The Ince Group is embarking on a global redundancy consultation that will put about 40 roles at risk, as part of a set of measures launched to offset the negative effects of the pandemic. The process will affect all functions, spanning both fee-earners and business services teams. It is one of the measures that the […]
The UK is being slow to shift from the traditional nine to five, but thanks to Katie Power, Crabtree & Evelyn is using flexible working to its advantage
Good verbal communication skills are widely regarded as integral to the practice of law. Among the general public, this impression has likely been fostered as a result of films and other media portrayals of lawyers which tend to focus on advocacy and adversarial proceedings. The general public’s view is one thing, but in my experience […]
Waterstones has appointed a new general counsel from Deloitte. Laila Aslam joins the bookstore as GC and company secretary after 12 years as an in-house counsel at Deloitte. At the Big Four accountancy firm, she specialised in contract negotiation and drafting risk management and legal advice and strategy. Aslam succeeds Waterstones former GC Alison Campbell, […]
The Ince Group is embarking on a global redundancy consultation that will put about 40 roles at risk, as part of a set of measures launched to offset the negative effects of the pandemic. The process will affect all functions, spanning both fee-earners and business services teams. It is one of the measures that the […]
The UK is being slow to shift from the traditional nine to five, but thanks to Katie Power, Crabtree & Evelyn is using flexible working to its advantage
Good verbal communication skills are widely regarded as integral to the practice of law. Among the general public, this impression has likely been fostered as a result of films and other media portrayals of lawyers which tend to focus on advocacy and adversarial proceedings. The general public’s view is one thing, but in my experience […]
Waterstones has appointed a new general counsel from Deloitte. Laila Aslam joins the bookstore as GC and company secretary after 12 years as an in-house counsel at Deloitte. At the Big Four accountancy firm, she specialised in contract negotiation and drafting risk management and legal advice and strategy. Aslam succeeds Waterstones former GC Alison Campbell, […]
Pinsent Masons is launching a climate change platform, as law firms continue to wrestle with how their businesses can tackle ongoing environmental issues. The climate change mitigation and sustainability platform is being headed by global energy chief Paul Rice, who will be ramping up the firm’s efforts to embed a coordinated global approach to the […]
Lawyers will keep moving in-house if the city doesn’t provide more opportunities
The legacy of the pandemic isn’t the death of the office
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Significant salary hikes provoke outrage among the legal elite. “Newly qualified lawyers are paid how much?” is the common response to the latest NQ pay jump. Still, at well over £100,000 a pop for a lawyer straight from university, it’s a fair question. This level of pay at a time when costs are spiralling is […]
Employee ownership makes for more successful firms
Shearman & Sterling has taken another hit in the City, losing a structured finance partner to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. James Duncan has spent over a decade at Shearman. He advises on cross-border deals including buy-side and sell-side equity solutions and financing. Upon joining the magic circle firm, Duncan is expected to work closely […]
Defendant insurance firm Plexus has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator, having confirmed last week that its investors had pulled back their support. According to the public filing system, both Plexus Law and Plexus Legal have applied to the High Court to appoint an administrator. Macfarlanes has been appointed as its representative. […]
Welcome back to The Passport, your weekly roundup of the most impactful stories from across the European continent. This week, Vienna’s importance to the European legal community appears to be increasing, Milan was named as the home of the third court of the UPC’s central division and a Brussels-based trade and sanctions boutique makes a […]
Join the Slaughter and May partnership – and then move out. That’s what new Slaughters partner Hemita Sumanasuriya is doing when he joins the Takeover Panel as its secretary for a two-year secondment starting in September. Sumanasuriya has been a Slaughters’ partner for just two months, having been promoted in the firm’s most recent round […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is the latest firm to add to its high yield and leveraged finance ranks, hiring a partner from Baker McKenzie. Haden Henderson is joining the magic circle’s City team. He joined Bakers as a partner in 2018 having been a counsel at Ropes & Gray for nearly eight years. New York qualified, […]
