Chubb completes first UK panel review post-merger
Chubb has completed its first UK panel review post-merger, with firms including DAC Beachcroft and RPC winning spots.
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Reasons NOT to quit law
Analysing your reasons to stay in law can help you determine whether all this moaning is simply superficial or whether you are actually deeply unhappy and in need of a change.
Cadwalader boosts maternity pay in City as part of benefits package overhaul
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has introduced a raft of new measures in its London office in an effort to improve the quality of its lawyers’ working lives and help consolidate its recent growth spurt.
Lloyds Bank in-house heavyweight Wan exits amid restructure
Lloyds Banking Group real estate counsel Lesley Wan has left the bank after 10 years, The Lawyer can reveal.
Chubb completes first UK panel review post-merger
Chubb has completed its first UK panel review post-merger, with firms including DAC Beachcroft and RPC winning spots.
2
Reasons NOT to quit law
Analysing your reasons to stay in law can help you determine whether all this moaning is simply superficial or whether you are actually deeply unhappy and in need of a change.
Cadwalader boosts maternity pay in City as part of benefits package overhaul
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has introduced a raft of new measures in its London office in an effort to improve the quality of its lawyers’ working lives and help consolidate its recent growth spurt.
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Fieldfisher, BCLP and Ince among firms hitting pause button on office reopening
A number of firms are scaling back their reopening strategies following the latest set of restrictions issued by the UK Government yesterday. Firms including Ince, Bird & Bird, Fieldfisher and BCLP are all advising staff to go back to remote working most of the time, with premises staying open only for essential support staff and […]
The Lawyer Awards: the 2020 shortlist
The Lawyer Awards is going virtual for 2020! The ceremony, in association with Travelers, will take place online on the afternoon of 3 November. Visit the awards website to register. Who is in the running for the coveted awards in 2020? The full shortlist is below… Barrister of the year Allison Clare, Red Lion Chambers […]
DWF’s advocacy group hit with two senior exits
Two senior lawyers have resigned from DWF’s advocacy division, The Lawyer can reveal; a group set up in 2017 to provide clients with an alternative to the external Bar. Jonathan Robinshaw and Sahar Farooqi are both set to leave the firm, having held the titles of head of advocacy and director of advocacy respectively. Robinshaw has […]
DWF Brussels team to join Crowell & Moring
DWF’s Brussels team is set to join Crowell & Moring, after the former closed its Belgian outpost as part of a wider restructuring exercise. Head of DWF’s WTO & international trade practice Vassilis Akritidis will join Crowell on 1 October with associate Lorenzo Di Masi. It is understood that at least one other associate is […]
Osborne Clarke: ‘Hit targets and we’ll reimburse pay cuts’
Osborne Clarke has pledged to reimburse reduced salaries if the firm hits its year-end targets, after introducing the measures to combat the financial pressures of the pandemic. The firm implemented several cash conserving measures in May to help it manage the impact of the lockdown, including a seven per cent pay cut for staff earning […]
Russell-Cooke reimburses staff for Covid-19 salary reductions
After announcing growth in both turnover and average profit per equity partner (PEP) for 2019/20, Russell-Cooke has confirmed it is repaying staff who took pay cuts over lockdown. Reduced salaries in line with fewer working hours was just one of the Covid-19-related measures introduced by Russell-Cooke in spring, as the firm also deferred partner profit […]
