City lawyers plan for Brexit: “Blink and it will be 2018”
Following the official triggering of Article 50 this morning, law firms have begun to bulk up their Brexit taskforces and prepare for two years of unprecedented change.
Asia moves: 28 March 2017
Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown, Morgan Lewis and Squire Patton Boggs among a flurry of firms to have made lateral hires in Singapore. Australia Ashurst has added a third new partner to its Australian M&A practice since 2017. The firm has hired corporate partner Nigel Deed from Norton Rose Fulbright’s Sydney office, where his practice focused […]
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Time to get over Brexit and do some work
We need to adapt to change and develop our practices to meet the needs of a fast changing world. We lawyers are a conservative lot, but it’s time to get with the new agenda.
Exclusive: Fried Frank reveals London leadership changes as White retires
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson London head Graham White is to retire from private practice, handing over the City reins to former Kirkland colleague Mark Mifsud.
City lawyers plan for Brexit: “Blink and it will be 2018”
Following the official triggering of Article 50 this morning, law firms have begun to bulk up their Brexit taskforces and prepare for two years of unprecedented change.
Asia moves: 28 March 2017
Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown, Morgan Lewis and Squire Patton Boggs among a flurry of firms to have made lateral hires in Singapore. Australia Ashurst has added a third new partner to its Australian M&A practice since 2017. The firm has hired corporate partner Nigel Deed from Norton Rose Fulbright’s Sydney office, where his practice focused […]
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Time to get over Brexit and do some work
We need to adapt to change and develop our practices to meet the needs of a fast changing world. We lawyers are a conservative lot, but it’s time to get with the new agenda.
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DWF sets up mentoring scheme to help trainees through rough qualification round
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HFW offers £5,000 deferral payment to new trainees
HFW has taken the decision to defer its September trainee intake by over six months. The move affects trainees who were due to start their training contracts at the firm in September 2020. The intake have been told they will not be able to start their training contracts until April 2021. They will receive a […]