits. […]
The North West Legal Consortium (NWLC) has revamped its solicitors framework panel, bringing in eight new firms and dropping seven others. In total, 15 firms have been selected for the new panel, which is set to operate for four years between 1 August 2024 and 31 July 2028. The eight newcomers are Brodies, Capsticks, Hill […]
This report contains: an overview of the UK corporate market in 2023 and the positive shift in mood among lawyers at top corporate practices ranking of the top 50 City firms based on UK corporate revenue, highlighting those achieving significant growth insight into firms’ strategic plans for its UK corporate group over the next five years
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Over the last decade, the UK’s Top 50 firms have trialled a variety of tactics to satisfy an incessant demand for revenue growth. Consolidation has been a feature of the decade, with ‘critical mass’ becoming a key term used by managing partners as they push forward their growth agendas. Internationalisation too is a hallmark of […]
A&O Shearman is looking to cut 10 per cent of its global partnership, but it’s doing so in a year in which its London recruitment team has been at its busiest. The firm has hired eight lateral partners in the City so far this year and last week’s announcement of “planned business changes” does little […]
Before financials season got fully underway, The Lawyer took a look at the firms most likely to hit the milestones of £2bn, £1bn and £500m. There were not many, highlighting the challenge for firms to grow bigger and profitably. Of the seven likelies, just two definitely managed it – Linklaters and Bird & Bird – […]
For years, particularly since 2016 and the vote for Brexit, much has been written about the odds of London’s decline as a world financial hub. Most of it has focused on deal and investment activity. But there’s another metric, one that amply underlines the sheer pulling power of the City and suggests that far from […]
“I’ve seen the future, and it’s porn, sharks and Nazis.” Twitter hadn’t even been founded at the time, but the above quote from the niche 2005 sitcom Bromwell High turned out to be unintendedly prophetic when considering the journey of one of the planet’s largest social media companies. Once ‘the world’s town square’, Twitter, latterly […]
Ashurst has announced the hire of EY’s Fiona Ghosh as the latest recruit to its digital economy team in London. She moves from EY where she has been a partner and UK law leader for fintech and payments. Having held roles as head of fintech for AG and head of payments for Eversheds, she brings […]
In a loss for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer client Tesco, the Supreme Court has today (12 September) favoured the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) in its appeal against the supermarket giant’s “fire and rehire“ practices. The Supreme Court hearing took place in April 2024 and saw Old Square Chambers’ Oliver Segal KC and […]
Boodle Hatfield has revamped its soft skills training format from traditional hour-long business development sessions to short-burst group calls done over several weeks. The new programme, introduced by business development director Lucy Rao, covers topics including sales, networking, pitching and LinkedIn usage. Each topic is covered over three 15-minute Teams calls spread over two weeks. […]
Trowers & Hamlins’s trainee numbers fell slightly last year, while the firm is of one of many considering how to balance out intake numbers with new solicitor apprentices. The firm has 56 trainees in total, but its intake numbers dipped slightly in the last iteration as a result of SQE exam grades and subsequent resits. […]
The North West Legal Consortium (NWLC) has revamped its solicitors framework panel, bringing in eight new firms and dropping seven others. In total, 15 firms have been selected for the new panel, which is set to operate for four years between 1 August 2024 and 31 July 2028. The eight newcomers are Brodies, Capsticks, Hill […]