Can London win the battle of the arbitration centres?
The growth of international arbitration is a seemingly unstoppable force, and London has been among the biggest beneficiaries of its increasing popularity with big business.
Research: partnership track now averages ten years
It now takes an average of ten years to make partner, new research has found. Recruiter Origin Legal looked at the 111 partners made up in the London top 20 in 2016, and found that 80 per cent of them had between nine and 13 years’ experience post-qualification. Lawyers who qualified in 2006 were made up in […]
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Dentons poised to enter Central America through local merger
Dentons is set to merge with Pan-Central American law firm Muñoz Global, in a deal that would make it the second international firm in Central America.
Global Litigation 50: The rise and rise of Singapore
Singapore’s continued rise as a key global dispute resolution hub is well documented in this year’s research. A large number of the Global Litigation 50 firms have highlighted Singapore as one of the most popular international arbitration seats among their clients outside of the traditional seats such as London, Paris and New York in the survey.
Can London win the battle of the arbitration centres?
The growth of international arbitration is a seemingly unstoppable force, and London has been among the biggest beneficiaries of its increasing popularity with big business.
Research: partnership track now averages ten years
It now takes an average of ten years to make partner, new research has found. Recruiter Origin Legal looked at the 111 partners made up in the London top 20 in 2016, and found that 80 per cent of them had between nine and 13 years’ experience post-qualification. Lawyers who qualified in 2006 were made up in […]
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Dentons poised to enter Central America through local merger
Dentons is set to merge with Pan-Central American law firm Muñoz Global, in a deal that would make it the second international firm in Central America.
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DWF trainees voice disquiet over job list delay
DWF has come under fire for delaying its list of available job opportunities for soon-to-be newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors. Second-year trainees at DWF are understood to have confronted the firm on multiple occasions over the release of its NQ jobs list, claiming a delay in publication meant they are losing out on career opportunities. Earlier this […]
City firms vow to use data in fresh diversity pledge
A host of City firms, including the magic circle, have pledged to combat career obstacles facing Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) lawyers. A total of 17 firms have signed up to the Race Fairness Commitment (RFC) pledge, which is led by Rare Recruitment. The RFC has been signed by the magic circle, Ashurst, BCLP, […]
Deloitte Legal hires DWF team in Cologne
DWF has lost a team to Deloitte Legal in Germany, following the former’s decision to consolidate its Cologne operations with its newer Düsseldorf office. The departing team includes the managing partner of DWF Germany Michael Falter, as well as global head of technology Klaus Brisch and corporate partner Mathias Reif. News of the departures first […]
Freshfields nabs Willkie Farr litigator in NY push
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is pushing ahead with its US strategy, this time bringing in the head of Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s business and corporate litigation group. Mary Eaton will become part of its New York office, joining as co-chief of its securities and shareholder litigation practice with existing head Meredith Kotler, who joined the firm […]
Clifford Chance launches magic circle retention season
Clifford Chance will retain 82 per cent of its final-seat trainees as newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors this autumn. A total of 46 second-year trainees are reaching qualification applied for jobs, with 45 applying for jobs. All those who were made offers accepted them: 36 on permanent contracts and a further two on six-month fixed-term contracts. Clifford […]
Fixed-term contracts for all Orrick qualifiers while RPC retention hits 92%
Orrick has offered all of its qualifying trainees fixed-term contracts as it mulls its Covid-19 options. The US firm has six qualifying trainees fixed-term contracts until the end of December and has deferred decisions on permanent retention until later in the year It has also deferred its trainees due to start this autumn until January […]