Baker McKenzie partners, tasked with leading the investigation into misconduct allegations against former City boss Gary Senior, did not report the incident to the firm’s general counsel, it emerged in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal today. On Day 10 of proceedings looking into the alleged harassment carried out by Senior, it was Peter Strivens’ turn to […]
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has secured its long-awaited hire of two partners from Kirkland & Ellis, as they join former colleague Claire McDaid to expand its City private equity team. Gavin Gordon and David Arnold are to join Willkie in the City, following on from the firm’s hire of Dechert tax partner Jane Scobie last […]
US firms Faegre Baker Daniels and Drinker Biddle & Reath announced today that they will combine to form a new firm beginning operations in February of next year. The merged firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath (Faegre Drinker) will have some 1,300 lawyers and consultants across 22 offices in the US, China, and the UK, […]
The Lawyer has compiled 2018 trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms in two easy-to-use tables. The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became the first firm to offer NQs £100,000 in London back in […]
By Howard Leithead Bromley LBC v Persons Unknown [2020] EWCA Civ 12 The Court of Appeal has provided guidance for local authorities in seeking borough-injunctions against persons unknown. While injunctions affecting wide areas may still be granted, it will now be harder for local authorities to obtain them. Local authorities will need to engage more […]
By Alison Harvey If Shamima Begum is not a national of Bangladesh, the Secretary of State cannot deprive her of her British citizenship. The UK has ratified the UN Convention on the Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness 1961, which barred States parties from taking new powers to make people stateless on the grounds of their […]
By Adreeja Chatterjee It may be 2020 but forced marriages remain prevalent in this country despite being illegal under British law. All lawyers practising in the family courts and the Court of Protection need to know how to spot telltale signs and to know that, in most family proceedings, forced marriage protection orders can be […]
A BBC report has warned the NHS faces paying out £4.3billion in legal fees to settle outstanding claims of clinical negligence, but a barrister from No5 Barristers’ Chambers, says that costs can be saved whilst maintaining proper compensation for those who suffer from medical accidents. The figures revealed as a result of a Freedom of […]
By Nina Pindham Planning analysis: In Haden v Shropshire Council, the High Court rejected a legal challenge to a local planning authority’s (LPA’s) decision to grant planning permission for development of a sand and gravel quarry in the green belt. Nina Pindham, a barrister at No5 Barristers’ Chambers and counsel for the defendant, considers the […]
Baker McKenzie partners, tasked with leading the investigation into misconduct allegations against former City boss Gary Senior, did not report the incident to the firm’s general counsel, it emerged in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal today. On Day 10 of proceedings looking into the alleged harassment carried out by Senior, it was Peter Strivens’ turn to […]
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has secured its long-awaited hire of two partners from Kirkland & Ellis, as they join former colleague Claire McDaid to expand its City private equity team. Gavin Gordon and David Arnold are to join Willkie in the City, following on from the firm’s hire of Dechert tax partner Jane Scobie last […]
US firms Faegre Baker Daniels and Drinker Biddle & Reath announced today that they will combine to form a new firm beginning operations in February of next year. The merged firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath (Faegre Drinker) will have some 1,300 lawyers and consultants across 22 offices in the US, China, and the UK, […]
The Lawyer has compiled 2018 trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms in two easy-to-use tables. The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became the first firm to offer NQs £100,000 in London back in […]
There were some surprising moves – and a few somewhat predictable ones – between legal firms. Here are our top 10 lateral hires of the year
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German listed Infineon has defended its choice to instruct Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, after one of its shareholders challenged the decision’s ethical standards due to the magic circle firm’s involvement in the cum-ex scandal. The shareholder, named Jakob Ziemes of J. Ziemes Mineralölhandel GmbH, raised the concerns to Infineon Technologies AG’s upcoming general meeting in a […]
Macfarlanes, Travers Smith and Clifford Chance have won mandates on the consolidation of two UK asset managers, Jupiter Fund Management and Merian Global Investors. Clifford Chance acted for the buyer Jupiter, which acquired Merian for some £390m, creating a retail funds manager with just over £60bn of assets under management. Corporate partner David Pudge led […]
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has found huge discrepancies in Legal Practice Course (LPC) pass rates across the country in its annual quality assurance report. In the 2017/18 academic year, pass rates ranged from as high as 100 per cent to as low as 29 per cent depending on where students study. The overall pass […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has brought in a three-lawyer team in Brussels to strengthen its disputes practice. White & Case partner Nathalie Colin makes the move to the magic circle firm’s Belgian office after four years with her previous firm. She will join Freshfields together with principal associates Alexandre Hublet and Nino De Lathauwer. Colin specialises […]
Eversheds Sutherland has overhauled the innovation leadership of its firm following the departure of its head to a private equity firm late last year. Three months after its UK innovation chief Andrew McManus left to join private equity firm Bridgepoint, corporate partner Rachel Broquard has taken on a newly-created role as service excellence partner, with […]
Covington & Burling’s London revenue decreased last year after a bumper 2018 in which it crossed the $100m mark, the firm’s latest financial results show. Turnover at Covington’s London office shrunk to $101.17m last year after soaring in 2018, when it rose by 26 per cent from $80.5m to $101.25m. Globally, revenue increased to almost […]
