How London 2012 shaped the careers of a whole Freshfields generation
Spare a thought for the Tokyo Olympic lawyers who will not get their chance to shine this year.
‘I made a conscious effort to create my own opportunities’
Providing opportunities is how legal sector can promote diversity.
Fieldfisher set to pay bonuses in latest financial measures
Fieldfisher is set to dish out bonuses in full this year, but with cuts to partners’ monthly drawings, The Lawyer understands. It is understood that the firm is looking to pay the full amount of bonuses as a lump sum as opposed to the two installments that some firms have opted for. However, the partnership […]
Paul Hastings lawyer joins Kirkland after Hogan Lovells defections
Kirkland & Ellis has brought a Paul Hastings lawyer into its London ranks, after the private equity team he was a part of returned to Hogan Lovells after a year. The US firm has taken on senior associate Tarsis Goncalves, who will become a partner in its investment funds team. Goncalves had joined Paul Hastings […]
Judgments of note: FGM, Shamima Begum and football
How London 2012 shaped the careers of a whole Freshfields generation
Spare a thought for the Tokyo Olympic lawyers who will not get their chance to shine this year.
‘I made a conscious effort to create my own opportunities’
Providing opportunities is how legal sector can promote diversity.
Fieldfisher set to pay bonuses in latest financial measures
Fieldfisher is set to dish out bonuses in full this year, but with cuts to partners’ monthly drawings, The Lawyer understands. It is understood that the firm is looking to pay the full amount of bonuses as a lump sum as opposed to the two installments that some firms have opted for. However, the partnership […]
Paul Hastings lawyer joins Kirkland after Hogan Lovells defections
Kirkland & Ellis has brought a Paul Hastings lawyer into its London ranks, after the private equity team he was a part of returned to Hogan Lovells after a year. The US firm has taken on senior associate Tarsis Goncalves, who will become a partner in its investment funds team. Goncalves had joined Paul Hastings […]
Kirkland alumni club: Willkie secures double-partner hire in London
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 […]
Thanks to the competition lawyers, the busiest team in your firm
As the markets uneasily shook into 2023, much attention was given to the role of restructuring lawyers and the need for firms to bolster their teams. However, there’s an area that’s shown little sign of dwindling in a slowdown: competition. There are plenty of US firms with sizeable, or longstanding, competition practices in London, namely […]
Anything Clifford Chance can do, Norton Rose wants to do better
Law firms are well-accustomed to a bit of friendly – and sometimes unfriendly – rivalry. How else are they to remain competitive in such a merciless market? The ongoing talent wars means firms must be sharp about talent retention, whether that means upping the cash stakes, hastening the track to partnership or getting vocal about […]
Hiring another firm’s managing partner? Surely not
It sounds mad, but this very thing happened twice in Scandinavia late last year
Pay rise, or one-off payment – what would you prefer?
Wage bills are climbing, and it’s not just because of the hefty pay packets of the lawyers. From the executive suite to the postal room, firms are dipping into their cash piles to raise wages for business service professionals (BSPs). How that cash is being dished out, however, reveals the social divisions that characterise the […]
Move over, Leeds. Birmingham’s overtaken you
For growth potential, firms are looking to the Midlands
You’re making your clients miserable
Junior lawyers might think it’s a haven away from the billable hour tyranny, but new research suggests that the in-house legal sector has reached peak crisis mode. The rising complexity of workloads, combined with deepening budget cuts and mis-matched legal resources, means burnout is now a set feature of working life for many senior in-house […]
Firms line up to advise on UBS’s takeover of Credit Suisse
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Homburger are among the firms to have landed roles on the historic tie-up of Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse. The merger comes after the intervention of the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, which intervened last week. It […]
Close Brothers sets up in-house litigation team
Merchant bank Close Brothers is to establish an in-house litigation team. The bank has set up a small litigation group led by head of bank legal, litigation, Jessica Wicker. It is understood that the group has been put together as the team works in a more structured and consistent way in relation to litigation. Wicker […]
Lawyers left in limbo as MJ Hudson leaves legal arm behind
Uncertainty looms for lawyers at MJ Hudson as the legal arm will not be included in the sale of the firm to a private investor, The Lawyer can confirm. Tower Gate Capital, a subsidiary of MJ Hudson, has agreed to sell its UK fund management business to a private investor via special purpose acquisition vehicle Khepri. […]
City talk: Banking lawyers can breathe a short sigh of relief
It’s been a hectic week for banking and finance lawyers, as clients swarmed for advice following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Lawyers needed to act quickly and calm their clients after a rise in interest rates pushed SVB to the brink, with banking giant Credit Suisse going on to receive a capital injection […]
Judges’ claim over part-time work status to be re-heard
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has successfully quashed an Employment Tribunal ruling in a case that pitted the Lord Chancellor against a group of 50 judges. The latest decision means the tribunal case will now need to be reheard. Five judges, represented by Leigh Day and Sintons, were selected by the initial Employment Tribunal as […]
The Lawyer Podcast: Why recruiters are happier than ever; and do you like virgin piña coladas?
The latest episode of The Lawyer Podcast has just landed. If you think the last few years have been buoyant for recruiters, then check out what director of insight Matt Byrne has to say about just how busy the lateral market has been. Elsewhere, do you like virgin piña coladas? After her LinkedIn post about […]
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