Clifford Chance leaders take home £16m in bumper year
Clifford Chance’s management pay rose over 2016/17 after a strong set of financial results for the magic circle firm.
Akin Gump promotions: One gets nod in London in 15-strong round
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has promoted one City lawyer to partner, making it the third consecutive year that the firm has included London in its promotions round.
Magda Cocco and Paula Gomes Freire named as women lawyers leading change for Iberia
InspiraLaw, recognises outstanding women in the legal field (in-house and private practice lawyers). Magda Cocco, Telecoms, Media & IT’s practice partner, and Paula Gomes Freire, Banking & Finance practice partner, were named in the top 50 women excelling in their career as voted by more than 500 of their peers in Portugal and Spain. This new initiative […]
Linklaters boosts Washington DC presence with bankruptcy hire
Linklaters has expanded its Washington DC office with the hire of Jones Day bankruptcy partner Amy Edgy.
Edgy joins the magic circle firm after a nearly a decade at Jones Day, having made partner in 2011.
How new houses and flats are sold set to undergo major change in England
Shoosmiths named ‘Motor Finance – Legal Provider of the Year’ again
For the second year running Shoosmiths has won the ‘Motor Finance – Legal Provider of the Year’ award at the Motor Finance Awards 2016. The team beat law firms such as Gowling WLG to the prize, awarded at the ceremony held at the Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof Hotel in Frankfurt, Germany, on 7 April. The awards […]
Shoosmiths Manchester completes first deal for NorthEdge Capital
The corporate team from the Manchester office of national law-firm, Shoosmiths has advised private equity firm, NorthEdge Capital (NorthEdge), on its investment into TKC, a Greater Manchester-based kitchen trade supplier. The investment was used to back a management buyout of TKC and to secure a majority stake in the £19m-turnover business for NorthEdge. This is […]
Clifford Chance leaders take home £16m in bumper year
Clifford Chance’s management pay rose over 2016/17 after a strong set of financial results for the magic circle firm.
Akin Gump promotions: One gets nod in London in 15-strong round
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has promoted one City lawyer to partner, making it the third consecutive year that the firm has included London in its promotions round.
Magda Cocco and Paula Gomes Freire named as women lawyers leading change for Iberia
InspiraLaw, recognises outstanding women in the legal field (in-house and private practice lawyers). Magda Cocco, Telecoms, Media & IT’s practice partner, and Paula Gomes Freire, Banking & Finance practice partner, were named in the top 50 women excelling in their career as voted by more than 500 of their peers in Portugal and Spain. This new initiative […]
Linklaters boosts Washington DC presence with bankruptcy hire
Linklaters has expanded its Washington DC office with the hire of Jones Day bankruptcy partner Amy Edgy.
Edgy joins the magic circle firm after a nearly a decade at Jones Day, having made partner in 2011.
SDT scolds Clifford Chance in Excalibur judgment
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has said Clifford Chance “failed to provide a good standard of service” in the controversial Excalibur dispute, after the firm and one of its partners were fined a total of £100,000 last year.
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Gender pay gap: the legal profession’s full results
With gender pay gap reporting now complete, where does your firm sit in the grand scheme of things? The full results are in the interactive table below.
Homes England ramps up panel advisers in latest review
Homes England (formerly known as the Homes and Communities Agency) has completed its panel review, adding five firms to its £30m roster. A total of thirteen firms have been appointed the Government housing investment authority’s panel, with firms allocated into two lots. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Eversheds Sutherland and Pinsent Masons, which have been on the panel […]
Barclays launches legal tech incubator with magic circle backing
Barclays is launching a legal technology incubator programme in collaboration with law firms including Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co and Simmons & Simmons, as well as PwC, The Law Society and Legal Geek. Participants of the programme will get access to a hundred-seat co-working space, mentoring, and workshops. Barclays general counsel […]
Shearman set to follow US rivals with South Korea launch
Shearman & Sterling is edging towards a launch in South Korea with plans to open in Seoul by the end of the year, The Lawyer understands. The US firm is understood to be awaiting regulatory approval to launch in the region, which could take up to several months. The office would be the third to […]
Addleshaws hunts for formal associations in new Middle East strategy
Addleshaw Goddard has kickstarted a new three-year strategy for its Middle Eastern arm, aiming to have 70 staff across the region as well as breaking into Saudi Arabia. Led by its head of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Andrew Greaves, the firm will now look to build out of its three existing offices having launched in […]
Eversheds Sutherland Asia TMT head joins K&L Gates
Eversheds Sutherland‘s Asia head of technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) has left the firm’s Hong Kong office for K&L Gates. Nigel Stamp is joining the US firm as a partner after nearly seven years at Eversheds. He previously headed Morrison & Foerster’s China TMT practice, which he joined in 2006 from Clifford Chance. At K&L […]