Wilson Sonsini drops 160 employees
West Coast technology giant Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has announced that it is to lay off a number of associates and around 100 support staff over the next two weeks
Dechert expands empire with new San Fran office
Dechert is extending its US presence with the launch of a San Francisco office and has made a string of hires in both California and New York
Charles Russell to act for PM of Antigua
Charles Russell has been instructed by the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, representing him in a libel action against the BBC
The Leader Column
While most law firms have been desperately juggling figures and pleading with late-paying clients so they can scramble their way towards budget, on the other side of the fence the Bar is feeling rather flush after reporting an exceptionally buoyant financial year.Littleton, Erskine and Birmingham set 5 Fountain Court are all this week revealed by […]
The Celtic Tiger
Ireland's economic resurgence during the 1990s was a coup for the country. Brian Clark and Simon Woodward ask: after the economic downturn, is the Celtic Tiger still roaring?
Wilson Sonsini drops 160 employees
West Coast technology giant Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has announced that it is to lay off a number of associates and around 100 support staff over the next two weeks
Dechert expands empire with new San Fran office
Dechert is extending its US presence with the launch of a San Francisco office and has made a string of hires in both California and New York
Charles Russell to act for PM of Antigua
Charles Russell has been instructed by the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, representing him in a libel action against the BBC
The Leader Column
While most law firms have been desperately juggling figures and pleading with late-paying clients so they can scramble their way towards budget, on the other side of the fence the Bar is feeling rather flush after reporting an exceptionally buoyant financial year.Littleton, Erskine and Birmingham set 5 Fountain Court are all this week revealed by […]
Herbert Smith client claims OFT should pay legal costs
Robert Wiseman Dairies has expressed anger over the £700,000 it had to spend defending an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation into price-rigging
Dentons-backed ‘Space Camp’ unveils six new startups
Six European startups have been chosen to join the first round of a SpaceTech startup accelerator backed by Dentons. The nine-week programme called ‘Space Camp’ is being hosted in Dentons’ London HQ and is sponsored by the global firm. The scheme was established by spacetech-focused venture capital fund Seraphim Capital, which claimed that it had […]
Gender pay gap: Freshfields and Slaughters bow to pressure on partner figures as A&O refuses to budge
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have released belatedly their gender pay gap for partners, while Allen & Overy (A&O) has been called out for “refusing to comply” with MPs’ requests for the data. The publication of results follows a long-running inquiry by the UK Government’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee into the […]
Hogan Lovells slashes 54 roles in London as redundancy programme enters final stage
Hogan Lovells has confirmed that 54 people have so far been affected by its London redundancy programme, as the consultation period nears its final stage. The restructuring operation was announced in September 2017, with the firm announcing that 90 roles would be cut or moved to low cost centres. This was made up of 78 […]
City firms gear up to defend Heathrow from new runway challenge
DAC Beachcroft looks set to launch a challenge against the Department for Transport (DfT) after submitting a 21-page document highlighting “serious errors” in the DfT’s plans to build a third runway at Heathrow airport. DAC partner and head of planning Christopher Stanwell is representing Heathrow Hub, which proposes an extension to the existing Northern runway […]
A&O lures back partner after two-year Cleary stint
Allen & Overy (A&O) has rehired its former head of non-contentious financial services regulation, two years after he left the magic circle firm for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Bob Penn spent nearly a decade in the A&O partnership and was a member of its financial services regulation team before leaving to join the US firm in September […]
CMS gets £132m cash boost after sale of Olswang and Nabarro offices
CMS Cameron McKenna has released itself from nearly £132m worth of real estate liabilities after selling off surplus office space owned by legacy Olswang and Nabarro, The Lawyer can reveal. When the firm agreed its merger with the two London-headquartered firms, CMS took on extra space in London, as well as Dubai and Singapore. It has now consolidated […]