Making partner at a US firm: promotion strategies uncovered
Making partner at any firm is tough – everyone knows that. But how great are the differences between firms when it comes to being made up?
Ashurst top earner pay up £80k as profits drop 22 per cent
Ashurst’s highest-paid member saw a slight growth in their profit entitlement last year, amid an overall profit decline worldwide.
Herbert Smith Freehills to sue Australia partners who left for White & Case
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has filed a lawsuit at the Sydney courts against eight Australian partners who exited the firm for White & Case last year.
Consolidation in the Middle East: should I stay or should I go?
While the Middle East has in general seen a period of great growth, with law firms responding with new offices and increased local man-power in a bid to expand their client reach, certain regions such as Qatar have experienced a more complicated and turbulent few years.
Making partner at a US firm: promotion strategies uncovered
Making partner at any firm is tough – everyone knows that. But how great are the differences between firms when it comes to being made up?
Ashurst top earner pay up £80k as profits drop 22 per cent
Ashurst’s highest-paid member saw a slight growth in their profit entitlement last year, amid an overall profit decline worldwide.
Herbert Smith Freehills to sue Australia partners who left for White & Case
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has filed a lawsuit at the Sydney courts against eight Australian partners who exited the firm for White & Case last year.
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DMH Stallard has reached critical mass size – but it now has more work to do to secure its future.
Meghan Markle’s opponents have a busy year
Fans of celebrity showdowns will be denied their thrills this year following the Duchess of Sussex’s successful application for summary judgment against Associated Newspapers, but the Daily Mail’s favourite law firm still has a full pipeline for 2021. Over the last few years RPC partner Keith Mathieson has also fastened his grip on defence work […]
UK firms are flashing the cash
UK law firms are starting to pay back employees’ salaries as the economy recovers.
The new SQE courses shed more darkness than light
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The decline and fall of the legal secretary
Law firms can either invest in upskilling the secretarial work force. Or they can axe them.
US firms’ booming financials could be better
US firms are not converting all their hard work into profits.
PCP Capital’s High Court claim fails against Barclays
The High Court has rejected PCP Capital’s claim against Barclays in a highly-anticipated judgment from Mr Justice Waksman, which ruled that Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s client is not entitled to the damages it sought. In a mammoth ruling handed down today, Waksman J concluded that PCP’s claim should be dismissed despite finding that Barclays […]
BCLP releases final part of withheld profit distributions
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has joined the raft of firms to have repaid UK Government funds used as part of the furlough scheme. It has emerged that BCLP repaid the funds in the early part of January. The firm had put on the scheme an unspecified number of business services professionals when the pandemic […]
Taylor Wessing recruits from Greenberg in second team hire of 2021
Taylor Wessing has brought in a real estate team from Greenberg Traurig, just months after the arrival of an 11-strong private wealth group from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. In March, the firm will beef up the structured component of its real estate sector group with the hire of a four-lawyer team led by partner Michael […]
Shoosmiths’ first-ever COO departs after one year
Shoosmiths‘ chief operating officer and board member is to leave the business after little more than a year in the newly-created position. Ben Bennett was hired in late 2019 as the firm’s first COO. Reporting to chief executive officer Simon Boss, he came in to support strategic growth and drive operational improvements. As part of […]
Linklaters finance partner exits for Latham
Latham & Watkins has added another partner to its expanding restructuring and finance groups in London, with Bruce Bell joining from Linklaters. Bell was promoted to partner at Linklaters in 2005, having moved across as an associate from Wilde Sapte in 2000. In Latham’s restructuring group, he will be reunited with fellow Linklaters alumni such […]
PwC appoints new UK head of legal
PwC legal head Ed Stacey is to stand down from his role, handing over the reins to partner Teresa Owusu-Adjei. As UK head of legal, Owusu-Adjei will lead 400 lawyers and other legal professionals. She has been with the accountancy firm since 1995, and a financial services partner since 2008 Stacey was appointed head of […]
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