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Bakers remembers former London head
Baker & McKenzie has paid tribute to its former London managing partner Russell Lewin, who died last week aged 51.
Clifford Chance acts on sale of O2 Arena to Cambridge University
Clifford Chance has advised on the sale of the O2 entertainment site at Greenwich to Trinity College Cambridge for £24m.
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Sofia so good
Since the Bulgarian election businesspeople are feeling more optimistic. By Tom Phillips
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For your eyes only
Mediators need to have confidence in the confidentiality of the process, says Jon Turnbull
DLA Piper breaks into Latin America
DLA Piper is opening an office in Brazil to function as a springboard into the rest of Latin America.
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Bakers remembers former London head
Baker & McKenzie has paid tribute to its former London managing partner Russell Lewin, who died last week aged 51.
Clifford Chance acts on sale of O2 Arena to Cambridge University
Clifford Chance has advised on the sale of the O2 entertainment site at Greenwich to Trinity College Cambridge for £24m.
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Sofia so good
Since the Bulgarian election businesspeople are feeling more optimistic. By Tom Phillips
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For your eyes only
Mediators need to have confidence in the confidentiality of the process, says Jon Turnbull
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Mishcon de Reya CFA saves RSPCA will case from scrap heap
Mishcon de Reya acted on a no-win no-fee arrangement for Christine Gill, the university lecturer who won the legal battle against the RSPCA over her mother’s will.
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The speed read: Orrick helps associates roam free; Herbies’ lightbulb moment; and European upheaval
This week, The Lawyer has revealed a number of law firm initiatives targeting the junior end of the industry through innovation and new career opportunities.
Travers’ bonus tweaks lead to improved gender pay gap figures
Travers Smith has improved its bonus gender pay gap after increasing the amounts awarded to business services staff. For the 2017/18 financial year, Travers upped the rewards handed out to its PAs and business services employees, a move that contributed to the narrowing of its bonus gender pay gap. In the firm’s most recent results, […]
Squires pulls the plug on Budapest in latest CEE exit
Squire Patton Boggs has closed its Budapest office following a strategic review that echoes the destiny of a number of international firms in the region. The US firm’s five-strong Budapest office, which officially shut in late January, was helmed by managing partner Akos Mester, who previously co-led the office with M&A lawyer Akos Eros as […]
Goodwin’s City figures skyrocket after KWM and Dechert hires
Goodwin Procter’s London office increased its revenue by more than 58 per cent last year on the back of team hires from Dechert and King & Wood Mallesons in 2017. Turnover leapt from $43m in 2017 to nearly $67m in 2018, after a 64 per cent rise in London headcount. The firm’s City presence was boosted by […]
Clifford Chance posts March 2019 retention
Clifford Chance has retained 46 of its 51 final-seat trainees as newly qualified (NQ) solicitors, a retention rate of 90 per cent. Fifty of the trainees had applied for NQ positions. The result is similar to last spring, when the firm kept on 91 per cent of its qualifiers. Clifford Chance’s result beats Allen & […]
Bristol firm enlisted in surprise buyout of Patisserie Valerie
Burges Salmon has been summoned to the rescue of scandal-struck café chain Patisserie Valerie, which has been bought by an Irish private equity company. Corporate restructuring partner Andrew Eaton is acting for Causeway Capital Partners, which has rescued Patisserie Valerie from its administrators KPMG for an undisclosed sum. Prior to joining Burges Salmon in 2016, Eaton […]