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RPC scraps associate bonuses after ditching performance reviews
RPC has overhauled its pay structure for associates by axing bonuses in favour of higher basic salaries.
China Elite: The firm that tripled its revenue in two years
Beijing-headquartered Han Kun has emerged as the fastest growing firm in this year’s China Elite report after it tripled its annual turnover between 2013 and 2015. Han Kun also more than doubled its revenue per lawyer (RPL) over the same period. The Lawyer’s third annual China Elite report has collated three years of data to illustrate how fast […]
Slater & Gordon to sue Watchstone over Quindell accounts errors
Slater & Gordon is suing Watchstone Group for £50m over its acquisition of Quindell’s professional services arm. 2015: Slater & Gordon under scrutiny as SFO investigates Quindell
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The Lawyer Salary Survey 2016 PDF
How much are you paid? Are you happy with your salary? Are your skills adequately recognised and rewarded? Who are the happiest lawyers when it comes to remuneration? How big a pay rise – or drop – could you expect to get if you moved elsewhere? All these questions and more are answered in The […]
Arbitrators’ liability in Austria
Serbia: Competition authority opens investigation into potential RPM practice in consumer electronics market
The Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has opened an investigation and conducted dawn raids at the premises of importers and wholesalers of consumer electronics for possible anti-competitive agreements concerning resale price maintenance (RPM).
Croatian Competition Agency examines legality of exclusivity clauses in lease agreements
The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) recently closed the infringement proceeding against Croatia osiguranje dd – Croatia’s largest insurer – which had been opened ex officio.
Austria: Network reserve to become part of congestion management system
With an amendment to the Electricity Industry and Organisation Act 2010 passed by Parliament, the network reserve will become part of Austria’s congestion management system.
Czech Republic: Transfer of title to real estate via public auction
At present, the holding of any auctions, including all auctions related to real estate, is regulated by Act No. 26/2000 Coll., on Public Auctions, as amended, and is subject to relatively strict conditions primarily intended to ensure that such auctions are transparent.
Covid-19 Overview on moratoria
The EBA issued guidelines designed to clarify (among others) when a moratorium measure (private or public) does not automatically trigger the re-classification of exposures as forborne.
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RPC scraps associate bonuses after ditching performance reviews
RPC has overhauled its pay structure for associates by axing bonuses in favour of higher basic salaries.
China Elite: The firm that tripled its revenue in two years
Beijing-headquartered Han Kun has emerged as the fastest growing firm in this year’s China Elite report after it tripled its annual turnover between 2013 and 2015. Han Kun also more than doubled its revenue per lawyer (RPL) over the same period. The Lawyer’s third annual China Elite report has collated three years of data to illustrate how fast […]
Slater & Gordon to sue Watchstone over Quindell accounts errors
Slater & Gordon is suing Watchstone Group for £50m over its acquisition of Quindell’s professional services arm. 2015: Slater & Gordon under scrutiny as SFO investigates Quindell
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The Lawyer Salary Survey 2016 PDF
How much are you paid? Are you happy with your salary? Are your skills adequately recognised and rewarded? Who are the happiest lawyers when it comes to remuneration? How big a pay rise – or drop – could you expect to get if you moved elsewhere? All these questions and more are answered in The […]
Gowling WLG advises Crown Estate on Leicester site purchase
In December 2015 Gowling WLG completed the transaction that saw client The Crown Estate and its partner Gingko Tree Investment Limited – together Fosse Park West LLP – acquire the 12.5 acre Castles Acre site in Leicester from Everards Brewery. The site will be used to build a 150,000 sq ft extension to the Fosse […]
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The DLA Piperisation of DWF
DWF’s board is filled with former DLA Piper leaders.
Slaughters’ property deal is not what it seems
A recent welter of City office moves and lease renegotiations limited Slaughters’ options.
Law firm mergers are dead: discuss
Strategic merger opportunities lie in the lower echelons of the UK Top 200.
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Come for the rugby, stay for the M&A
Revived interest in Japan from certain law firms may have something to do with the Rugby World Cup.
2021 will be Kirkland’s year – again
Kirkland & Ellis and Simpson Thacher are expected to deliver another strong set of results in coming weeks.
Revealed: Nearly a quarter of the Top 100 are still using furlough scheme
Firms including Trowers & Hamlins and TLT were among those that made claims through the UK Government’s coronavirus job retention scheme last month, according to new data released by HMRC. The data shows that 17 law firms from the top half of The Lawyer’s latest UK200 report were still making claims for furlough at the […]
Paul Hastings secures investigations duo from White & Case
Paul Hastings has hired two white-collar and investigations partners from White & Case, as US firms look to expand their City teams. The firm has brought in lawyers Jonathan Pickworth and Joanna Dimmock to the London office. They will join from White & Case, where Pickworth led the white-collar crime practice. Pickworth spent more than […]
White & Case litigator departs after three years
Another partner from White & Case’s disputes department is leaving, as Steven Baker exits the firm after three years. Baker joined White & Case in 2018 as part of an expansive lateral hiring strategy in the City. In 2018 Baker left Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft to join White & Case alongside international arbitration partner David […]
Shoosmiths appoints inaugural GC
Shoosmiths has appointed its head of personal advisory as its first general counsel (GC). Richard Follis takes on the inaugural GC role at the 196-partner firm, where he will enhance focus on managing the increasing compliance burden required to support business activity, as well as take on the quality and risk responsibilities that sit with […]
Ashurst to school students in NewLaw uni partnership
A team of lawyers and technologists from Ashurst’s NewLaw arm is set to take on teaching duties as part of a module launched by the firm with the University of Stirling in Scotland. The firm is working with the university on a strategic partnership aimed at cultivating talent that will be able to populate the […]
Magic circle CMO veteran leaves Freshfields after a decade
The chief marketing officer and executive board member of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is leaving the firm after 12 years. The departure of Lucy Murphy, chief marketing and business development officer at the magic circle firm, was announced internally in an email, sources told The Lawyer. Murphy had been in her role since 2015. Sitting on […]
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